Endodontics
Get Smart – technological innovations in endodontics part 2: case-difficulty assessment and future perspectives
Endodontic treatment, like any healthcare procedure, is not risk-free. Inadequate instrumentation, insufficient disinfection and incomplete obturation...
Get smart – technological innovations in endodontics. Part 1: 3D imaging, 3D treatment planning and guided endodontics
Dental radiography, commonly in the form of peri-apical and dental panoramic radiographs, has limitations, such as anatomical noise from...
Sustainable oral healthcare and the environment: challenges
It is indisputable that as oral healthcare providers, our primary focus is that of meeting the oral healthcare needs of the population we serve. The...
Garré's osteomyelitis of the jaw
A 13-year-old boy presented in accident and emergency with a 3-week history of left-sided facial swelling. The presenting symptoms were pain, and...
Cohen's Pathways of the Pulp
Cohen's Pathways of the Pulp aims to serve as the definitive reference guide for endodontics..
Management of patients on oral anticoagulants in dental practice
As clinicians we treat patients with a number of comorbidities. In understanding the need for anticoagulation, the causes for coagulopathy must be...
Dental Photography: a Practical Guide
Without patient consent, no clinical images should be taken. The Institute of Medical Illustrator's code of practice (1986) advises that informed...
Controversies in endodontic access cavity design: A literature review
The access cavity preparation generally refers to the part of the cavity from the occlusal table to the canal orifices. Black's principles of cavity...
The Maxillary Sinus: what the general dental team need to know part 3: maxillary sinus disease of endodontic origin
Inflammatory changes of the paranasal sinus lining are generally of an allergenic nature, although these may also occur due to localized or...
Technique Tips: Replantation and Stabilization of Avulsed Permanent Teeth
Appropriate immediate management of TDIs impacts prognosis and tooth survival. Tooth survival is widely defined in the endodontic literature as the...
Eucalyptus Extrusion Injury: not such an Essential Oil?
A 44-year-old male was referred to the Oral and Maxillofacial department on an acute basis with a history of a sudden onset of facial swelling. The...
Technique Tips: The Post-operative Bitewing − a Solution to an Ambiguous Bitewing Radiographic Finding: is it Recurrent Caries or Partial Caries Removal?
Many recent developments in cariology challenge the traditional view that all caries must be removed from a lesion.3 The current thinking is that, as...
Letters to the Editor
Readers may be interested to learn about a collaborative project between NHS Education for Scotland, the university dental schools and the dental...
Letters to the Editor
I read with great interest the technique tip written by Philip Ower in the November issue of Dental Update.1 Indeed, the control of bleeding during...
Technique Tips
PTFE, discovered in 1938, often referred to as ‘Teflon’, is a versatile material made from Polytetrafluoroethylene. PTFE is a polymer of...