abstract：:Over 19,000 patients treated by 57 HIV-infected health care workers (HCWs) have been tested for HIV. Apart from the notorious Florida dental case, no patient has been shown to be infected by treatment given by an HIV-infected HCW. Cases of 10 HIV-infected HCWs have been examined in some depth. The evidence indicates t...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Scully C,Porter SR

更新日期：1993-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), localised to the upper aerodigestive tract, which presented as an unusual form of hyperplastic gingivitis in a 36-year-old female. The clinical, serological and histopathological findings are described. The resemblance of the affected gums to over-ripe strawberries is...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Napier SS,Allen JA,Irwin CR,McCluskey DR

更新日期：1993-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:'Active Learning' is a frequently encountered term much in vogue in educational circles and widely considered in many current textbooks and papers. It is, however, a most difficult term to define. This paper seeks firstly to explore and discuss the meaning of the term with special relation to undergraduate dental educ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Carrotte PV

更新日期：1993-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the outbreak of war in the former Yugoslavia, the British Government has accepted a number of people with special humanitarian needs from Bosnia. In October 1992, seven families, comprising of ten adults aged between 24 and 42 years old and 13 children aged between 18 months and 15 years old, arrived in Surrey h...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Harris ST,Allan RE

更新日期：1993-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The dental needs of the growing number of refugees in Bosnia-Hercegovina were all too apparent on my recent visit to work with children in Medugorje in the Mostar province of Hercegovina. While this area has not undergone the sustained destruction of central Bosnia it is a natural first haven for refugees from the fig...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Schrader A

更新日期：1993-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecstasy (also known as 'love drug', 'XTC' or 'E') is the name commonly used for the illegal designer drug related to amphetamine, 3,4 methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA). MDMA was patented in 1914 as an appetite suppressant, has been investigated as a mood modifying agent, but with its predecessor 3,4 methylenedioxy...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Duxbury AJ

更新日期：1993-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes a metastatic bronchogenic deposit involving the lower lip and the adjacent bone in the lower incisor region. The presenting symptoms were very similar to those of a dentoalveolar infection and extraction of the lower incisor teeth failed to provide any relief. Comparison of radiographs taken...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Seddon SV,Absi EG,Shepherd JP

更新日期：1993-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of glove wearing as part of dental surgery cross-infection control regimen is negated if gloves are punctured during use. An assessment of the procedures most likely to give rise to glove puncture is therefore of importance. Accordingly, 892 gloves worn by two dentists in general practice were examined for p...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Baggett FJ,Burke FJ,Wilson NH

更新日期：1993-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14-year-old boy suffered transient uniocular blindness after extraction of four permanent first molar teeth under general anaesthetic. We discuss the theoretical basis for ocular vasospasm secondary to the minor trauma of dental extraction being relayed to the orbit. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Malden N,Kaye-Wilson LG,Hudson I,Valentine D

更新日期：1993-05-08 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：:A report is presented of a study which was carried out to investigate the standard of impressions for anterior crowns received at a commercial dental laboratory in Great Britain. Aspects examined were the type of tray and its suitability to the impression technique used, fixation of the impression to the tray, the met...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Carrotte PV,Winstanley RB,Green JR

更新日期：1993-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:If you had been unemployed during the Great Depression of the 1930s, would you have believed that you were living through just a hiccup in a long steady growth trend? Yet that was the case! Looked at from an historical perspective, our present recession is but the birth pangs of a new global order. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Lukey F

更新日期：1993-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is described in which a patient who was originally treated by radical mandibular surgery including rib grafting, having been told that she had a dentigerous cyst, presented 49 years later with a follicular ameloblastoma. The case is discussed in an attempt to determine whether the initial diagnosis could have b...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Collings SJ,Harrison A

更新日期：1993-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to describe the variety of chemical agents and medicines which can produce oral manifestations following poisoning. Rapid diagnosis is essential in covert cases to ensure early treatment. Furthermore, oral care is an important part of the general management of many poisoned patients. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Rogers SN,Vale JA

更新日期：1993-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A baseline study of referrals by letter to a department of conservative dentistry staffed purely by honorary consultants was conducted for one year. Distinct differences were found between the majority of patients referred from general practice and those referred from other sources. Principal reasons for referral were...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Callis PD,Charlton G,Clyde JS

更新日期：1993-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, the dental profession has endorsed the view that one member should not make public--to patients or colleagues--criticisms of the work of another. Recently, the General Medical Council has disagreed, stating that there may well be circumstances when doctors should not protect colleagues from the conseque...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Doyal L,Cannell H

更新日期：1993-02-06 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：:The clinical durability of restorations made using water-based materials depends upon the type of material used. Current specification tests cannot predict durability, possibly because these are carried out on samples matured for 24 hours whereas longer maturation times may be more relevant. The lactic acid jet test w...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Williams JA,Billington RW,Pearson GJ

更新日期：1992-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem with improving quality in dental practice is not so much a difficulty with understanding exactly what quality means, but more a lack of clear guidance as to how to take the simple, practical steps to achieving that improvement in the daily pressures of practice life. This article describes Quality Developm...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Grace M

更新日期：1992-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was carried out of 102 members of the general public, asking for their views of the recent changes in the government funding of NHS dentistry. Approximately 80% of those surveyed had heard about the changes. The majority thought that the implications of the change would be a rise in costs to patients and a fa...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Allen D,Barker T,Gibbons D,Newton T,Thorogood N

