Subdural empyema resulting from displacement of a root into the maxillary antrum.

abstract：AIM:To determine whether adult patients' dental anxiety levels decrease following exodontia carried out under inhalational conscious sedation with nitrous oxide and oxygen (IHS) and local anaesthetic (LA). DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of pre- and post-operative modified dental anxiety score (MDAS) questionnaires comp...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hierons RJ,Dorman ML,Wilson K,Averley P,Girdler N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Despite overall improvements in oral health, the number of children admitted to hospital for extraction of teeth due to caries under general anaesthesia (GA) has been reported as increasing dramatically in England. The new UK government plans to transform NHS dentistry by improving oral health.Aim To eval...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Olley RC,Hosey MT,Renton T,Gallagher J

更新日期：2011-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin enzyme converting (ACE) inhibitors are a widely prescribed group of drugs used in the management of hypertension and heart failure. Several unwanted effects are associated with ACE inhibitors and this paper highlights those significant to the dental surgeon. Of particular concern is the problem of angioede...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Seymour RA,Thomason JM,Nolan A

更新日期：1997-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1998, research on 'What the general public wants from the general dental service' was carried out by the Centre for Dental Services Studies (CDSS) at the University of York and was commissioned by the British Dental Association (BDA). The research culminated in the report: 'User Priorities for General Dental Servic...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Land T

更新日期：2000-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess inequalities in the availability of NHS dental services between Health Boards in Scotland. STUDY DESIGN:Postal questionnaire survey of all dentists (n = 2,852) registered with the General Dental Council at an address in Scotland. METHODS:Data obtained on NHS working hours were used to model dentis...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Newton JT,Williams AC,Bower EJ

更新日期：2008-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:When Britain went to war in 1914, the British Expeditionary Force was deployed without a single dentist. Initially considered combatants, the only dental professionals who could serve at the Front were medically qualified dental surgeons in the Royal Army Medical Corps. In treating the traumatic facial and jaw injurie...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hussey KD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews and discusses the difficulties posed by the application of epidemiological indices for the measurement of dental erosion. It covers several aspects of index design. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Milosevic A

更新日期：2011-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In the aftermath of the devastating tsunami that hit South East Asia last December, a huge operation to try to identify thousands of victims got underway, with the help of many overseas medical and dental professionals. British dentist Gareth Pearson went to Thailand to try and help in this task and here recounts his ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bajaj A

更新日期：2005-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly clinical teaching for all health professionals is moving out of teaching hospitals and into community settings. A recent workshop reviewed the place of outreach teaching in undergraduate dental education. This paper defines outreach teaching in terms of its main components; identifies its benefits for dif...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Elkind A

更新日期：2002-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors which influence the uptake of orthodontic treatment are reviewed with respect to the features and aspirations of the consumers (patients and parents) and the providers (dentists, orthodontists and health system). It appears that the assessment of orthodontic treatment need is influenced by many variables r...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Shaw WC,O'Brien KD,Richmond S

更新日期：1991-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In the eighteenth century, a pedestrian strolling around Georgian London may have witnessed the bizarre sight of an ageing gentleman parading the streets on a painted horse and brandishing the jawbone of an ass. Not only was this man an eccentric, he was also a dentist. David Watkins here relates the remarkable story ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Watkins D

更新日期：1989-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper aims to compare the effectiveness of articaine buccal infiltrations (BIs) and lidocaine inferior alveolar nerve blocks (IANBs) for inducing pulpal anaesthesia in mandibular molars. METHOD:Studies which compared articaine BIs with lidocaine IANBs were identified by completing a full literature search usi...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bartlett G,Mansoor J

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify potential problems in the quality of care when oral surgery is provided in the primary health care setting. METHOD:Retrospective analysis of referral patterns, waiting times, treatment with clinical and histological diagnosis, including complications of 600 patients referred to a practice-based oral su...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bell G

更新日期：2007-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost efficiency of removing third molars in a practice specialising in minor oral surgery was compared to that of a hospital oral surgery department. A total of 100 patients treated in each locality were prospectively audited during the financial year 1989-90. Surgical complexity, waiting time, complications and patie...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Sadler A,Davidson M,Houpis C,Watt-Smith S

更新日期：1993-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Stomatitis glandularis is an unusual chronic inflammatory condition of the minor salivary glands, mainly affecting the lower lip. Two cases are reported, one of which was progressive and affected the glands of both the cheeks as well as the lips. After confirmation of the clinical diagnosis by histopathological appear...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cannell H,Kerawala C,Farthing P

