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Step 3 for the treatment of periodontal diseases: surgical regeneration of the periodontium
Periodontics Devan S RaindiRegenerative periodontology requires an understanding of the biological principles of wound healing to enable the clinician to guide or manipulate the process clinically to attain optimal outcomes....
Necrotizing sialometaplasia
Oral Medicine Monica PatelA 45-year-old female attended the primary care service at Birmingham Dental Hospital for urgent care, with a complaint of acute pain in the palate for the previous 2 weeks. The patient initially...
Case report of an Afro-Caribbean adolescent with moderate hypodontia managed with a partial flexible denture
Restorative Dentistry Shaun RamloganA 14-year-old male patient of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity presented for a routine dental examination. His only presenting complaint was mild discomfort on chewing in the region of his retained deciduous...
Essentials of light curing
Restorative Dentistry Richard B PriceDespite many manufacturers producing excellent curing lights, the units in many dental offices are often not performing effectively and dentists generally have no accurate way of assessing their light...
A waste of research?
Comment Ewen McCollRCCTs have been described by Brocklehurst and Hoare,9 as ‘the only research design that can demonstrate causality, that is, that an intervention causes a direct change in clinical outcome’. When...
Laboratory aspects of zirconia restorations
Restorative Dentistry Christopher MillenIn ancient history zircon was known to be a gem. The name zirconium comes from Zargon which translates from Arabic to golden in colour. Zargon is a composite of two Persian words; Zar meaning gold and...
A case of florid pregnancy gingivitis
Periodontics Lewis HuaA 26-year-old woman was referred to the University Hospital Wales (UHW) from her general dental practitioner (GDP) with the principal complaint of sore and swollen gums and, in addition, difficulty in...
Relevance of bisphosphonate therapy in osteoporosis and cancer – no cause for alarm in dentistry
General Dental Practice Amelia Elizabeth MooreBones contain collagen (protein), calcium and other minerals and each one is made up of a strong inner mesh, known as trabecular bone, and a thick outer shell, known as cortical bone. Trabecular bone...