The Dental Update Archive

The term dental infraocclusion refers to a tooth which ‘fails to maintain vertical height with the adjacent teeth, hence appearing to submerge below occlusal level’.1 A tooth is considered to be...

Here are a couple of dental situations where my assumptions have landed me in various temperatures of hot water!.

We would like to report on a case that was referred to our Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department. A fit and well 40-year-old male was referred by his general dental practitioner regarding a...

Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic micro-organism that is found only in the human oral cavity, where it co-exists with more than 500 other species.1 It causes diseases such as periodontal and...

There was a wide age range of patients that were treated following joint consultation between orthodontic and restorative clinicians. The majority of patients were adolescents, the mean age at the...

A 52-year-old woman patient was presented with a chief complaint of pain and swelling in the mandibular left anterior region. Clinical examination revealed a mandibular anterior fixed prosthesis...

X-rays were the first form of photon radiation to be used to treat cancer. The higher the energy of the x-ray beam, the deeper x-rays penetrate the target. Radiotherapy (RT) is an extremely effective...