The Dental Update Archive

IRR 1999 came into effect on 1st January 2000, and forms part of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.4 Its principal function is to protect workers who may be occupationally exposed to ionizing...

An infraction is an incomplete fracture (crack line) of the enamel without loss of any tooth structure.2Figure 1 shows the UL1 with an infraction in the incisal third..

In order to bring an unerupted maxillary incisor into a favourable position in the arch the tooth must be uncovered and orthodontically guided into position. This is done via one of the following...

The success or failure of metal-ceramic restorations can be attributed to a variety of factors. These can be divided into different categories (Figure 3).15.

Case A illustrates two of these circumstances. The patient was a single, female lawyer, aged 39, who travelled over 200 miles for each visit. She had an edentulous maxilla and only 7 remaining lower...

With families, prior to the pandemic, routinely waiting 40 weeks for a Consultant Clinic appointment, we felt that we had to continue to provide this service. Following the implementation of lockdown,...

In writing, words consist of spelling letters known as graphemes. However, as speech is the expression of spoken word by articulating sounds, in phonology words are considered to consist of speech...

Category: anatomical variant..