Oral Health
Prosthetic rehabilitation for a patient with systemic sclerosis and sjögren's syndrome: a clinical report and review
Cutaneous involvement of the orofacial region causes microstomia (small oral orifice), observed in 70–80% of patients, with characteristic peri-oral...
How Visible Light Curing came into Dentistry
In the early 1970s, two chemists at the ICI Petrochemical and Polymer Laboratory in Runcorn, Edward (Ed) Dart and Joseph (Joe) Nemcek, developed a...
International healthcare volunteering: lessons learned from efforts to put a sustainable model for emergency dentistry and oral health education into rural tanzania
I came late to dental volunteering although I had been considering it for several years. My awareness of Bridge2Aid grew during my time as Chair of...
Non-restorative cavity treatment: should this be the treatment of choice? reflections of a teacher in paediatric dentistry
Some definitions and their corresponding acronyms start this section: Non-Restorative Cavity Treatment (NRCT) is a non-restorative method of...
Childsmile after 10 years part 2: programme development, implementation and evaluation
The main features of the Childsmile programme, and its position within the upstream/downstream continuum are shown in Table 1. These are also...
Childsmile after 10 years part 1: background, theory and principles
A traditional biomedical model of dental caries has been well documented. Intra-orally, the following factors play an important role:.
The oral implications of mental health disorders part 2: depression
Depression is a common mental health disorder affecting 4−10% of people in England and approximately 300 million people globally.1, 2 It is a...
Oral and dental management for people with lymphoma
Lymphoma is a solid neoplasm that arises in lymphoid tissues and spreads to distant lymphoid glands and organs.1 It occurs when abnormal lymphocytes...
Letters to the editor
After over 35 years as a GDP you can't help but get a little cynical, and the announcement by a government Health Secretary regarding prevention in...
‘Selfies’ − an effective communication aid to solve periodontal and implant diseases
Many people are now emotionally attached to their various mobile devices. Many are addicted to their smartphones. Some suffer ‘nomobophobia’, meaning...
An audit investigating the management of diabetic patients in general practice, in relation to periodontal health
The ‘Delivering Better Oral Health’ (DBOH) toolkit4 was introduced to support dentists in improving patients' oral and general health, with a focus on...
Chronic idiopathic pain following implant placement in the anterior maxilla: a case series
Referrals relating to pain associated with dental implants presenting to the Leeds Dental Institute via the Restorative and Oral Medicine departments...
Principles of orthognathic management of dentofacial discrepancies
As orthognathic surgery is largely an elective process, it is imperative to determine the patients' presenting concerns, their motivation towards...
The Dangers of Social Media and Young Dental Patients' Body Image
Over the past couple of years, ‘fourth-screen’ technology (meaning a small portable video screen such as on a mobile phone) has changed the way young...