The Dental Update Archive

The term ‘aphasia’, or the older term ‘dysphasia’, is used to identify the disorder of the use of words or symbols.1 Also, the term ‘dysphasia’ is easily confused with ‘dysphagia’, a swallowing...

Indirect retention can be defined as the effect achieved by one or more indirect retainers of a removable partial denture that reduces the tendency for a denture base to move in an occlusal direction...

A 37-year-old male patient was referred from a private practice complaining of pain in the upper left side anterior region of his mouth for a few days. There was history of pus discharge from that...

A 75-year-old female was referred by her general medical practitioner (GMP) to the Oral Surgery department in August 2012, with a unilateral swelling bounded by the lateral border of the nose and the...

The possible effects of radical surgery include altered oral anatomy, loss of teeth and anatomical structures, significant scarring and bulky flaps, loss or alteration of sensation, and trismus (Table...

Lymphoma is a solid neoplasm that arises in lymphoid tissues and spreads to distant lymphoid glands and organs.1 It occurs when abnormal lymphocytes increase in number without proper control. They...

Prescribed medications are used to reduce the risk of a thrombo-embolic event. A thrombus is most likely to occur within a damaged vessel or heart wall. The pathologist Rudolph Virchow adopted a triad...

Depression is a common mental health disorder affecting 4−10% of people in England and approximately 300 million people globally.1, 2 It is a psychiatric disorder characterized by low mood and can...

Many materials and techniques are available to obturate the root canal system. Grossman et al have described the properties of an ideal obturation material (Table 1),4 however, no single material can...