更新日期：1997-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the long-term follow-up of patients successfully treated for disc displacement with anterior repositioning splint therapy and patients successfully treated for pain dysfunction syndrome with stabilisation therapy. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. SETTING:Dental school clinic unit. METHODS:Maintenan...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Davies SJ,Gray RJ

更新日期：1997-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The pain of angina pectoris and myocardial infarction is sometimes referred to the head and neck region. The mechanism for this effect remains obscure. A case is presented here that reports that electrical stimulation of a cardiac branch of the left vagus nerve in humans can cause referred craniofacial pain. This lead...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Myers DE

更新日期：2008-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable number of children under 16 years of age, with an oral healthcare need, are not brought to their Barts Health Special Care Community Dental Service (BHSCCDS) appointments. The BHSCCDS needed to understand more about why parents/carers (parents) were failing to bring their children, in order to identify ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Simons D,Pearson N,Dittu A

更新日期：2015-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This article highlights several areas of confusion that have arisen in relation to professional standards in the UK. In doing so, it provides a possible explanation for the fact that litigation levels against UK dentists, and also the level of regulatory challenge and criticism that they face, are both at levels far b...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Lewis K

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:I'm delighted to have the opportunity to share with you my understanding of the much-needed and long-awaited reform of the General Dental Council. Change is moving apace and the new, modern GDC, for which the existing Council has been working so hard, is taking shape as part of widespread fundamental reforms in the re...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wilson NH

更新日期：2003-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important that dental extractions under general anaesthesia (GA) are planned appropriately to avoid a repeat GA in the future. Current guidelines recommend the input of an orthodontist when the treatment plan involves a permanent tooth extraction but the number of children undergoing GA extractions makes this ch...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Tahir MH,Ellis PE,Hollingsworth L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To undertake a clinical trial comparing the efficiency of a compomer restoration with a glass ionomer restoration in the management of caries in primary molar teeth. DESIGN:Subjects were admitted to the trial if they required at least one pair of restorations in primary molar teeth. SETTING:Department of C...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Welbury RR,Shaw AJ,Murray JJ,Gordon PH,McCabe JF

更新日期：2000-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypersensitivity reactions to the commonly used denture base resins are infrequently reported. When they have been reported, most acrylic hypersensitivity reactions have been described as local contact reactions with few reports identifying any significant systemic symptoms. This paper reports a case where the patient...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Barclay SC,Forsyth A,Felix DH,Watson IB

更新日期：1999-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The current debate on our pay system sparked off by the elegant dissertation by David Watson-James (BDJ, October 24 1992) has been welcomed by those of us in the profession who try to see past the size of our next monthly schedule. Having spent the last eight years as a member of the Representative Board of the BDA an...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Renshaw J

更新日期：1993-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate by questionnaire, the use and selection of materials and techniques for the placement of direct restorations and the provision of endodontics and bleaching by dental practitioners in the North West of England and Scotland. METHODS:A questionnaire was sent to 1,000 general dental practitioners...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wilson NH,Christensen GJ,Cheung SW,Burke FJ,Brunton PA

更新日期：2004-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire was sent to a list of what was considered to be all dentists currently in practice in the General Dental Service (GDS) and Community Dental Service (CDS) in Scotland; 72% responded. The dentists were asked to indicate the general method by which they would prefer to be paid, given a choice of fee for i...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Nuttall NM,Pitts NB

更新日期：1989-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate if dental nurses perceive gender differences in the communication and interaction style used by their dentist in general practice. METHODS:Data were collected from 64 Northern Irish dental nurses (70% response), and from 549 Dutch nurses (41% response). Respondents completed the Communication...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Gorter RC,Bleeker JC,Freeman R

更新日期：2006-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable infection, but remains a significant cause of death. The dental team is likely to encounter patients with a history of TB, however, at present there is limited guidance available to inform the provision of oral healthcare for this patient group. This may lead to confusion...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Clough S,Shaw A,Morgan C

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is presented which uses light-activated bonding materials and orthodontic archwire to immobilise a surgically transplanted impacted maxillary canine. The technique is quick and effective. It uses materials commonly available in the dental surgery and does not require technical laboratory support. The treat...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Willmot DR,Davies SJ

更新日期：1991-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the composition of black tea in terms of its erosive potential. To determine the pH profile at the palatal surface of anterior and posterior sites of the dentition after drinking black tea. METHODS:Tea solution was analysed for its pH and anion composition to provide information on its acid c...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Simpson A,Shaw L,Smith AJ

更新日期：2001-04-14 00:00:00