The Dental Update Archive

A 20-year-old male was initially referred to the Periodontal Department at Birmingham Dental Hospital in July 2008 from Ear Nose Throat (ENT) and Maxillofacial colleagues because of the complex oral...

Infraocclusion, or submergence as it is commonly referred to, occurs when a tooth is no longer able to maintain its position adjacent to other teeth in the developing dentition. It usually occurs in...

Paracetamol is both an effective analgesic and antipyretic with peripheral and centrally acting analgesic effects.8 The drug is also known to have a synergistic effect when taken with Non-Steroidal...

The current pandemic of COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 which originated in Wuhan, China in late 2019. It is now known that the median incubation period of COVID-19 is...

A healthy 9-year-old boy was urgently referred to the Paediatric Dental Department at the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital in Sheffield by his General Dental Practitioner with a 3-week history of a...

Denture stomatitis can affect both partial and complete denture wearers,2 although is commonly seen on the palatal mucosa beneath a maxillary complete denture.1,5,11 DS rarely affects the lower arch,...

A literature search yielded limited research in this area. However, studies by Morgan et al and Needleman et al do demonstrate a link between the ingestion of sports supplements and dental...

There are essentially two types of digital detectors in use, namely photostimulable phosphor plates (PSPs) and solid-state detectors (SSDs)..