The Dental Update Archive

A 37-year-old male patient was referred from a private practice complaining of pain in the upper left side anterior region of his mouth for a few days. There was history of pus discharge from that...

Orthodontic extractions are commonly known to be high risk for wrong tooth extractions. The British Orthodontic Society has set guidelines to assist practitioners in minimizing the risk of wrong tooth...

There are four indications:.

Oral cancer is the most common malignant epithelial neoplasm affecting the mouth. More than 90% is oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) (Table 1)..

If the patient has no previous dentures then average anterior height measurements can be used to construct the ORBs. These have commonly been 22 mm in the maxilla and 18 mm in the mandible.

Consideration of coronectomy is almost synonymous with high risk mandibular third molars, but it is an important treatment option when any extraction poses a high risk of IANI..

The use of paraffin and Vaseline injections to augment the face dates back to the 1800s. Their use was associated with many complications and so the search for safer, more reliable and biocompatible...

The annual Gallup poll of employees has regularly identified some key issues which gives an interesting set of results (Table 1). The question is what can an employer do to try and encourage the staff...

The first benzodiazepine was synthesized by Leo Sternbach, who discovered chlordiazepoxide in 1956 while working for the pharmaceutical company Roche. Chlordiazepoxide was first licensed for use in...