The Dental Update Archive

Several studies have reported that the soft tissue that surrounds an implant has similar features to the soft tissue that surrounds teeth (Figure 1 and Table 1).2,3,4,5 Therefore, the peri-implant...

Dental Update publishes a range of articles including reviews, case reports, commentaries, letters to the editor, commissioned articles and other articles on topics that authors feel could be...

I am delighted to welcome Fiona, a dental therapist based in North Wales, to the Editorial Board of Dental Update as the first dental therapist to join us. Fiona graduated as a dental therapist from...

Factors that predispose to oral candidosis relate primarily to the host. The virulence factors unique to Candida albicans which allow it to colonize the oral mucosal surface so effectively are listed...

Scarlet fever is highly contagious and is spread by close contact with someone carrying the bacteria.9 It takes approximately 2-5 days to develop symptoms after exposure; however, the incubation...

MIH studies indicate its multifactorial nature, involving genetic and environmental factors.1 Some risk factors for MIH development include urinary tract infection during pregnancy, oxygen starvation...

There are two broad components to denture framework fabrication using a digital workflow – computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacture (CAM) (Figure 1)..

Most systematic reviews in dentistry state that more good quality double blind randomized control trials are required, and there is insufficient good quality evidence to recommend one intervention...

Orthodontic extractions are commonly known to be high risk for wrong tooth extractions. The British Orthodontic Society has set guidelines to assist practitioners in minimizing the risk of wrong tooth...