Switch to Dark theme

The peer-reviewed dental journal that supports your postgraduate education

Dental Update is an invaluable resource for dental professionals, offering informative and evidence-based articles across the multiple specialties and disciplines of dentistry.

Find out more Subscribe
Dental Update Journal Covers

WHAT'S NEW?

See the latest issue

The latest articles, guest editorials, techniques and tips

LOOKING FOR AN ARTICLE?

Search Dental Update

Find articles dating all the way back to 1999

HOW DOES CPD WORK?

CPD with Dental Update

Complete up to 4 hours of Enhanced CPD per issue with Dental Update

Volume 52, Issue 4, April 2025

Welcome to the April issue!

Welcome to this month's issue with its usual mix of articles on interesting topics. Click below to see more about our Undergraduate Writing Competition. Happy reading!

Read now! Writing Competition
Comment

Political persuasion

Implant Dentistry

Extremes of implant dentistry, from minis to maxes and beyond: evaluating new implant designs and techniques

Oral Medicine

Oral lichen planus: an update

Paediatric Dentistry

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a review with a dental perspective

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Pulpal exposure during closed surgical exposure of an unerupted maxillary incisor

General Dental Practice

Drug-induced prolongation of the qt interval: implications for dental prescribing

Restorative Dentistry

Provisionals for resin-retained bridges: case selection and effect on the final restoration

Oral Medicine

Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome. A diagnostic dilemma

Restorative Dentistry

Grey areas in restorative dentistry: part 6. Direct or Indirect Restoration

Comment

Preservation order

Restorative Dentistry

The unrestored discoloured anterior tooth: when to intervene

Volume 52, Issue 4 April 2025

Volume 52, Issue 3 March 2025

Volume 52, Issue 2 February 2025

Volume 52, Issue 1 January 2025

Sign up for our newsletter today

Get the latest updates

Most read this issue

Oral lichen planus: an update

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a review with a dental perspective

Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome. A diagnostic dilemma

Provisionals for resin-retained bridges: case selection and effect on the final restoration

Grey areas in restorative dentistry: part 6. Direct or Indirect Restoration

Political persuasion

Most read last issue

Chronic extra-oral cutaneous sinus infection in a child: case report

Wire syndrome: a complication in orthodontic retention

The unrestored discoloured anterior tooth: when to intervene

Predictable outcomes with vital pulp therapy in deep caries management of mature teeth

Grey areas in restorative dentistry: part 5. Mind the gap 2: the restoration with a deficient margin

Curcumin and oral mucosal disease: a review of the literature

Webinars

To support dental education Dental Update has created a series of webinars on multiple specialties and disciplines that encompass dentistry, all delivered by expert clinicians. All webinars are FREE to attend and often come with 1 hour of verifiable CPD.

NHS Dentistry: Reform, Reality and What Lies Ahead

With Danielle Scott, Nigel Jones, Eddie Crouch

Digital Workflows in Implant Dentistry

With Ricky Bhopal

How 3D printing transforms smiles in daily implant practice

With Robin Horton

Composite artistry

With Monik Vasant