Endodontics
Posts – when it all goes wrong! part 2: post removal techniques
The preparation required prior to post removal will vary depending on what type of post is present and what technique for removal is going to be used....
Internal and external root resorption: aetiology, diagnosis and treatment options
The result of this process is loss of hard dental tissues (ie cementum and dentine) by dentinoclastic cell action. The function of dentinoclasts is...
Calcific metamorphosis. literature review and clinical strategies
The literature is clear that calcific changes may be a response to a wide range of stimulants: operative procedures, restorative materials, caries,...
Removal of gutta-percha and root canal sealer: a literature review and an audit comparing current practice in dental schools
The aim of endodontic treatment, or retreatment, is to reduce the microbial load within the root canal system sufficiently to enable the host response...
Book review
This book is written by three members of the dental local anaesthetic research team at Ohio State University. This team has an international...
Ethical marketing in ‘aesthetic’ (‘esthetic’) or ‘cosmetic dentistry’ part 2
Ethics relate to a voluntary framework of guiding principles which fills the void between laws on one hand and a ‘free for all’ on the other. In...
Endodontic ‘solutions’ part 2: an audit comparing current practice in belfast with uk and republic of ireland dental schools
Data collection forms were e-mailed to Restorative Specialist Registrars from all 16 dental schools across the UK and Republic of Ireland asking for...
Endodontic ‘solutions’ part 1: a literature review on the use of endodontic lubricants, irrigants and medicaments
More recently, studies are being undertaken on lowering the pH of NaOCl in order to improve its properties.84 This can be accomplished by the addition...
Interdisciplinary management in the paediatric patient: restoration of a complicated crown-root fracture
A healthy 12-year-old boy attended the paediatric casualty clinic of a UK dental hospital as an emergency patient after an accident earlier that day...
Indications for surgical endodontics and findings of an audit into referrals
Peri-radicular surgery is indicated in situations when repeat orthograde endodontic treatment is not possible or may put a tooth at risk of...
Endodontics and the older patient
Endodontic treatment in the elderly patient presents the practitioner with two main challenges; treatment of the older patient in general and any...
Prosthodontic care for elderly patients
As rates of edentulousness decline, clinicians are faced with treating increasing numbers of older partially dentate patients.5 If prosthodontic...
Practical considerations for treatment of patients taking bisphosphonate medications: an update
Bisphosphonates are frequently prescribed, with alendronate being the 43rd most prescribed drug in the United States in 2009, with a greater number of...
Splinting – when and how?
Splints used for immobilizing a traumatized tooth can be classified either as:.