Implants
Long and short term management of implant-supported mandibular overdentures
As more patients chose to have ISMDs owing to their popularity and success rates, potential complications and maintenance need to be conveyed and...
The influence of patients' decisions on treatment planning in restorative dentistry
Most systematic reviews in dentistry state that more good quality double blind randomized control trials are required, and there is insufficient good...
Book review
The beauty of writing a book about the single implant is that you can be fairly specific yet touch on the wider aspect of such treatment. So, when the...
The coping-retained bridge: a modified approach to conventional bridge design – review and case report
The dentist decides how many copings will be used to retain the superstructure following a thorough clinical and radiographic examination. As...
Special care dentistry: part 1. dental management of patients with inherited bleeding disorders
Haemostasis depends on interactions between the blood vessel wall, platelets and the clotting pathway. Once a vessel sustains an injury, there is an...
Taking the trauma out of trauma: an easy to follow guide for the management of trauma to the permanent dentition
A comprehensive history and exam should be taken from all patients who have suffered dental trauma. A systematic approach to a traumatized child is...
Computerized tomography, stereolithography and dental implants in the rehabilitation of oral cancer patients
Recent advances in CT have seen the development of Cone Beam CT (CBCT) scanners. These are increasingly being used in imaging of the head and neck to...
Evolution of surgical guidance in implant dentistry
In the early days, clinicians who believed in this concept mostly depended on diagnostic wax-up and/or surgical templates made on hard gypsum surfaces...
Treatment of peri-implant diseases: a review of the literature and protocol proposal
Peri-implant mucositis describes inflammation in the mucosa at an implant area with no signs of loss of supporting bone.3 Diagnosis of peri-implant...
The orthodontic-restorative interface in patients with hypodontia: the patient's journey
There was a wide age range of patients that were treated following joint consultation between orthodontic and restorative clinicians. The majority of...
Techniques for effective management of periodontitis
This may seem a surprising question – we can all recognize periodontitis when we see it in our patients, but it is useful to consider briefly current...
Spontaneous resolution of a periapical lesion during orthodontic treatment: a case report
A 46-year-old woman was referred to the Orthodontic Department of Peterborough and Stamford Hospital by her general dentist, with a complaint of...