The Dental Update Archive

We report the case of a 69-year-old women with necrotizing sialometaplasia, a condition caused by ischaemia and well recognized for mimicking squamous cell and/or muco-epidermoid carcinoma. An...

Data reported in the 1998 Adult Dental Health Survey1 show increasing levels of attachment loss with age (Figure 2). In the 65+ age group, 85% of subjects exhibited attachment loss (ALOSS) of ≥4 mm,...

The operating microscope can greatly facilitate examination and diagnosis of the dental patient. This author has used an operating microscope to examine the oral cavity and its structures for over...

As a result of the above, the teeth are often mobile and premature exfoliation is seen..

Following placement and restoration of any implant-supported prosthesis, patients should be enrolled on a supportive maintenance programme of regular reviews. The aim of this programme is to prevent...

Traditionally, our existing patient base refers our new patients to us. As a rule of thumb, if the referring patient is nice, the friend or family member is cut from a similar cloth. It's like a...

Fractured roots are mostly diagnosed shortly after injury although, if the patient does not attend the dentist at the time, they may sometimes be found at subsequent routine dental appointments....

The suggestion that smoking cessation could be split into five different stages was first described by Prochaska and DiClemente.4 In this article it is assumed that the model is in relation to smoking...