The Dental Update Archive

My orthodontic colleague asked me to see a patient ASAP. She had finished her ortho treatment and was getting married in 10 days. He had tried to whiten her previously root-filled UL1 and it was not...

For many years, once cavity preparation had been completed, an intermediate material1 was placed on those surfaces overlaying the pulp prior to the placement of the definitive facilitating material....

Historically, a collection of terms and definitions have been used to describe various developmental defects of the enamel (DDEs). DDEs are classified as demarcated opacities, diffuse opacities and...

Three paediatric patients diagnosed with DMH were treated at the IPS CES Sabaneta Clinic (Colombia). The biological parents provided signed informed consent, and were administered a structured...

An 85-year-old female edentulous patient was referred by her GDP with exposed bone in the anterior region of the maxilla. She was treated jointly by the Oral Surgery and Restorative Dentistry...

A fit and well 15-year-old female was referred to the OMFS department at York Hospital in April 2016 after attending her GDP for a routine examination. The GDP noticed an asymptomatic firm expansion...

The first edition of this text book was published back in 2003, since then it has been like a chameleon, changing its cover colour from the original blue/purple, to fuchsia pink (second edition...

TMD may affect up to a third of the population, however, the majority of patients do not seek help for their symptoms.1 The prevalence of pain-related TMD is seen to be higher in females,3,4 however,...