更新日期：1992-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of dental caries was carried out involving 1537 mothers who attended St David's Hospital, Gwynedd, between July 1986 and July 1987 for their confinement. The study was 'blind' in respect of residence. The mean DMFT value for mothers with continuous residence in the non-fluoridated Gwynedd mainland was 13.6 and...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Thomas FD,Kassab JY

更新日期：1992-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of cell growth is fundamental to the maintenance of health: disturbed regulation can result in neoplasia. Genes in normal cells (protooncogenes) code for proteins involved in the regulation of cell growth and differentiation; abnormalities in these genes (oncogenes) or their expression are often involve...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Scully C

更新日期：1992-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In Zambia's population of 8 million, 69% are under 24 years of age. The country has a crippling foreign debt, and consequently public services are poorly funded. From March this year my wife and I have been working in Zambia. I have been asked to establish and develop a dental service based at Mukinge Hospital in the ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cudmore T

更新日期：1992-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Three accidental cases of accidental ingestion of radiolucent upper partial dentures are presented. As impaction in the upper gastrointestinal tract has a serious morbidity and even mortality, we recommend that dental surgeons consider this possibility when designing a prosthesis to replace anterior teeth. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cooke LD,Baxter PW

更新日期：1992-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of immunocompromised patients is increasing because of iatrogenic immunosuppression and HIV infection. Most have T lymphocyte defects and are prone to develop persistent and severe fungal and viral infections. Oral candidosis and peri-oral herpes simplex infections are particularly common. Other oral lesion...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Scully C

更新日期：1992-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:During the autumn of 1991 a meeting was convened in Brussels by Colgate entitled 'European view of fluoride supplementation'. Throughout Europe, product dosage and age related dose recommendations for fluoride supplements vary widely. With the advent of 1992, different instructions on the same packet would cause consi...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Clarkson J

更新日期：1992-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone is a specialised connective tissue that, together with cartilage, makes up the skeleton. These tissues serve three functions: (a) mechanical support and site of muscle attachment for locomotion; (b) protection for vital organs and bone marrow and (c) a metabolic reserve of ions for the entire organism, especially...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Meghji S

更新日期：1992-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Last year the Health Departments commissioned an independent 'scrutiny' of the organisation and management of the general dental service vocational training scheme. This was to prepare the ground for the introduction of a mandatory scheme. A report has been delivered and the interested parties are now considering the ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：1992-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief review of the literature of digit sucking is followed by the report of a study of 68 treated Class II division 1 malocclusions, designed to attempt to clarify the significance of digit sucking in their aetiology. Case histories of two of the patients from the study are briefly discussed to illustrate the range...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Brenchley ML

更新日期：1991-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Each year since 1970, the charity CRISIS has provided a place of warmth and shelter for the homeless of London (guests) over the Christmas period. In 1990 they converted a large factory warehouse off the Old Kent Road and set it up to cook meals, provide beds, games, televisions, hairdressing, chiropody, medical and d...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Daly B

更新日期：1991-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of double teeth in the primary dentition, for the British schoolchild, is 1.6%. Although primary double teeth in the anterior region of the mouth are not uncommon, double teeth in the primary molar region are rare. This case report describes the intra-oral findings, and in particular a case of a primary...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bedi R,Moody GH

更新日期：1991-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the Royal Colleges have rightly responded over the years to pressures within, and outside dentistry for higher levels of training in oral and maxillofacial surgery. There has been adoption of a series of qualification as, at first desirable, then mandatory...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Pedlar J

更新日期：1991-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine histologically teeth containing 27 tooth-coloured restorations with both stained and unstained margins for comparison of their caries status. Histological examination of 56 cavity margins showed that early caries lesions were present adjacent to many stained and unstained margi...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Kidd EA

更新日期：1991-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The dental attendance of a sample of dentate adults (n = 702) within the National Health Service in Scotland was monitored longitudinally between 1978 and 1988. The attendance pattern of the sample appeared to be no different between 1983-88 than in the preceding 5 years, which suggests that the attendance behaviour o...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Nuttall NM,Davies JA

更新日期：1991-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury amalgam has been used for dental fillings since the 1830s. Over that time, questions have occasionally been raised with regard to its safety, but a recent TV programme in America has re-focussed attention in this area. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Pogrel MA

更新日期：1991-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The geographic tongue of a 23-year-old female student was examined daily for one year. The size, number and location of the lesions were recorded using transparent films. The phase of the oral contraceptive cycle appeared to have a marked effect on the initiation and duration of the circinate lesions, the tongue chang...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Waltimo J

更新日期：1991-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with intra-oral squamous cell carcinoma arising in an area of cyclosporin-induced gingival hyperplasia associated with a renal transplant is presented. This appears to be the first reported case of its kind. Subsequently, the patient developed a carcinoma of the lateral margin of the tongue, with metastasis ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Varga E,Tyldesley WR

更新日期：1991-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes root and alveolar bone resorption associated with a single tooth which had been subjected to occlusal trauma during bruxing activity. Management of this unusually severe case is described, including the provision of an occlusal splint, endodontic therapy and occlusal adjustment to the natural den...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Rawlinson A

更新日期：1991-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty patients took part in a single blind study to test the plaque-removing efficacy of a new double-headed brush (Duodent 2000), compared with a conventional brush (Oral B 32). Twenty-seven patients were attending for an initial course of hygiene treatment, and 23 were recall patients with persistently inadequate pl...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Agerholm DM

更新日期：1991-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers are widely used in medical practice for the management of cardiovascular disorders. Of concern to the dental practitioner is the effect of these drugs on the gingival tissues. All classes of calcium channel blockers have been implicated in causing gingival overgrowth. This review considers the...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Seymour RA

更新日期：1991-05-25 00:00:00