The Dental Update Archive

Emicizumab (Hemlibra) is a relatively new medication that can be prescribed for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes for patients with haemophilia A.5 It was...

Resin composite materials have been around since the 1960s, ever since the introduction of the bis-GMA monomer in 1962 by Bowen.3 Following on from Bowen, pioneers such as Chang (1969) and Lee (1970)4...

A 39-year-old male presented to the Pinderfields General Hospital oral and maxillofacial outpatient department in 2012 following referral from his general dental practitioner for the surgical removal...

Just as at age 5, a series of audit records are undertaken at age 10 (Table 3, Part 1) including an assessment of speech, hearing and psychology, with parent and patient satisfaction and the outcome...

Laboratory studies have shown that in the absence of saliva, cows' milk is cariogenic, with further cariogenic potential when consumed in milk with added sugars.5 Although lactose is described as a...

The atraumatic/alternative restorative technique (ART) has been endorsed by the World Health Organization as a means of restoring and preventing caries in populations with little access to traditional...

This article will not consider the different factors influencing the prognosis or recommended protocols related to performing the endodontic procedure, as this has already been extensively covered in...

Canine development commences at 4–5 months of age, high in the maxilla, lateral to the piriform fossa, and has the longest path of eruption at 22 mm.6 Crown calcification starts at 1 year, between the...

A few years after graduating I was doing a root canal treatment on an elderly gentleman. His tooth was heavily decayed but he was keen to save it. I had put a rubber dam on and was irrigating with...