The Dental Update Archive

One shibboleth is that tooth surface loss is always multifactorial. That is true sometimes – but not often – and certainly not always. For instance, one simple diagnostic clue is that if the length of...

Vascular tumours are true neoplasms that exhibit pathologic vascular endothelial cell proliferation. Most of these are either infantile haemangiomas or congenital haemangiomas which differ in their...

A 6-year-old female presented in the Emergency Department at Nottingham Queen's Medical Centre (QMC). Her mother reported a 2-week history of a persistent left facial swelling, which started as...

Oral clefts are one of the commonest congenital craniofacial malformations in humans and may involve the lip, hard palate or soft palate.13 Classification of oral clefts is based on the phenotype,...

The reported prevalence of TMDs in both the general and clinical population varies, and this may be due to differences between studies in diagnostic criteria and their assessment of TMDs.3 Recent...

Swallowing is a process by which food and liquid move from the mouth, down through the back of the throat, through the oesophagus and into the stomach. It is estimated that each individual swallows...

When we enquire about tobacco use, the patient usually understands his/her relative exposure. Frequency and amount tends not to fluctuate greatly but other variables, such as whether they roll their...

As the name suggests, these medications have been used to inhibit platelet aggregation/agglutination to prevent clot formation, especially in individuals with compromised cardiovascular systems,...

Dental practitioners will be aware that, following extraction, the alveolar ridge undergoes significant changes. The biological processes and dimensional changes that occur have been well studied....