Oliver Jones

BDS(Hons), PGCert(MedEd), Dental Core Trainee

Dental Implants for the General Dental Practitioner. Part 2: Complications, Management and Maintenance

Biological complications are multifactorial in origin, but primarily arise from plaque biofilm accumulation around the components of implants causing inflammation, bone loss and possibly leading to...

Dental Implants for the general dental practitioner. Part 1: overview and assessment

Dental implants can be used to support single and multiple unit fixed restorations as well as removable dental prostheses. To appreciate the complications that can arise with dental implants, it is...

Head and neck cancer part 3: dental management

Head and neck cancer can result in significant short- and long-term complications which can affect function, aesthetics and social wellbeing. As discussed in the previous paper in this series, there...

Head and neck cancer part 2: the patient journey

Biopsies of suspicious lesions are vital in the grading and staging of cancers, giving an indication of the type, prognosis and rate of spread of the lesion.4 This is generally more straightforward...

Head and Neck cancer part 1: diagnosis and classification

Knowledge of the common risk factors for head and neck cancer can enable dental practitioners to consider the individualized risk levels of their patients and enable them to offer specific and...