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Optimizing Local Anaesthetic Practice: Addressing Misconceptions and Minimizing Anaesthetic Failures
Local Anaesthesia Negin OghabiThere is no standard success rate for IANBs. Failure rates of IANBs vary extensively from 31% to 81%.7 Dentists often struggle to identify the reasons for IANB failure, which could be due to several...
The free gingival graft
Periodontics Alaa GuniRecession can have a multifactorial aetiology and, therefore, a careful history and examination are required, as well as appropriate investigation of the affected sites (Table 1). The mechanism of...
Community water fluoridation and the benefits for children
Community Water Fluoridation James A AtkinsonDental caries is a global epidemic, with the recent World Health Organization Global Oral Health Status Report estimating that 514 million children globally experience caries of the primary...
Accidental Administration of Auto-Injectable Adrenaline into a Digit
Oral Surgery Christine WanisA 36-year-old male, who was otherwise fit and well, managed to discharge the EpiPen® into his right thumb whilst undergoing training in anaphylaxis. He immediately informed the trainer of the...
Recurrent exophytic growth on maxillary posterior edentulous alveolar ridge – a diagnostic challenge
Oral Medicine Aditya PatneyA 60-year-old male farmer reported to our department with the chief complaint of a growth in the posterior region of the left maxillary residual alveolar ridge of 1½ years' duration. The growth...
Technique Tips: adjunctive orthodontic photographic views – widening the frame
Technique Tips Harpreet SinghA Nikon D5000 SLR camera with automatic through-the-lens (TTL) metering was used for taking high-quality supplementary extra-oral and intra-oral photographic views in different clinical situations and...
Long-standing osteomyelitis: a case report and discussion
Oral Surgery Fiona McDonnellA 67-year-old woman presented to the oral surgery department in September 2018, complaining of generalized mandibular pain and a fragment of bone protruding through the gingiva in the left side of her...
Techniques for the restorative management of localized and generalized tooth wear
Restorative Dentistry Alex MilosevicThe rate of progress of tooth wear will depend on aetiology, the duration and the frequency of its effect on the teeth. Fortunately, age-related, or physiological, tooth wear is probably a slow...
Denture fixative cream and the potential for neuropathy
Biochemistry Yasir ShammaaThis case report describes the progressive neurological deterioration of a patient over a 4-year period resulting in weakness in the legs, widening gait and general unsteadiness. The patient was...