The Dental Update Archive

There appears to be an increase in the number of patients travelling abroad for dental treatment, coined by some as ‘dental tourism’.1,2 The drive for ‘dental tourism’ appears to be multifactorial;...

A 7-year-old girl was referred to the hospital orthodontic service by her GDP due to non-eruption of the upper left central incisor and displaced position of the erupted upper left lateral incisor....

A 67-year-old fit and well female of Nigerian origin was referred to the Accident and Emergency department by her general dental practitioner (GDP) with a one-week history of right-sided buccal and...

In orthograde root canal treatment, the clinician must access the pulp chamber of the tooth, locate and access all the root canals and prepare these to remove all pulpal tissue and infection, if...

Eruption can be defined as ‘the biological process that follows the formation of the dental crown and is essentially penetration of the covering oral mucosa by any part of a single tooth’.2 The time...

CAD/CAM may also be used for the fabrication of stabilization splint appliances. This approach has several advantages,14 including:.

First, any patient commencing fixed orthodontic appliance treatment must have an up-to-date assessment with their dentist, with excellent oral hygiene a prerequisite.14 Oral hygiene and...

“…a man with no eyes cannot see, a man with no legs cannot run but a man with no teeth expects to eat and chew with dentures as well as he did when he had natural teeth.” .