Oral Health
Gingival Veneers
Gingival recession is defined as displacement of the gingival margin apical to the cementoenamel junction, with associated exposure of the root...
Short-Term Orthodontics: Reasons for Treatment and their Associated Risks, Precautions in Patient Selection
Short-term orthodontics is a cosmetically motivated treatment, aiming to correct minor dental aesthetic anomalies, using controlled orthodontic forces...
A Clinical Case: Restoration of Toothwear
A 37-year-old female patient presented after complaining of a swelling she had experienced four weeks previously around the upper left side of her...
Letters to the Editor
In June 2019, the CQC released ‘Smiling Matters’ – a review into the state of oral healthcare in care homes across England. The report found that...
Fear Factor: Anxiety - a Cause of Delayed Presentation of Oral Cancer
Numerous studies have explored the reasons for delayed presentation of oral cancer. There are two main causes for delays in cancer presentation...
The Establishment of an Intravenous Conscious Sedation Service for Adult Patients in a Primary Dental Care Setting
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) published a document in 2015 entitled Safe Sedation Practice for Healthcare Procedures which defined...
Denture Adhesives – Best Practice
Denture adhesives can be considered in two broad groups:
The first group includes creams, pastes and powders that are applied to the fitting surface...
The Establishment of an Intravenous Conscious Sedation Service for Adult Patients in a Primary Dental Care Setting
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) published a document in 2015 entitled Safe Sedation Practice for Healthcare Procedures which defined...
Denture Adhesives – Best Practice
Denture adhesives can be considered in two broad groups:
The first group includes creams, pastes and powders that are applied to the fitting surface...
Space Maintenance in the Mixed Dentition – a Necessary Intervention or a Step Too Far?
Premature loss of primary teeth can occur for a number of reasons, such as dental caries, trauma and ectopic eruption of permanent teeth.2,7 The...
Silver diamine fluoride (SDF): its role in caries management
Systematic reviews of clinical studies of SDF uniformly support its efficacy for caries arrest on cavitated caries lesions in primary teeth over...
Denture cleaning — best practice
Denture cleansers must remove plaque and stain effectively and kill any remaining microbes on the denture surface without damaging the material and...
Head and neck cancer part 3: dental management
Head and neck cancer can result in significant short- and long-term complications which can affect function, aesthetics and social wellbeing. As...
Should dentists be more aware of the role of dietary supplements when assessing dental caries risk?
A literature search yielded limited research in this area. However, studies by Morgan et al and Needleman et al do demonstrate a link between the...
The burden of periodontal disease
Over the last five decades, various oral health initiatives have been tested and employed in many populations around the world with the aim of...