The Dental Update Archive

The development of dental anxiety pertains to three prominent theories:.

A phone call was received, one Sunday morning in January 2007, from a patient whose son, also a patient, had run into a tree late the previous evening. He was aware that he had damaged and possibly...

Biological complications are multifactorial in origin, but primarily arise from plaque biofilm accumulation around the components of implants causing inflammation, bone loss and possibly leading to...

An 18 year-old male patient reported with a chief complaint of discharging pus and dull pain from the upper anterior tooth region for one month's duration. The patient had a history of dental trauma...

It is not the authors' intention to give a detailed discussion of those tobacco-related systemic diseases that may have an indirect impact on the delivery of oral surgery. It is evident, however,...

A 17-year-old Afro-Caribbean male was referred to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) department at Frenchay Hospital (Bristol, UK) by a general dental practitioner for the surgical removal of a...

A written survey was sent to all qualified dental and maxillofacial radiologists working in dental hospitals in the UK. They were asked to grade how confident they were in diagnosing dense bone...

The dentigerous cyst (DC) is the second most common odontogenic cyst of the jaw, after the radicular cyst, and accounts for 20–30% of all jaw cysts. The cysts are thought to arise from the reduced...

Effective odontogenic pain management and post-operative pain management is fundamental to quality dental care. Conventional analgesics act by interrupting ascending nociceptive information or...

Patient A was 17 years old at the time of presentation to the adult dental health unit. She had no complaints with regards to symptoms, function or the aesthetics of her dentition. She had an...