The Dental Update Archive

Review of the literature was carried out using the following search methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and the Cochrane Oral Health Group's Trials...

There have been several attempts to classify chronic orofacial pain (OFP) conditions by pain associations. The most used main categories have either been topographical (odontogenic versus...

A 25-year-old female was referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery by her general dental practitioner with a complaint of a painless swelling in the premolar region of the left...

Periodontal and endodontic diseases are both of bacterial origin. It is the formation of a biofilm (aggregation of micro-organisms in an extracellular matrix attached to a solid surface) that...

We saw a 56-year-old gentleman who presented with a 4-week history of slow growing swelling of floor of the mouth and refractory pain. He had visited an emergency dentist who noted that his lower left...

It is generally considered that impacted second premolars in both the mandible and maxilla will eventually erupt with or without displacement. Surgical removal of the impacted premolar is often...

Some patients are more anxious than others about life events in general, including attending for dental treatment. This is described as trait anxiety.3 State anxiety is the heightened anxiety for a...

An 18 year-old male patient reported with a chief complaint of discharging pus and dull pain from the upper anterior tooth region for one month's duration. The patient had a history of dental trauma...

This paper has summarized the various techniques available to optimize endodontic irrigation, either through manually activating syringe irrigation or through using contemporary automated devices....