The Dental Update Archive

A 16-year-old Caucasian male, was referred by his General Dental Practitioner, after presenting with an acute apical abscess associated with his UL1. He had suffered trauma to his upper anterior teeth...

As the name implies, the major focus of this document is on three major AGPs that, for the sake of convenience, have been categorized into three areas:.

A prospective audit was carried out with two cycles over a six-month period on alginate impressions for the provision of removable prostheses. A sample size of 10 impressions per cycle were recorded...

While undertaking a service review of child dental care in North-Eastern Scotland in the late 1990s, Dr Dafydd Evans (University of Dundee) and his co-workers found that one general dental...

A 17-year-old female attended the clinic with aesthetic complaints and a request for smile improvement. The patient's primary complaint concerned the ‘gaps’ between her maxillary incisors and canines...

Clinical photographs and sensibility testing are recommended prior to commencing microabrasion to form baseline records. This should be repeated after the procedure..

Chewies (Invisalign, Align Technology, Birmingham) are small soft plastic, silicone-like material, cylindrical in shape, not edible, and reusable devices. They are made of a material called styrene...

A 23-year-old male patient presented to his general dental practice complaining of toothache from the LL6. The patient appeared noticeably pale on entering the surgery, with lips that appeared...

The 2021 guidelines recognize that the 2017 World Workshop Classification has reclassified the diagnosis of periodontal diseases and conditions.1 Of particular relevance to children, the...