Articles
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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
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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
