It is always upsetting to see people in pain but it is doubly so when you see that the profession I am part of and love has not helped them as much as they should have. The following case highlights one such time when this individual visited a dentist (abroad on this occasion although sadly we are not immune from this sort of incident here in the UK) and complained of pain on the right hand … [Read more...]

Sadly it's true; I am nuts about root fillings. I have spent more time studying them, doing them and now lecturing on them then any other topic in dentistry. Because they are such a large part of my working life I have become adept at winning in teeth that would have otherwise been extracted. I realise that there are few more miserable sounding words in the English language but actually the root … [Read more...]

Amalgam fillings have been around for over a 100 years and have helped form the foundation that modern dentistry is built on. They show amazing longevity as a restoration and are quick and cheap to provide. Unfortunately it is an inflexible material that offers no internal strength to the tooth being restored. Because they do not flex like a tooth under chewing pressure they tend to transmit all … [Read more...]

Readers of this site will know that I am a great champion of techniques that involve the absolute minimum of tooth tissue reduction when we are restoring smiles. This is why I am a great fan of "Bleach and Bond" as it combines whitening and direct filling techniques that can offer huge improvements to a smile with almost no removal of sound tissue. The results can be exceptional and whilst will … [Read more...]