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Colgate Oral Health Month
September is Colgate Oral Health Month, with the overall theme for 2007 being ‘Fighting together for better oral health’. Now…
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Osteoporosis and periodontal disease: systemic influences
Osteoporosis is a global health concern; between 6% and 7% of people world-wide are affected by this disease of the…
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Oral infection and premature babies
Premature infant births are on the increase. In an editorial published in the British Medical Journal (21 April 2006), Professor…
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Recognising nutritional deficiency
As health professionals, we do not expect to come across malnutrition and nutritional deficiency often in daily practice. The typical…
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Instrumentation for periodontal therapy
Periodontal therapy involves the removal of calculus and biofilm. A variety of instruments are available to us for this. In…
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Review your hygiene department
I am fortunate to work within a team of like-minded individuals who embrace change and enjoy the new challenges that…
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Implications of bisphosphonate use for the dentist
Recently, literature from the health sciences field has suggested important oral/dental implications for patients with a history of bisphosphonate drug…
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Practice transitions
‘In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity’ – Albert Einstein. Never has this been truer than in dentistry today. I…
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Xerostomia: far more than a nuisance
Xerostomia is defined as a subjective complaint of dry mouth that may result from a decrease in the production of…
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Understanding occlusion
Understanding how our teeth meet and function can help us appreciate the inter-relationship of the masticatory system: the teeth, bone,…
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Special care dentistry: time for action
For decades special care dentistry has been the preserve of committed dental professionals in the public dental services who have…
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Treatment of the avulsed tooth
Avulsion is defined as the exarticulation of a tooth, i.e. the tooth is displaced completely out of its socket. The…
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Behavioural change management in periodontics: part 4
So far in the last three articles we have covered the following blockages to the uptake of periodontal care by…
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Good results for the wrong reasons
I can think of two good things resulting from government intervention that relate to dental health, but sadly nothing to…
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Challenging endodontic diagnosis: making clinical decisions
Indications for RCT can be grouped into three categories; vital inflamed pulps, necrotic pulps and re-treatment. Endodontic diagnosis is straightforward…
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Behavioural change management in periodontal care
Behavioural change has to occur in two arenas for it to work. The first is in the minds of the…
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Periodontal disease classifications – do they matter?
Dull as dishwater. List after list of gingival and periodontal diseases. If you are like me then it becomes difficult…
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Myths of motivation
If you have ever lost patients when you felt like you were offering them the best treatment anywhere, you may…
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Fixed versus removable implant prostheses
Periodontal disease often results in the inevitable loss of teeth. For many patients, a clearance in one or both jaws…
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