The Dental Update Archive

There are several stages to developing a patient information animation. These include, but are not limited, to:.

‘Montgomery consent’ means that any potential patient needs to understand the material risks and benefits of the viable options available to them in order to make their consent valid..

Ethics relate to a voluntary framework of guiding principles which fills the void between laws on one hand and a ‘free for all’ on the other. In essence, ethics involve a moral code, or a set of...

Minimal (or minimum) intervention dentistry is the complete holistic team-care approach to patient-centred prevention of disease and management of oral health in the long term. It is centred on...

The General Dental Council released a joint statement on 23rd March 2020 addressing the ‘arrangements for dental care professional students and recent graduates, while restrictions are in place to...

As our knowledge of periodontal pathogenesis has evolved over the years, treatment philosophies have similarly changed. For example, it is now widely accepted that gingivitis and periodontitis are a...

Where a tooth-supported fixed prosthesis is indicated and the abutments are generally sound, resin-retained bridges are preferred, whilst recognizing that patient choice may be a factor limiting their...

There is a very real danger, when seeking to promote one's products or services in aesthetic (‘esthetic’) dentistry, to use language or images that are likely to create unrealistic expectations in...

Pacifier-sucking peaks at around one year of age and declines thereafter.42,43 The majority of children stop the habit by the time permanent dentition erupts.34 For those few who continue the habit,...