A 9-year-old patient was referred by his orthodontist to the Ashford and St Peter's Hospital joint dento-alveolar multidisciplinary clinic regarding the presence of two unerupted supernumerary teeth...

A 37-year-old, fit and well male was referred to the department of oral surgery by his general dental practitioner (GDP) for excessive gingival overgrowth. This had been present for over 20 years and...

Although ORN is a well-recognized condition, no international agreed definition exists. In the UK, the most commonly accepted ORN description is ‘an area of exposed bone present for longer than 2...

The US, Canada, Oceania, Central and Western Europe account for 15% of the world's population but 95.7% of total opioid consumption.21 Australia and the US report high levels of opioid use in the...

A 12-year-old male patient presented to the Orthodontic Department of The Royal London Dental Hospital, following a referral from his general dental practitioner, with concerns regarding crowding and...

Migraines have been ranked as the third most prevalent disease in the world, so it is likely that dentists will encounter these patients who experience them.3 Two main types exist, those with an aura...

A 39-year-old male presented to the Pinderfields General Hospital oral and maxillofacial outpatient department in 2012 following referral from his general dental practitioner for the surgical removal...

Arrangements were made by the oral surgery department for cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) of the UL6 region to assess the local anatomy and to aid treatment planning..

SC usually presents in large joints, most commonly reported in the knee joint.1 SC of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is rare,1,2 but not uncommon. A systematic literature review of 246 years, up to...

A 74-year-old female patient was referred by her general dental practitioner (GDP) to a dental teaching hospital for the extraction of a symptomatic, fully erupted, lone standing and grade one mobile...

The coronectomy technique was initially described by Ecuyer and Debien in 1984,7 although more informal use of ‘partial odontectomy’ predates this description.8 The procedure has evolved from initial...

In order to provide safe and effective treatment, meticulous planning and discussion is important for valid and informed consent. Previously considered uncommon events may need to be discussed with...

A 47-year-old male presented to his general dentist with a painful palatal swelling of 2 day's duration between the UR2 and UR1. He reported a history of a chicken bone lodged behind his front tooth...

As clinicians we treat patients with a number of comorbidities. In understanding the need for anticoagulation, the causes for coagulopathy must be considered..

Root canal treatment is a commonly employed modality of treatment undertaken by dental practitioners to treat and preserve teeth that have lost vitality. Endodontic therapy involves the removal of the...