The Dental Update Archive

(a) Piercing. This is now quite commonplace but rarely seen in such a number. The placement in a fairly symmetric pattern is a giveaway (Figure 1). Some patients have the habit of inserting foreign...

Following the positive response to the Dental Update series: ‘Why does patient mental health matter?’, we felt readers might also be interested in our recent ‘Right to Smile’ consensus statement,...

I attended a male patient in his mid 70s on a domiciliary basis in his nursing facility. He had a medical history of dementia, but nothing else was recorded. Nursing staff had requested the visit as...

We read with interest, Professor Burke's comments about our research article, reporting on the performance of directly bonded resin composite restorations placed at an increased occlusal vertical...

A 57-year-old female was referred to our oral and maxillofacial surgery unit by her general dental practitioner with symptoms of pain originating from the upper right quadrant and a finding of...

When crowns and veneers are electively utilized to improve cosmetic appearance the co-morbidities are significant. One problem that requires specific attention is pulpal damage (Figure 1). Felton and...

A woman in her 50s presented to her general dental practitioner complaining of movement of her lower teeth that had changed the way in which her upper and lower teeth met. She had also noticed an...