The Dental Update Archive

Pregnancy is not considered a medically compromised state anymore, rather an extension of the healthy state.3 The physiologic changes of various systems can cause certain symptoms like nausea,...

The complications of chemo-radiotherapy vary between individuals and between different tumour sites and can be difficult to predict accurately. The effects are dose-related and are significant above...

Cutaneous involvement of the orofacial region causes microstomia (small oral orifice), observed in 70–80% of patients, with characteristic peri-oral furrow lines. Deposition of the collagen fibres in...

A number of so-called pox diseases, similar to MPX are known, some confined to animals and the others to humans. For instance, cow, sheep, fox, and fowl pox, are the most well-recognized animal pox...

Single or multiple tears can occur at any point on the root; however, the mid-third is the most frequent site reported, with the majority occurring on proximal surfaces (79.6%) (Figure 1).2,7 Cemental...

A 15-year-old girl presented to the Emergency Department (ED) at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH) with pain and swelling to the right side of her face. The patient was fit and well, had no known...

Kesling's positioner was a precursor to the aligner. In 1945, Kesling foresaw the future development when he stated that:.

Trauma to the primary dentition can be caused by different factors, such as:.

MIH is unique amongst developmental defects of systemic origin in that only the first permanent molars (FPMs), and sometimes the incisors, are affected. However, this definition has recently been the...