The Dental Update Archive

The three main elements of inhalation sedation are illustrated in Figure 3..

Tooth development is a complex process which occurs as a result of interactions between the oral epithelium and ectomesenchyme derived from the neural crest. This process involves growth factors,...

Radicular cysts are inflammatory in nature and the most common cystic lesions of the jaws, accounting for approximately 60% of all odontogenic cysts.3 Although they can develop in all tooth-bearing...

This involves determining the potential origin of the underlying acids affecting patients' teeth. These can be categorized into either intrinsic acids and/or extrinsic acids..

Botulinum toxin is produced from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and is a neurotoxin of which there are seven subtypes, ranging from A–G.2 The most common forms of this toxin are Types A and B,...

COVID-19 is an infectious respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which is primarily transmitted via droplets.2 The clinical presentation of COVID-19 varies between individuals, with...

The UK Department of Health (DoH) became responsible for healthcare in prisons in 2003, taking over from the Home Office. Dental Care in prisons is commissioned from the DoH specification,2 introduced...

Dentists will only be aware of a close relation of a tooth to the maxillary sinus through radiographic assessment. Faculty of General Dental Practice guidelines do not support routine radiography...

A 27-year old male was referred, on a non-urgent basis, to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of a district general hospital, following displacement of the palatal root of his upper left...

A 74-year-old female patient was referred by her general dental practitioner (GDP) to a dental teaching hospital for the extraction of a symptomatic, fully erupted, lone standing and grade one mobile...