Prosthodontics
Case Study: Management of Failing Maxillary Bridgework
A 37-year-old male with an extensively restored upper arch presented complaining of several problematic abutment teeth that he had been recently...
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...
Removable Dentures and the Worn Dentition
For patients with severely worn dentitions, removable dentures can offer an attractive means of oral rehabilitation. Worn teeth can be...
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...
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...
Complete denture series part 2: tips on how to correct 10 avoidable errors
Forty-one percent of failing complete dentures assessed at our New Patient Clinics between October 2016 and March 2017 showed poor adaptation to the...
Taurodontism part 2: biomechanics, differential diagnosis, clinical implications and management
Recent research studied the biomechanics of taurodonts on digital models of Neanderthal specimen ‘Le Moustier 1’. This study was conducted to help...
The application of occlusion in clinical practice part 3: practical application of the essential concepts in clinical occlusion
The conformative approach to the restorative rehabilitation of a dentition would involve the provision of restorations to any of the affected teeth at...
The application of occlusion in clinical practice part 2: the taking of occlusal records
In order to ensure the accuracy of the study casts, impressions should be taken using rigid impression trays such as metal rim-lock trays (Figure 1)...
The application of occlusion in clinical practice part 1: Essential concepts in clinical occlusion
As per the FGDP (UK) Clinical Examination and Record-Keeping; Good Practice Guidelines 2016,6 when a patient attends a practitioner for the first time...
Technique Tips Prosthodontics: The Admix Impression
The admix impression is a useful alternative prosthetic technique in the management of severely resorbed mandibular ridges when finances, patient...
Patient-centred care: how close to this are we?
Understanding motivating factors and expectations is fundamental to providing high quality care. Ensuring that patients' expectations are met is a key...
The options for a tooth that requires root canal treatment
Root canal treatment and maintenance of the natural tooth has high success rates17,18,19 and high survival rates.14, 20,21,22,23,24,25,26 The natural...
A contemporary approach to the provision of tooth-supported fixed prostheses part 2: fixed bridges where the abutment teeth require minimal or no preparation
Where a tooth-supported fixed prosthesis is indicated and the abutments are generally sound, resin-retained bridges are preferred, whilst recognizing...
The impact of diabetes on treatment in general dental practice
Although the exact cause of diabetes is unknown, there are defined risk factors, depending on the type of diabetes, which can, in different...