The Dental Update Archive

A 10-year-old boy was referred to the Joint Paediatric-Oral Medicine clinic with a five-month history of an erythematous ‘spongy’ lesion involving the gingiva of the upper left central incisor. The...

Tallgren demonstrated the continual resorption of bone in patients who were followed for a period of up to 25 years following complete tooth loss.14 The majority of bone resorption occurs in the first...

The widespread use of single-arch removable appliances is now on the decrease, but there are still a significant number of practitioners who prescribe them in specific circumstances. General problems...

In this article, the contemporary uses and effectiveness of extra-oral traction appliances are discussed..

The GDC's Scope of Practice describes the provision of implants as an additional skill that dentists could develop during their career.3 The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (FGDP) implant...

Historically, the terms patient satisfaction and patient experience have been used inter-changeably; however, they do not mean the same thing as the focus has shifted from the concept of exploring...

The paranasal sinuses are named after the bones within which they lie develop as epithelial outgrowths from the nasal cavity. Named after the maxillary, ethmoid, sphenoid and frontal bones, the...

A workflow consists of a repeatable pattern of activity, enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information. Making a...