The Dental Update Archive

A survey in the United Arab Emirates among GDPs and specialists in paediatric dentistry found that almost 85% of them believed in restoring rather than extracting cFPMs.7 Similarly, 94% of Norwegian...

The rubber dam technique was first described by Sanford Christie Barnum in 1864 to provide isolation of the operative field.1 There are several benefits reported from the use of rubber dam:2.

If the coronal structures are largely intact (particularly marginal ridges) and loading is favourable, a simple plastic restoration can be placed in the access cavity. Placing a bonded restoration...

Paranasal sinuses are air-filled cavities in the dense portions of the bones of the skull lined with a ciliated mucosa, the mucus from which drains via openings (ostia) into the nose. The main sinuses...

A 32-year-old female presented with a six-month history of increasing dento-facial asymmetry. This was associated with intermittent pain and crepitus of her left temporomandibular joint and limited...

Several studies have reported that the soft tissue that surrounds an implant has similar features to the soft tissue that surrounds teeth (Figure 1 and Table 1).2,3,4,5 Therefore, the peri-implant...

The temporomandibular joint is an atypical synovial joint that permits a hinging movement and a gliding motion of the surfaces.3 The left and right condyles articulate with the temporal bone but are...

Generally, there are two types of the smile, the posed and the spontaneous smile.3,4 The posed smile is a voluntary smile that is not elicited or accompanied by emotions; it is unstrained and static...