The Dental Update Archive

We highlight the case of a 44-year-old female who presented to the oral and maxillofacial department following an urgent referral and who had an enlarging lesion on her lower lip, present for 7 weeks....

A 55-year-old Iranian male patient was diagnosed with transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia during his childhood in Iran. He was subsequently treated in the UK, where he was referred to the dental...

COVID-19 is an infectious respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which is primarily transmitted via droplets.2 The clinical presentation of COVID-19 varies between individuals, with...

The following case presented 5 days after a sports injury (Figure 1). The patient had attended hospital where two tooth fragments were recovered from his lower lip; they were stored dry. Clinical and...

Scarlet fever is highly contagious and is spread by close contact with someone carrying the bacteria.9 It takes approximately 2-5 days to develop symptoms after exposure; however, the incubation...

A 63-year-old female was referred to the department, via a 2-week suspected head and neck cancer pathway, with a non-healing ulcer in the buccal sulcus of the LL4, LL5 region. The ulcer had been...

A 27-year-old female presented to the hospital with a 5-day history of a painful swelling on the left of the midline of the hard palate, which appeared spontaneously and was intensely painful on...

A 53-year-old female patient presented at the Newcastle Dental Hospital for a review of an implant-supported mandibular overdenture (ISMOD). Two Brånemark Mk III 11.5 mm implants had been placed in...

As rates of edentulousness decline, clinicians are faced with treating increasing numbers of older partially dentate patients.5 If prosthodontic replacement of teeth is required, the majority receive...