The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial disruptions to dental services globally. In the United Kingdom, National Health Service (NHS) dentistry was reduced to telephone consultations with Urgent...

Studies have previously reported accidental analgesia overdoses in patients attempting to self-manage their dental pain because of difficulty in accessing emergency dental services.1,2 The UK and many...

Some patients are more anxious than others about life events in general, including attending for dental treatment. This is described as trait anxiety.3 State anxiety is the heightened anxiety for a...

The suture thread material can be natural or synthetic, absorbable or non-absorbable, mono-filament or multi-filament. Absorbable sutures are eliminated by different types of degradation, according to...