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Dentistry as a career The field of dentistry supports a number of careers to provide employment, satisfaction and pleasure to many varied personalities and people with varying academic abilities, including the following jobs: dental specialists (13 different specialty...

What do I do and when? You’ve are going to lose a tooth! It’s a shock and upsetting but now you need to have a consultation and discussion with your dentist about how you will replace that tooth. If you chose to have an implant then the you can start taking...

American Academy of Periodontology & European Federation of Periodontotology November 2017 Periodontal diseases (gum diseases) are now classified according to the condition present, its stage affecting the patient, the extent of involvement of the dentition and...

Introduction Sadly, cancer affects more and more families these days and while treatment appears to be improving, it is still a condition that needs considerable further research and often requires aggressive treatment involving a combination of radiotherapy, surgery...

FDI tooth numbering system for patients! To help you understand your dental report from Dr Colin Priestland, it is necessary for you to know how the Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI) tooth numbering system works so you understand which tooth I am identifying...

Summary There are several sub-types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) varying in their ability to infect people and in their potency as an infection.  It is now known that HPV is associated with the increased prevalence of oro-pharyngeal carcinoma (OPC) accounting for...

Nutrition and oral health What does “nutrition” involve? Nutrition encompasses the intake of food, digestion, absorption of nutrients, nutrient transport to targetsites, storage of nutrients, metabolic use of nutrients and the elimination of the metabolic waste...