The Dental Update Archive

‘Yet, how much time is devoted to this vitally important topic in our undergraduate syllabuses or in the processes and structures of the organisations and systems we work in? Is there an explicit...

Schizophrenia is a complex and long-term mental health condition where patients usually experience hallucinations and delusions.4 Other symptoms may include disordered speech, catatonic behaviour and...

This modified open-tray technique has been used for several years in my practice, where it has proven to be simple and efficient in terms of both time and cost. Importantly, patients find the...

The amusing image of Professor Burke ‘eating his hat’ in the January issue1 and his elegantly chosen words about porcelain laminate veneers reminded me that I was partly responsible for the erroneous...

Poor oral hygiene may be an independent risk factor for oral cancer. Many patients with oral cancer present with poor oral health, ie they have carious teeth and periodontitis. The number of teeth...

Radiotherapy (RT) in high doses involving the oral cavity, maxilla, mandible and salivary glands may result in several undesired reactions, of which osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is probably the worst. ORN...