Francis Burke

Senior Lecturer/Consultant, Restorative Dentistry, University College Cork, Dental School and Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

Minimal intervention dentistry and older patients part 2: minimally invasive operative interventions

Minimal (or minimum) intervention dentistry is the complete holistic team-care approach to patient-centred prevention of disease and management of oral health in the long term. It is centred on...

Minimal intervention dentistry and older patients part 1: risk assessment and caries prevention

In many countries the proportion of people aged 65 years and older is growing faster than any other age group as a result of both longer life expectancy and declining fertility rates. In the UK, there...