When we enquire about tobacco use, the patient usually understands his/her relative exposure. Frequency and amount tends not to fluctuate greatly but other variables, such as whether they roll their...

Two patients reported to the SEGi Oral Health Centre, Malaysia with a history of repeated avoidance of dental treatment and self-reported dental fear for more than two years. Patient A was a...

Three types of health-related behaviour are described:7.

Fourteen general dental practitioners from a study group, each in a different practice, were invited to take part in the study. Over a 2-month period, during the course of their normal working day,...

To date there have been no reported anaphylactic reactions to NRL occurring directly from the use of dental LA cartridges. A type IV latex allergy was suggested, but not proven however, by Brown et...

Bones contain collagen (protein), calcium and other minerals and each one is made up of a strong inner mesh, known as trabecular bone, and a thick outer shell, known as cortical bone. Trabecular bone...

The operating microscope can greatly facilitate examination and diagnosis of the dental patient. This author has used an operating microscope to examine the oral cavity and its structures for over...

There are many advantages of utilizing magnification in clinical dentistry. First, and most obviously, the clinician enjoys improved vision with respect to clarity (detail) and definition of the image...

A group of dental patients, dental students and dentists were invited to participate in a focus group in October 2011 to gather their views about the key attributes expected of all dental...

The NHS Revalidation Support Team in its Medical Appraisal Guide gives the definition: ‘Medical appraisal is a process of facilitated self-review supported by information gathered from the full scope...

There are two aspects to consider in this pillar:.

Developing your practice Vision is about setting inspirational direction to bring success in the future. A Vision will need more uplifting language than a performance target! Once more it is easy to...

There have been many attempts to define leadership. The Concise Oxford Dictionary (1976 sixth edition)1 offers:.

In the previous three articles we have established that the secret of success is to focus on patient satisfaction. We examined the evidence suggesting a direct link between perceived service quality...

As we discussed in Part 1, Newsome1 suggested the following important interconnected indicators of success:.