The Dental Update Archive

The most important feature of these materials is the setting mechanism and their interaction with the clinical environment. When the cement is mixed with water, hydration reactions ensue and, in the...

Three cases were referred to Aga Khan University Hospital dental clinics in 2019 with a common complaint of unresolved severe pain (Table 1). The patients were aged between 30 and 40 years and had...

This report described two patients with recurrent parotitis of childhood which had followed different pathways. Case 1 had recurrent symptoms which subsequently became infrequent. She was discharged...

A group of dental patients, dental students and dentists were invited to participate in a focus group in October 2011 to gather their views about the key attributes expected of all dental...

Halitosis (from the Latin for breath, halitus and the Greek suffix osis, meaning abnormal)1 is the presence of unpleasant or offensive breath odour independent of its origin. Halitosis can have major...

There are three categories of ‘dental aesthetic imperfections’ for which the patient may seek dento-facial aesthetic intervention; these relate to anomalies in tooth colour, shape and position.4 With...