The Dental Update Archive

This is a book with a difference, written by two consultants in restorative dentistry and prosthodontics. It is brimful of relevant diagrams, clinical illustrations and simulated clinical...

A 29-year-old lady with toothwear was referred to the restorative department at Bristol Dental Hospital by her GDP for restoration of her maxillary first molars. Her presenting complaint was a nine...

As traditional dental materials, in particular dental amalgam, have no inherent ability to bond to tooth tissue, they have to be retained in an unretentive cavity by mechanical means, this being a...

Occurrence of a LGO can indicate many conditions, both local and systemic, ranging from regular hyperplastic reactive lesions1 to atypical metastatic neoplasms.2 A non-specific term ‘epulis’...

If Osler's advice is followed, then the most important part of any examination is the history, to identify the symptoms associated with the condition. For pain of odontogenic origin, there are two...

The goal of primary prevention is to protect healthy people from developing cancer. Primary prevention is by far the most ideal approach; strategies include education of the public, high-risk...

This is defined as pain that is present one year or longer post-surgical procedure, that is unexplained by local factors and is best described as neuropathic in nature..

The evidence base on management options for CTS is limited, with much experimental data missing..

The main justification for considering a coronectomy is based upon the assessed risk of IANI related to M3M surgery and its prevention. It is well recognized that, after dry socket, nerve injury is...

Traumatic haematoma inflicted by her alcoholic husband is the likely diagnosis. Older patients have fragile skin vessels which bleed easily with minor trauma and form petechiae or large ecchymoses on...