Good communication with the dental technician and attention to detail are important in the successful provision of RBBs. A pontic design should be prescribed to the technician, as well as the required...

Resin-bonded bridges (RBBs) have been used to replace teeth in short edentulous spans with increasing success since the 1970s.1 A systematic review by Pjetursson et al reported a survival rate of...

Patient expectations must be identified early in the consultation process and compared with a detailed case assessment to determine if they can be met. Much implant company marketing literature gives...

The GDC's Scope of Practice describes the provision of implants as an additional skill that dentists could develop during their career.3 The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (FGDP) implant...

Considerable variation exists between dentists on their treatment decisions regarding, among other things, the need for placing and replacing restorations.41,42 Lesion-activity and surface integrity...

‘Intentional tooth modification’ or ‘tooth decoration’ refers to the process of deliberately changing or altering natural tooth tissue for reasons other than treating dental disease. This global...

The success rates and longevity of RBBs fluctuate from study to study depending on methods used and confounding factors. Historically, failure has been measured as a retainer that has debonded;...

A variety of techniques have been described in the contemporary literature, as a means for applying resin composite for the direct restoration of anterior tooth wear.5,6 These can be broadly divided...

In normal function, teeth have the greatest forces applied to them as a result of mastication of food. For individual teeth, the ideal occlusal contact distributes the force down the long axis of the...

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 protect human health and the environment from...

Class V cavities may form:.

Polymerization shrinkage is a key factor, accounting for the relative failure of direct posterior resin composite restorations. A majority of the currently available products contain the monomer...

A period of 6 months may be required (post-resection) before the definitive obturator can be constructed. However, this period of surgical healing will clearly differ between patients.4 The...

A 12-year-old patient started fixed orthodontic treatment in 2002 (Figure 1). Two years later she was referred to the Leeds Dental Institute (by her orthodontist) just before her maxillary and...