Oral Health
Developing your Video Consultation Skills
Video consultations are only appropriate for use in certain circumstances and clinicians should always ensure that the same standards of care are...
Technique Tips: Subgingival root brushing in periodontal treatment
The principles for preventing periodontal disease was the subject of the 11th European Workshop on Periodontology on effective prevention of...
Dental care for children with Down syndrome: a guide for the dental practice team
Down syndrome is the most easily recognized chromosomal condition (Figure 2). Children with Down syndrome can present with complex medical histories....
Dental Implants for the general dental practitioner. Part 1: overview and assessment
Dental implants can be used to support single and multiple unit fixed restorations as well as removable dental prostheses. To appreciate the...
Spread awareness. Stop resistance
In recent years, sepsis has quite rightly received widespread media coverage, raising the public's awareness of its dangers. Some ambulances are even...
Mouth preparation for complete dentures
Xerostomia is defined as an unstimulated salivary flow rate less than 0.1 ml/min or a stimulated salivary flow less than 0.2 ml/min. Xerostomia has...
Osteogenesis imperfecta: minimizing complications in oral surgery/orthodontic treatment
A 12-year-old male patient presented to the Orthodontic Department of The Royal London Dental Hospital, following a referral from his general dental...
Proximal contact tightness for Class II direct composite resin restorations: a literature review
PCT is dynamic in nature and affected by tooth location and type, patient position, masticatory forces and restorative procedures.1 PCT has even been...
Dry mouth
The perceived sensation of dry mouth in the context of normal unstimulated and stimulated salivary flow rates is referred to as subjective xerostomia....
Oral ulceration and vesiculobullous conditions in the paediatric patient
Most patients with RAS are otherwise healthy, thus it is a diagnosis of exclusion. There are, however, a number of systemic conditions involving...
Domiciliary dental care: considerations and challenges
The barriers that exist in relation to domiciliary dental care have been examined in a number of studies. Borreani et al9 reported active barriers,...
Sustainable oral healthcare and the environment: mitigation strategies
As with all major problems in life, understanding the scale of the issue is a prerequisite.2 Accordingly, the first step for planning sustainable...
An alternative sedation option for special care patients: combined inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide and oxygen and intravenous sedation with midazolam
Nitrous oxide and oxygen is commonly used for conscious sedation in dentistry, particularly in paediatric dentistry. Administered via a specially...