Rona Leith

Lecturer in Paedodontics, Dublin Dental School and Hospital, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, Ireland

Practical Tips for Successful Bitewing Radiographs in Children

It has been shown that second primary molars tend to have more occlusal surface caries than first, but first primary molars experience more proximal caries than their distal neighbours.8 Visual caries...

Decision-making in the management of complicated crown fractures in children

Direct pulp capping, partial pulpotomy, coronal pulpotomy and pulpectomy have all being proposed as therapeutic approaches for the treatment of traumatically exposed pulps.7 Before deciding on...

Treatment of ectopic first permanent molar teeth

The aetiology of ectopic molars may be considered to be multifactorial. A number of authors have described different predisposing factors. A high familial tendency has been noted.9 Local factors, such...