Smile Escapes

Highlighting patient care in a complex implant case

Shi Karim and his patient discuss a recent implant case and the entire practice team’s award-winning approach to patient care. This male patient came as a referral from another practice seeking treatment to restore his smile. He communicated feeling self-conscious about speaking, smiling and showing his teeth in general. He had started to find it… 

Dentistry Live: mastering the root canal workflow

Join Dr William Holme and Dr Julian Webber on Thursday 13 November at 7pm as they demonstrate practical, evidence-based root canal strategies. Root canal treatment remains one of the most technically demanding procedures in dentistry, with each stage carrying its own potential challenges and complications, and let’s face it, it isn’t the most glamorous or… 

Why is a fully-trained dentist working in McDonald’s?

Gaby Bissett speaks to Ahmed Yassen about his frustrations with the overseas registration exam (ORE) and the impact it is having on UK dentistry. Ahmed Yassen graduated with a degree in dentistry from Pharos University, Egypt, in 2018. He went on to obtain his master’s in oral implant dentistry in 2022. But today, he works… 

Technology for same-day 3D-printed zirconia restorations developed

Permanent crowns, bridges and veneers can now be 3D printed in zirconia at patients’ chairside within the same day. Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas are working to make newly-developed technology commercially available which will allow all-ceramic restorations to be rapidly 3D printed in dental practices. Dr Majid Minary is a professor of…