Applying fluoride varnish prevents dental caries in primary and permanent teeth. This study explores what is needed to support dental professionals to make full use of this quick, easy and, most...

Dentists are in a position to identify and report abuse and neglect in their young patients. In 2005, Cairns and colleagues (Int J Paed Dent 2005; 15: 310–318) published a study exploring the role of...

Patients frequently complain about the appearance of upper premolars which are badly stained following the placement of a large amalgam restoration. In the absence of any recurrent caries it can be...

Anyone who has taught in a dental school, particularly in the phantom-head classroom, or who has worked with new graduates in vocational training, will be aware that, whilst some students find...

Although this paper appears at first to be only of interest to practitioners actively involved in the prescription and placement of dental implants, it is important that the procedures and results...

The authors of this paper consider the development of self-adhesive resin cements to overcome the inherent difficulties of the earlier multi-step techniques, involving etching, priming and bonding....

This is an interesting case report of a 45 year-old female who presented to her dental practice with a painless buccal swelling on the right-hand side of her face that resembled a facial cellulitis....