Oral Cancer
Oral health risk assessment
This paper aims to explain why risk assessment matters. Additionally, it addresses:.
Oral and dental management for people with multiple myeloma: clinical guidance for dental care providers
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow. It is the second most common bone marrow cancer, yet it only accounts for 2% of...
The dentist's role in smoking cessation management — a literature review and recommendations: part 1
For over 200 years, there has been an ever-increasing body of evidence regarding the risks of tobacco use.1 Links between clay pipe smoking and...
Understanding our patient base: an introduction to data analytics in dental practice
Stepwise guidelines for analysing data in a dental practice constitute a structured approach for any practice wishing to use its data to enhance its...
The risks of delayed oral cancer detection in primary care
We discuss the case of a 46-year-old male who presented to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Bedford General Hospital. He had...
Tobacco habit-associated oral disease and the negative effects on surgical outcomes
It is not the authors' intention to give a detailed discussion of those tobacco-related systemic diseases that may have an indirect impact on the...
Near misses
These examples illustrate how Near Misses provide opportunities to improve our patient care and minimize harm..
Implant-supported prosthetic rehabilitation after surgical management of an odontogenic tumour of the mandible
A 25-year-old female was referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery by her general dental practitioner with a complaint of a...
An audit on the professional intervention of smoking
As well as general health complications, risks of smoking to oral health are vast, including periodontal disease, poor post-operative wound healing,...
Alcohol and the dental team: relevance, risk, role and responsibility
When we enquire about tobacco use, the patient usually understands his/her relative exposure. Frequency and amount tends not to fluctuate greatly but...
Let's talk about mouth cancer – the story and the facts
‘The number of people being diagnosed with mouth cancer (oral cancer) is increasing, with notable rises in incidence in younger people and in...
An implant-retained obturator – a case study
The presenting complaint of the male patient aged 76 years old (PG) was one of a loose upper obturator. He had this original obturator made 6 years...
Dietary advice – getting the message across
Three types of health-related behaviour are described:7.
Mouthwashes: do they work and should we use them? part 3: safety of mouthwashes
For the past 35 years there have been numerous reports in the scientific literature investigating the possible association between ACM and oral...