Articles
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Comfortably numb
Dr Laura Fee explores the controversies surrounding local anaesthetics and the medically complex patient
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Pathophysiology of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea
An increasing number of dentists are managing sleep-related breathing disorders as a result of awareness of the role they can play in improving the quality of life of patients who suffer with this debilitating disease. What are its causes and consequences?
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Academic, relevant and controversial
Dr Sean Malone explains what makes the RCSI Dental Faculty’s Annual Scientific Meeting special and what attendees can expect to gain from the 2015 event
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Straight talker
When his involvement with the hugely successful Smiles chain of dental practices ended, orthodontist Hugh Bradley embarked on another challenge in Donnybrook
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Alternative aesthetics
The use of bulk fill materials appear to provide the advantages of an aesthetic material with less sensitive placement, offering a real alternative to amalgam in posterior restorations
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Part 2 Pixel perfect
Quality Assurance and the digital image – are you getting your 256 shades of grey?
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Aesthetic orthodontic brackets Are they all the same?
Preet Bhogal compares and contrasts the advantages and disadvantages of various aesthetic labial brackets on the market
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Helping the children of Chernobyl
Galway dentist Cíara Houlihan travelled to Belarus recently with humanitarian aid agency Adi Roche’s Chernobyl Children International. Here, she describes her experience
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Pixel perfect
Barbara Lamb explores the issues that need to be considered in producing high-quality digital images in dental practice
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Canal cleaning
A review of the role of irrigation in contemporary root canal treatment by Adrian JA Stewart BDS, PG Dip Endo (UCL), MSc
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Kingdom of her own
Every morning dentist Dr Rachel King walks into her new practice in her home city with pride.
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Dentistry’s white-collar crime
In his second article on dental provider fraud, Dr Liam Lynch looks at the reasons dentists commit fraud and what can be done to counter it
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The Moderniser
As she works on updating Ireland’s national Oral Health Policy, Dr Dympna Kavanagh, Ireland’s Chief Dental Officer, has a message for the dental profession – ‘get involved and make it your own’
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Achieving optimal aesthetic results
Non-prep veneers continue to be one of the biggest challenges in aesthetic veneering treatment because they demand a high degree of intensive diagnosis, optimal conditions, clear communication and dental technology of outstanding quality.
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American style
South Dublin practice is refurbished with ergonomics, neutral colours and a clean, minimalist style as its top priorities
