The Dental Update Archive

A 35-year-old male was referred to the accident and emergency department (A+E) at 04:00 with bilateral neck, left submandibular and left facial swelling. Twelve hours previously he had undergone a...

More recently, studies are being undertaken on lowering the pH of NaOCl in order to improve its properties.84 This can be accomplished by the addition of chemicals such as etidronic acid...

The majority of cases of SSC in the mouth arise in what was previously clinically normal tissue. However, some cancers are known to develop within a pre-existing mucosal abnormality and a list of such...

The aim in managing an acute traumatic dental injury is to restore the appearance and function and to rehabilitate the patient as quickly as possible in the quest to save teeth.1 The long-term aims...

Five systemically healthy patients presenting with diffuse gingival pigmentation in the maxillary anterior region from distal of left canine to distal of right canine were included in the study. The...

The aetiology of the migration of teeth is often multifactorial, but the main aetiological factor has to be diagnosed before a treatment plan can be initiated. Medical conditions such as hiatus...

The cases described in this report exhibited similar characteristics, namely, premature exfoliation of unresorbed primary teeth, elevated levels of urine phosphoethanolamine, and lower levels of serum...

The above steps highlight how basic digital photo analysis can be used at the jaw registration stage in complete denture construction to verify the upper complete denture's aesthetic prescription....

Initially, taurodonts were referred to as prismatic or cylindrical teeth before the term ‘taurodont’ was coined.1 In 1908, Gorjanovic-Kramberger was the first to describe Taurodontism.2 Later, in...