One of the roles of a dental practitioner is the identification and management of oral mucosal disease (pathology) in its many forms. A tissue biopsy is an important step in the diagnostic process for oral lesions, while the skill required to perform a biopsy should be well within the capability of most practising dentists. The purpose of this article is to help dental practitioners to identify...

UNLABELLED Cone-beam CT is an exciting development in dental and maxillofacial imaging. This article gives an overview of the subject and discusses some of the implications for dental practitioners. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Dentists should be aware of technological advances that potentially are going to have major implications on their practice. They should have knowledge of the indications, limita...

The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for the practice of companion animal dentistry for the veterinary profession. Dental care is necessary to provide optimum health and quality of life. Diseases of the oral cavity, if left untreated, are often painful and can contribute to other local or systemic diseases. This paper includes guidelines for materials and equipment, dental clea...

Face shields are personal protective equipment devices that are used by many workers (e.g., medical, dental, veterinary) for protection of the facial area and associated mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth) from splashes, sprays, and spatter of body fluids. Face shields are generally not used alone, but in conjunction with other protective equipment and are therefore classified as adjunctive pe...

Metallic materials are the basis of dental materials science, which is an important part of dentistry. As a result of their good mechanical properties and some biological properties, metals are widely used in oral rehabilitation of dentition and mandibular defects, orthodontic and dental implants, as well as in the equipment for dental operations. Commonly used metals include nickel chromium, c...

When a dentist prepares a vital tooth, it is very important to know the distance between the prepared surface and the pulp chamber wall, and now we have developed ultrasonic diagnostic equipment which can indicate the nearness of these two boundaries by measuring the thickness of the remaining dentin. This equipment can be used to measure the thickness of the remaining dentin between the prepar...

Who could have imagined a decade ago what an enormous range of possibilities CAD/CAM systems would offer to the dental laboratory of today? The development of equipment and software, and also the materials which can be processed, has advanced at an unexpected rate in recent years. Anyone who as a manufacturer does not “go along with it”, or even worse lets the competition overtake him, has no c...

The University of Manitoba faculty of dentistry began efforts over a decade ago to integrate the most up-to-date dental education technologies into its preclinical laboratory environment. The faculty now houses 2 modern preclinical laboratories and a dental simulation laboratory that all use high-tech equipment to promote learning. The mix of technologies and equipment found within these labora...

Correspondence to: Cristiane Rodrigues Pedroni Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba Departamento de Morfologia Avenida Limeira, 901 Bairro Areião CEP. 13414-903 – Piracicaba – SP Phone: (19) 3412-5336 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Surface electromyography has been a useful tool for physicians and investigators to evaluate and diagnose temporomandibular disorders, to examine the role o...