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Challenges in treating traumatically intruded and ankylosed permanent incisors: a case report with a multidisciplinary approach
A 12-year-old boy attended as an oro-dental trauma casualty, having fallen over a banister at home in February 2008, suffering extensive damage to his...
The use of the operating microscope in general dental practice part 2: if you can see it, you can treat it!
The operating microscope can greatly facilitate examination and diagnosis of the dental patient. This author has used an operating microscope to...
The role of dental implants in the management of dento-alveolar trauma part 2
When dental implants are contemplated in patients, the clinician should consider the following clinical parameters which will guide the treatment...
Patient assessment: preparing for a predictable aesthetic outcome
There are three categories of ‘dental aesthetic imperfections’ for which the patient may seek dento-facial aesthetic intervention; these relate to...
Management of patients with non-syndromic clefts of the lip and/or palate part 3: from age 10 until adulthood
Just as at age 5, a series of audit records are undertaken at age 10 (Table 3, Part 1) including an assessment of speech, hearing and psychology, with...
Swallowed and inhaled dentures – what's the problem?
The case series study that focused exclusively on impacted dentures revealed that the incidence of swallowed dentures was greater in males (72.7%)...
Hypodontia: aesthetics and function part 2: management
In order to provide patients with the most aesthetically pleasing and functional outcome, an interdisciplinary approach to management may be required....
Dental handpieces – an update
The timeline,1 incorporating Figures 1–3, illustrates the rich history of modernizing technology and ergonomic designs incorporated into the dental...
The role of dental implants in the management of dento-alveolar trauma part 1
In most cases, maintaining the natural dentition is the ideal option and so every attempt should be made to preserve the tooth or teeth after an...
Low level light therapy (LLLT) for the treatment and management of dental and oral diseases
The application of light is routinely used by dentists, for example, in the curing (photopolymerization) of light-activated, resin-based restorations,...
Precision attachments in partial removable prosthodontics: an update for the practitioner part 2
Careful treatment planning is essential. Errors at this early stage may result in failure of the case. A clinical examination to assess for caries,...
Comparative case report of segmental odontomaxillary dysplasia and regional odontodysplasia
SOD is probably under recognized as it may be misdiagnosed as hemimaxillofacial dysplasia (HMD), fibrous dysplasia (FD), hemifacial hyperplasia or...
Electronic cigarettes: harm reduction or another addiction?; the dental perspective
The first record of e-cigarettes was in 1965 when a US patent was filed by Herbert Gilbert (US Patent Office # 3200819).4 The recent explosion in...
Localized gingival overgrowths – differential diagnosis for dental practitioners
Occurrence of a LGO can indicate many conditions, both local and systemic, ranging from regular hyperplastic reactive lesions1 to atypical metastatic...
Precision attachments in partial removable prosthodontics: an update for the practitioner part 1
Definitions for precision attachments include the following:.