The recognition of any deterioration in the condition of a patient is the most important component of managing any potential medical emergency. It is known that, in the hospital environment, between...

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) published a document in 2015 entitled Safe Sedation Practice for Healthcare Procedures which defined conscious sedation as ’…a technique in which the use...

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) published a document in 2015 entitled Safe Sedation Practice for Healthcare Procedures which defined conscious sedation as ’…a technique in which the use...

The resins used in RBCs are monomers and, when polymerized into their cured state, a volumetric decrease occurs. This polymerization shrinkage has been cited as one of the most important shortcomings...

For many years, once cavity preparation had been completed, an intermediate material1 was placed on those surfaces overlaying the pulp prior to the placement of the definitive facilitating material....

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...

As traditional dental materials, in particular dental amalgam, have no inherent ability to bond to tooth tissue, they have to be retained in an unretentive cavity by mechanical means, this being a...

Dental amalgam is a mixture of a silver alloy with mercury.1 It has been used in dentistry since the 1800s2 and, through scientific investigation, the composition of the constituents of the alloy have...