A 28-year-old male patient was referred to the Restorative Dentistry department for management of his drug-influenced gingival overgrowth. His presenting complaint was of a 12-month history of red,...

Over the last decade, there has been an exponential increase in evidence relating nutritional status and supplementation to periodontal disease prevalence and management. However, there is a necessity...

Studies examining human skulls have stated that the prevalence of intrabony defects around teeth ranged from 4.1%–9.4%,2,3 whereas radiographic assessments of an adult population in Sweden have found...

This case report describes amlodipine-induced mucosal overgrowth at an implant site and its contribution to the development of peri-implantitis. A 45-year-old Tanzanian male received dental implant...

A 26-year-old woman was referred to the University Hospital Wales (UHW) from her general dental practitioner (GDP) with the principal complaint of sore and swollen gums and, in addition, difficulty in...

Many people are now emotionally attached to their various mobile devices. Many are addicted to their smartphones. Some suffer ‘nomobophobia’, meaning that they get very anxious if they are deprived of...

Periodontitis is a common condition affecting about half the adult population to some degree, with about 10% of the population suffering from a more severe form of the condition that threatens them...

Medications affecting the periodontium, summarized in Table 2, can be classified into four categories and are:.

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 way to whiten teeth. However, CP, also known as...

Both chronic and aggressive periodontitis are plaque-related diseases initiated by bacteria. The host response, genetic predisposition and environmental risk factors do not initiate periodontal...

There are a number of factors that affect prognosis, with position in arch affecting likelihood of tooth loss, risk being greatest for maxillary second molars and least for mandibular canines (Table...

A 28-year-old male patient reported to the Department of Periodontics for a dental check-up. This was his first visit to a dental setting. All histories were non-contributory and the patient was...

Periodontal disease is a complex inflammatory disease that affects the periodontal structures, including the gingiva, cementum, periodontal ligament and alveolar bone.1 Both chronic and aggressive...

Five systemically healthy patients presenting with diffuse gingival pigmentation in the maxillary anterior region from distal of left canine to distal of right canine were included in the study. The...

According to Gillam,9 various terms have been used to describe dentine hypersensitivity (DH), for example, cervical dentine sensitivity (CDS), cervical dentine hypersensitivity (CDH), or dentine...