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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...
All-Ceramic inlays and onlays for posterior teeth
The impact of the loss of tooth tissue on the strength of that which remains can be significant. Vale in 1956 was one of the first investigators to...
Silver Diamine Fluoride: a critical review and treatment recommendations
As long ago as 1891, a mixture of nitric acid and amalgam scraps was used to inhibit caries progression.7 This silver nitrate solution was popularized...
Survival rates of resin composite restorations in loadbearing situations in posterior teeth
Randomized Clinical Controlled Trials (RCCTs) have been considered to be the ‘gold standard’ for assessment of the clinical performance of...
Lichen Planus − the role of the general dental practitioner
The pathogenesis is a T cell-mediated autoimmune reaction. Once activated, these cells migrate to the oral epithelium aided by specific signalling...
‘I learnt about dentistry from that’
Thank you for this initiative: here is one to help start it off. The patients' names have been changed..
Managing ‘last tooth in the arch syndrome’ and restoring retruded contact position
The mechanism behind the situation of the last tooth in the arch syndrome is that the tooth being prepared had previously acted as a posterior fulcrum...
Technique tips: things are not always what patients think!
Conventionally, a new core and, more often than not, a new crown could be considered, given that it is common in situations like this that there are...
Resin-based composite materials: A science update
The resins used in RBCs are monomers and, when polymerized into their cured state, a volumetric decrease occurs. This polymerization shrinkage has...
Posterior composites: An update
As posterior composites require specialized skills and are demanding in terms of clinical time,4 this paper aims to provide an update of the latest...
Form ever follows function: the occlusal compass and direct resin composite restorations
It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things super-human,...