Laura Timms

Paediatric Dentistry, Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, Wellesley Road, Sheffield S10 2SZ

Fifty years of progress in paediatric dentistry

Over the past 50 years, significant advances have been made in the understanding and treatment of different traumatic dental injuries (TDI). At the forefront of these developments has been Dr Jens...

Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in paediatric dentistry

The relative risk of radiation is higher for children since the cells are more susceptible to the stochastic effects of radiation. In addition, the child is more likely to live long enough to see the...

COVID-2019 – Time to Use Silver Diamine Fluoride for Caries Arrest in General Dental Practice?

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has been used for caries management throughout the world for decades.1,2 It has a strong track record of use, particularly in Asia, having been developed in Japan in the...

Bitewing Radiography for Caries Diagnosis in Children: When and Why?

Kidd and Pitts's 1990 literature review concluded that bitewing radiography is essential to ensure proximal caries is not missed in the primary or permanent dentition.8 Most studies included in the...