FJ Trevor Burke
Onwards at the forefront of continuing education
FJ Trevor Burke
For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And for those who only look to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
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Eating my hat!
FJ Trevor Burke
No-one would want to literally eat their hat so this expression is only used when someone is very sure about something. One of the earliest appearances of this phrase was in Charles Dickens' ‘The...
Book Review
FJ Trevor BurkeThe flyer states ‘As you will discover, David Cohen's travels on life's crazy-paved path have provided him with many tales to tell, and when he has regaled those he met along the way with these little...
Dental Update News
FJ Trevor BurkeI am delighted to welcome Fiona, a dental therapist based in North Wales, to the Editorial Board of Dental Update as the first dental therapist to join us. Fiona graduated as a dental therapist from...
A golden issue
FJ Trevor BurkeIt is my pleasure to welcome readers to the 50th anniversary issue of Dental Update, an extravaganza comprising specially commissioned articles written by experts in their field (principally members...
A history of posterior composite restorations as viewed through the pages of Dental Update
FJ Trevor BurkeAmong the earliest publications on composite materials (now correctly termed resin composite) were two by Barnes and Kidd in 1980.6 In a comprehensive and well-illustrated (particularly by SEM images)...
Fifty years of glass ionomers (GICs). Are the latest GICs suitable for restoring back teeth?
FJ Trevor BurkeGlass ionomer materials were first described in a patent in 1969,1 with the first publication being in 1972 by Wilson and Kent.2 They were originally considered to be a development of silicate...