The Dental Update Archive

Kidd and Pitts's 1990 literature review concluded that bitewing radiography is essential to ensure proximal caries is not missed in the primary or permanent dentition.8 Most studies included in the...

This case report describes amlodipine-induced mucosal overgrowth at an implant site and its contribution to the development of peri-implantitis. A 45-year-old Tanzanian male received dental implant...

A 79-year-old female was seen in an emergency ophthalmology clinic presenting with sudden complete visual loss in the left eye in addition to a history of a generalized ongoing headache of two weeks'...

A literature search was performed with the assistance of librarians at the BDA Information Centre using OVID search facility on Medline, EMBASE, CINALH and The Cochrane Library..

PCT is dynamic in nature and affected by tooth location and type, patient position, masticatory forces and restorative procedures.1 PCT has even been shown to vary at different times in the day with...

Remodelling of bone is essential for reshaping of the growing skeleton and healing of bone during injury, for example tooth extraction. Bone remodelling is controlled by systemic and local factors:.

The importance of practice-based research has been emphasized by Mandel, who considered that ‘research is not only the silent partner in dental practice, it is the very scaffolding on which we build...

The aetiology of dental anxiety is not always clear. No single biological or psychological theory fully explains the development of anxiety disorders.8 However, it is generally accepted that phobias...