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The prosthodontic pathway for patients with anomalies affecting tooth structure
Table 1 lists a variety of conditions that can affect the quality and quantity of dental hard tissue and the morphology of teeth. The remainder of...
Book review
The notes from the series editor, Professor Brian Millar, commence by stating that aesthetic dentistry is a complex subject, requiring, in many ways,...
Management of opacities in children and adolescents
Amelogenesis is a complex process which involves three stages:.
Idiopathic radiographic apical root resorption in wind instrument players
An 18-year-old girl was referred to the Orthodontic Department of the Glasgow Dental Hospital and School by her orthodontic specialist practitioner as...
Regulators and regulations: who will guard the guards? (or ‘quis custodiet ipsos custodes’ as old juvenal used to say)
Good question and it probably happened because of the ‘law of unintended consequences’ (Merton, 1936).4.
Management of microdont maxillary lateral incisors
Tooth development is a complex process which occurs as a result of interactions between the oral epithelium and ectomesenchyme derived from the neural...
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....
4. Diffuse brown discoloration of permanent dentition
c) Tetracycline staining is the cause here. Tetracycline given in pregnant mothers or in children <8 years old causes a diffuse discoloration in...
Multiple idiopathic external apical root resorption: a literature review
Root resorption in deciduous teeth is a normal physiological response, resulting in exfoliation of the deciduous teeth with replacement by the...
Smile analysis: what to measure
Generally, there are two types of the smile, the posed and the spontaneous smile.3,4 The posed smile is a voluntary smile that is not elicited or...
Evaluation of a novel compule-based gingival retraction system in UK general dental practices
Retraction of the gingival tissues is a central part of indirect dental restorations to facilitate identification of the restoration margins and to...
Medication-related tooth discoloration: a review
Certain medications used locally or systemically are directly associated with extrinsic or intrinsic tooth discoloration. The prechromogens or the...
Management of the single discoloured tooth part 2: restorative options
This is the direct application of a thin film of composite over the entire labial aspect of a tooth in order to modify the contour and/or shade. As...
Management of the single discoloured tooth part 1: aetiology, prevention and minimally invasive restorative options
Establishing a correct diagnosis for the cause of the tooth discoloration is important since, invariably, it has a profound effect on the selection of...
The long and winding road part 2. the CLP patient's journey, 0–21 years
James was born on 15 July 1989 and was diagnosed with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. There was no family history of clefting and no predisposing...