Raunaq Shah

BDS, MFDS, RCS, MJDF, RCS, MSc Prosthodontics (Dist), MClinDent Implantology (Dist), Senior Clinical Lecturer in Implantology, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Ulster University, Birmingham

Surgical Guides for Implant Therapy

A surgical guide is the combination of a contact surface that fits onto a patient's dentition and/or edentulous space to stabilize the stent in the operative field and guiding cylinders, which assist...

Surgical Wound Healing in the Oral Cavity: a Review

Oral surgery usually involves both bone and soft tissues. The modes of recovery of these respective tissues differ..

Diabetes mellitus: an update for the general dental practitioner

Type I diabetes is characterized by autoimmune destruction of β-cells that secrete insulin in the pancreas. The basis for autoimmune theory comes from inflammation within the islet of Langerhans. As...