The Dental Update Archive

The dentist decides how many copings will be used to retain the superstructure following a thorough clinical and radiographic examination. As previously discussed, higher success rates are observed...

A 61-year-old male was referred to the Dental Institute, Colombo for the management of pain and an abscess associated with two upper central incisors. His past and current medical records revealed...

All dental restorations will ultimately suffer deterioration and degradation in clinical service.1,2,3 It has been suggested that the management of deteriorating restorations, that is restorations...

Although the use of dental amalgam is decreasing worldwide, it is still used in the majority of practices and its many advantages continue to make it the pre-eminent restorative material in many...

The authors suggest that the new armamentarium without an aerosol or with a reduced aerosol will include the following:.

Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) are the two major forms of vitamin D – a secosteroid.9 In this article, the term vitamin D will refer to both forms..

A 25-year-old female was referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery by her general dental practitioner with a complaint of a painless swelling in the premolar region of the left...

A 15-year-old African-Caribbean male patient presented, having been referred by his orthodontist regarding an unerupted upper left first premolar (UL4) to a joint orthodontic/oral surgery clinic. The...