The Dental Update Archive

A 75-year-old female attended as a new patient requesting upper and lower complete dentures. Her expectations of treatment were the restoration of function and aesthetics and reduction of saliva...

Clinical difficulties in shade selection can be broadly divided into four categories..

‘A collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal...

There will still be a need for restorations in the year 2000, but the number will gradually reduce to reach a level of about one quarter of that at present. It may be some years into the 21st century...

Children's gingivae typically appear reddish in colour with rounded and rolled gingival margins (Figure 1).1 In a healthy state, the gingival margin is several millimetres coronal to the...

The mechanism behind the situation of the last tooth in the arch syndrome is that the tooth being prepared had previously acted as a posterior fulcrum when the patient occluded, initiating a slide to...

In recent times, there has been much discussion and deliberate consideration of the value of volunteer dental projects in developing countries.1,2 Reservations have included the inability to make a...

The appearance of anterior teeth is determined primarily by the optical properties of tooth shape, surface texture and colour.3 When restoring anterior teeth there is general agreement in the...

General dental practitioners play a key role in the detection and early management of oral cancer, referring approximately 40% of all cases to secondary care, as well as the post-treatment phase of...