Letters

Letters to the editor

I read your interesting Editorial in the recent issue of Dental Update, and your enthusiastic support of the authors' evidence from new research on vital pulp therapy facilitating, as claimed, a new...

Letters to the editor

I have read with great interest the article by Jennifer Lawson et al,1 which emphasizes the importance of comprehensive pre-operative treatment planning for dental care under general anaesthetic. A...

Letters to the editor

I read with interest the article by Shepherd and Ogden on alcohol and the dental team.1 Dental teams are in a unique position to provide brief advice and support to their patients who drink above the...

Letters to the editor


Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic micro-organism that is found only in the human oral cavity, where it co-exists with more than 500 other species.1 It causes diseases such as periodontal and...