Tom Thayer

Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Oral Surgery, University of Liverpool Dental School, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5PS, UK

A case of grafted repair of an oro-antral fistula following non-surgical periodontal therapy

Arrangements were made by the oral surgery department for cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) of the UL6 region to assess the local anatomy and to aid treatment planning..

Letters to the Editor

I read the guest editorial by Conor O'Malley in January's issue with a heavy heart. In his article, Conor gives a painfully honest account of his fitness to practice (FtP) case, and issues around it....

Hypertension − an update for the dental (sedation) team

With hypertension increasing the risk of both ischaemic heart disease and stroke, undiagnosed and inadequately managed hypertension can have a significant impact on the provision of dental care.5,6...

Pain part 4: odontogenic pain

If Osler's advice is followed, then the most important part of any examination is the history, to identify the symptoms associated with the condition. For pain of odontogenic origin, there are two...