The Dental Update Archive

A 27 year-old male presented to the University Hospital of South Manchester maxillofacial department with a five year history of a large lump in the left palate. The patient reported that there was no...

A 10-year-old boy was referred to the Joint Paediatric-Oral Medicine clinic with a five-month history of an erythematous ‘spongy’ lesion involving the gingiva of the upper left central incisor. The...

A 91-year-old lady was diagnosed with T4N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the left buccal mucosa with mandibular involvement. This was treated surgically in October 2018 with a left segmental...

The most common cause of infra-occlusion is thought to be ankylosis. Ankylosis is an anomaly which occurs due to failure of the periodontal ligament to separate the root from the alveolar bone,...

Periodontal and endodontic diseases are both of bacterial origin. It is the formation of a biofilm (aggregation of micro-organisms in an extracellular matrix attached to a solid surface) that...

Tooth colour is determined by a combination of the different optical properties of enamel, dentine and pulp. Tooth discolorations vary in aetiology, appearance and severity, and are categorized as...

Clinical records of patients referred to the University Dental Hospital of Manchester for assessment of their mandibular third molar teeth were reviewed. Patients without an adjacent second molar...

A 9-year-old boy was referred from a local hospital to the Department of Paedodontics, Government Dental College, Trivandrum with pain and swelling in relation to the right side of the lower jaw. The...