Prosthodontics
A flipped classroom approach to teaching oral pathology using virtual microscopy – the glasgow experience
Many of us will recall, as students, the horrors of undergraduate histology and histopathology practical classes. The frequent difficulties of...
Book review
Practical Procedures in Aesthetic Dentistry from publishers Wiley Blackwell is an outstanding new textbook offering readers considerably more than...
Guidelines for crowns, fixed bridges and implants
“Why is it that teeth decay? You don‧t always have to go to the doctor‧s to have holes in your arm stopped up do you? It‧s a flaw in the design.”
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Ceramic fracture in metal-ceramic restorations: the aetiology
The success or failure of metal-ceramic restorations can be attributed to a variety of factors. These can be divided into different categories (Figure...
What is restorative dentistry?
The aspects of practice unique to Restorative Dentistry are those which involve integration at a specialist level of all these disciplines. This...
The use of 3D metal printing (direct metal laser sintering) in removable prosthodontics
3D printing is an additive process whereby successive layers of material are placed until the 3D object is created.1.
Relating aesthetics to clinical need: improved aesthetics of an ill-fitting crown and anterior toothwear
A 42-year-old female patient was referred, complaining that she was unhappy about the appearance of her anterior teeth, notably an unsightly crown on...
Periodontal disease: breaking the downward spiral of the disease process
As our knowledge of periodontal pathogenesis has evolved over the years, treatment philosophies have similarly changed. For example, it is now widely...
Training plates: a solution for patients unable to tolerate a removable prosthesis
Training plates are prosthodontic appliances that are used to prepare the patient for prosthodontic treatment. This appliance has the effect of...
An amalgam-free world – are we and our patients ready?
The bsspd debate highlighted that many dentists attending the conference admitted to not feeling engaged with those making the decisions on the...
British society of prosthodontics debate on the implications of the minamata convention on mercury to dental amalgam – should our patients be worried?
The Minamata Convention on Mercury, a United Nations treaty signed on the 10 October 2013 by 128 signatory nations, including the UK, was designed to...
Rehabilitation of oncology patients with hard palate defects part 3: construction of an acrylic hollow box obturator
A period of 6 months may be required (post-resection) before the definitive obturator can be constructed. However, this period of surgical healing...
Functional crown lengthening surgery in the aesthetic zone; periodontic and prosthodontic considerations
Management of a patient with severe toothwear requiring crown lengthening surgery will require a number of planning stages:.