The Dental Update Archive

The risk of adrenal crisis associated with dental procedures, and hence the need for steroid supplementation, is dependent on the type of dental procedure.1 Where supplementation is required this is...

A healthy 7-year-old boy was referred to Liverpool Paediatric Dental Department by his GDP regarding the appearance of his recently erupted permanent maxillary central incisor teeth (Figure 1). Both...

Various patterns of tooth wear are observed on lower anterior teeth and the cause is often multifactorial. Loss of vertical crown height is typically seen in attritive tooth wear, particularly in...

The suggestion that smoking cessation could be split into five different stages was first described by Prochaska and DiClemente.4 In this article it is assumed that the model is in relation to smoking...

The operating microscope can greatly facilitate examination and diagnosis of the dental patient. This author has used an operating microscope to examine the oral cavity and its structures for over...

A good understanding of anatomy is essential for interpreting the presenting signs and symptoms. The facial nerve, cranial nerve number VII, develops from the second pharyngeal arch and, as such,...

A detailed epidemiological study investigated the incidence and prevalence rates of TN from 1945 until 1984, and found an overall annual incidence rate of 4.7 per 100,000 in the Minnesota, USA,...

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a dental condition affecting the structure and condition of dental enamel with occasional involvement of other oral structures. AI has been classified many times, both...