SpecialCare Dentistry

Oral healthcare in the older population: An increasing challenge to the uk dental profession

These changes in our population will alter our demographic structure and will have wide-ranging implications in all aspects of society, leading to challenges in years to come. Overall, it will mean an...

Special care dentistry: part 1. dental management of patients with inherited bleeding disorders

Haemostasis depends on interactions between the blood vessel wall, platelets and the clotting pathway. Once a vessel sustains an injury, there is an automatic reflex vasoconstriction to stem the blood...