The Dental Update Archive

MMP is a rare auto-immune bullous disorder that most commonly manifests in the oral cavity as desquamative gingivitis (80%), and oral mucosal blisters and erosions.1 Other mucous membranes may be...

Periodontal disease is a multifactorial, polymicrobial and polygenic disease with variable clinical features, with the primary aetiological agent being the specific bacterial pathogens....

One of the chief goals of treatment is the improvement of social, psychological and functional parameters by the modification or replacement of removable dentures with dental implants to stabilize or...

Perhaps our forefathers with their doorknobs and strings were on to something after all. It just took us a hundred years to finally realize!.

Red oral lesions are commonplace and usually associated with inflammation in, for example, mucosal infections. However, red lesions can also be sinister by signifying severe dysplasia in...

The Toolkit was introduced through the Dental Public Health course in my final year of dental school (2007/08), shortly after it was first published. Since qualifying, I have gained a more thorough...

Patient experience measures are more reliable for use to assess quality than patient satisfaction surveys. It is recognized that patients cannot assess the medical competence of the clinician yet...

Within dental practice, skill mix is concerned with the combination of different members of the dental team who are used to deliver dental care and services to patients. In his seminal paper, Birch...

Having outlined the basic tenets of MI as a technique, the four main principles that underline any MI consultation are:.

A 28-year-old male patient was referred to the Restorative Dentistry department for management of his drug-influenced gingival overgrowth. His presenting complaint was of a 12-month history of red,...