The complication rate after wisdom tooth extractions varies, but can be as high as 30%, according to some, resulting in a high return of patients to the practitioner's office after surgery.2 Vranckx...

Many patients are anxious about dental extractions and are unable to tolerate treatment under local anaesthetic alone. There are many cohorts of patients where operator-sedationist treatment with...

A literature search using ‘supernumerary molar’ and/or ‘paramolar’ with ‘prevalence’, ‘comorbidities’, ‘management’ and ‘recommendations’ was undertaken by one of the present authors (VP) using Pubmed...

A 59-year-old female attended the emergency department with a facial injury. The injury had occurred following a mechanical fall while using a VR headset in a family member's home. The patient had...

A 41 year old female was referred to the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic with a history of pain on the left hand side of her jaw that had recently caused an episode of left facial swelling. The...

Healthcare has been undergoing transformation for years, if not decades. However, in a matter of months, the pandemic broke down long-standing barriers and accelerated digital health at a pace few...

A 55-year-old male patient was referred to an oral and maxillofacial surgeon by their general dental practitioner (GDP) owing to a chronic intra-oral swelling around the maxillary alveolus in the...

A 67-year-old woman presented to the oral surgery department in September 2018, complaining of generalized mandibular pain and a fragment of bone protruding through the gingiva in the left side of her...