Orthodontics
Patient and Dentist Burnout - A Two-Way Relationship
Case A illustrates two of these circumstances. The patient was a single, female lawyer, aged 39, who travelled over 200 miles for each visit. She had...
Dental burnout – is social media a help or hindrance?
Although there is an overlapping relationship between Stress, Burnout and Depression, it appears that there is commonly a progress from excessive,...
Carbamide peroxide and its use in oral hygiene and health
Since its first publication by Van Haywood and Heymann in 1989,13 tray-applied 10% carbamide peroxide (CP) has proven itself as a safe and effective...
A case of five mandibular incisors
A 14-year-old female patient complained of anteriorly placed front teeth. On clinical examination, she had a mesoprosopic facial form, a convex...
Dental faculty RCPSG: how a Royal College has evolved to address the needs of the dental professional
Welcome to this special Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) edition of Dental Update. The Royal College was founded on the 29...
Tooth wear: screening, diagnosis and management in general dental practice
During routine dental examinations, patient's complaints (Table 1) and histories (Figure 2) may already highlight the condition of TW..
Orthodontic and periodontal multidisciplinary care
The general dental practitioner, periodontist and orthodontist, and many others within the dental team, need to work closely, particularly for those...
Complications of an ageing dentition part 1: occlusal trauma and cracked teeth
The topic of occlusion is an area which may be confusing, however, this is an important issue which cannot be ignored. Pathological occlusal contacts...
A predictable alternative to a smile in six months?
Incognito™ is a lingual appliance system developed by Wiechmann using CAD/CAM technology.2 It has all the advantages of traditional lingual appliance...
What is restorative dentistry?
The aspects of practice unique to Restorative Dentistry are those which involve integration at a specialist level of all these disciplines. This...
The paradoxes of phantom bite syndrome or occlusal dysaesthesia (‘dysesthesia’)
There are many difficult paradoxes in dentistry generally, but phantom bite syndrome is riddled with them. For instance, if a diagnosis of phantom...
The limitations of short-term orthodontics and why we still need specialists – a review of the current literature
An online survey conducted on behalf of the British Orthodontic Society in 2010 revealed that 45% of adults in the UK were unhappy with the appearance...