Articles

  • 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

  • Pixel perfect

    Barbara Lamb explores the issues that need to be considered in producing high-quality digital images in dental practice

  • Canal cleaning

    A review of the role of irrigation in contemporary root canal treatment by Adrian JA Stewart BDS, PG Dip Endo (UCL), MSc

  • Kingdom of her own

    Every morning dentist Dr Rachel King walks into her new practice in her home city with pride.

  • 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

  • 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’

  • 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.

  • American style

    South Dublin practice is refurbished with ergonomics, neutral colours and a clean, minimalist style as its top priorities

  • Promoting, preserving and protecting

    Dr Maura Haran, president of the ISDH, highlights the importance of the general dental team in providing care for people with disabilities and the society’s role in supporting this

  • Achieving full coverage

    Evelina Kratunova, BDentSc, MFD(RCSI), DCh Dent, FFD(RCSI), and Anne C O’Connell, BA, BDentSc, MS, describe how to achieve full coronal coverage in primary molar restorations

  • Considerations for aesthetic anterior crowns

    Dr Tom Canning demonstrates the techniques and factors that need to be considered when dealing with patients’ high expectations in aesthetic cases

  • Project SMILE Ireland: the next step

    All dental services should aim for a quality experience, for everyone, explains Dublin-based special care dentist Kev Mac Giolla Phadraig

  • Looking for the green shoots

    Economic experts are forecasting dramatic improvements in the Irish economy, but is the dental economy on the up as well?

  • Hidden Values

    Brid Hendron explains how values affect your working life and, how understanding your values and those of your colleagues, can contribute to a happier workplace

  • Flexible procedures

    Simple prosthetic solutions in complex cases for a successful overdenture by Dr Emiliano Ferrari and Gianni Storni