The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS Eng) guidelines on PDCs broadly categorize management into five treatment options5. Unfortunately, the evidence base underpinning several of these options...

Autism is a developmental condition that affects the way a person communicates and interacts with the world around them.9 This is accompanied by restrictive or repetitive behaviours, resistance to...

Behaviours associated with eating disorders promote suboptimal dietary habits that can cause nutritional deficiencies. Poor nutrition can influence the integrity of the oral mucosa. Intra-orally, this...

After cleft lip and palate, CFM is the most common craniofacial malformation, with the incidence reported as 1 in 3000 to 5000 live births.4 There is a slightly increased ratio of right-side incidence...

Impaction is defined as prevention of complete eruption into a normal functional position of one tooth by another. This can be due to development in an abnormal position, limited space within the...

An ectopic impacted tooth is one that fails to erupt at its appropriate site in the dental arch within a normal period of growth, based on clinical and radiographic assessment.3 In the permanent...

The force level presented on the packaging by manufacturers is standardized, and represents the force applied by the elastic when it is stretched to three times its resting diameter. In theory, the...

The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the resulting COVID 19 pandemic led many governments to curtail the delivery of dental health services. Since June 2020, there has been remobilization of...

Use of the lateral skull radiograph should only be considered as an adjunct to a thorough clinical examination. Indications for cephalometry are outlined in current BOS guidance, where flowcharts are...

A medically fit and well 17-year-old female was referred to the orthodontic department at Royal Derby Hospital by her general dental practitioner (GDP) for assessment of missing UR2, UL2 and UR3. She...

Extraction of a lower incisor results in loss of 5–7 mm of tooth tissue from the lower arch. This reduces the intercanine width and, therefore, affects the radial fit of the upper teeth around the...

This article has presented two cases that illustrate how clear aligners can provide a viable alternative to the ‘gold standard’ fixed appliances..

The patient presented at 14 years old, fit and well, taking no regular medications and had no known drug allergies. She was referred because neither of the maxillary canines had erupted. After...

A 7-year-old girl was referred by her general dental practitioner to the orthodontic department with a submerging deciduous maxillary second molar. There was no family history of any dental anomalies...

A 9-year-old female was referred to the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) department at the Royal Derby Hospital by her general dental practitioner (GDP). Medically, the patient was fit and well,...