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The Maxillary Sinus: What the General Dental Team Need to Know Part 2: Removal of Teeth; Avoidance and Management of Complications
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Garmon W BellDentists 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...
‘DIY orthodontics’ – ‘don't do it yourself’!
Orthodontics Georgia C TownendMany dental professionals and dental companies have tried to warn about the consequences that may come with using such techniques without the input or guidance of a trained professional. In 2019, the...
Temporomandibular disorders. Part 4: appliance therapy
TMD Martin JamesSS are considered by many as the gold standard of appliance therapy for patients with a diagnosis of myofascial pain. In general, they are used alongside other conservative measures such as...
Food Insecurity: An Update on Implications for the Dental Team
Public Health Lisa AllenIt is widely accepted that upstream social determinants influence general and oral health at the level of the individual. Social determinants are social, environmental and cultural factors associated...
Coming to a practice near you? community-acquired meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (ca-mrsa)
Oral Microbiology Emer O’LearyMeticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is classically associated with healthcare interventions. Consequently, hospital admission represents a prominent risk factor for the acquisition of...
Nutrition and periodontal disease
Periodontics Devan RaindiNutrition is defined by the World Health Organization as ‘the intake of food, considered in relation to the body’s dietary needs'.4 Diet is simply what an organism eats, but good nutrition involves...
Hypersensitivity to dental composites and resin-bonding agents
Medicine in Dentistry Aisha AhsanAdverse reactions to dental materials are not an uncommon occurrence owing to the vascular nature of the oral environment. The potential of materials to leach out into oral tissues is both...
Form ever follows function: the occlusal compass and direct resin composite restorations
Restorative Dentistry Jason SmithsonIt is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things super-human, of all true manifestations of the head, of the...
COVID-2019 – Time to Use Silver Diamine Fluoride for Caries Arrest in General Dental Practice?
Caries Management Laura TimmsSilver diamine fluoride (SDF) has been used for caries management throughout the world for decades.1,2 It has a strong track record of use, particularly in Asia, having been developed in Japan in the...