The Dental Update Archive

The widespread use of single-arch removable appliances is now on the decrease, but there are still a significant number of practitioners who prescribe them in specific circumstances. General problems...

The patient is a 61-year-old female with no relevant medical history who presented to the senior house officer restorative clinic seeking a fixed prosthodontic replacement for her recently extracted...

Inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide and oxygen (IS) has been a mainstay of paediatric dentistry for many years in the UK, and has been seen to be a viable and cost-effective alternative to general...

A number of reviews are currently available on the prevalence and related characteristics of both dysgeusia and anosmia in COVID-19, including a recent review of ours.3 In general, from a review of...

Members may seek advice on a variety of professional matters. Common requests include the timeframe for the retention of dental records and clarification of current best practice guidance, as well as...

Until relatively recently the only way to get good quality 3D radiographic scans was to use conventional computerized tomography (CT). However, not only were the machines not readily available, except...

The association between sugar and dental caries has a long and detailed history. Observational studies7,8 have shown convincingly that not only does a relationship exist but that it is the frequency...

The number of dental complaints continues to rise1 despite some recent decrease in National Health Service (NHS) complaints.2 Prevention of complaints is always more desirable but cannot always be...