All Clinical

Speaking volumes

Mouths reveal a lot about our overall wellbeing, so the dental team is perfectly placed to act as gatekeepers to many pathways to better health

Becoming an orthodontic therapist

Orthodontic therapists are a class of dental care professionals and play an important role within the dental team. This article explains the roles and responsibilities and the training pathway to become an orthodontic therapist

Why do we need to take a medical history?

Priya Sharma highlights the difficult categories of medications and the potential impact it may have on a patient's oral health

Recognising human factors and minimising error

Brennan PA et al (2016) Good people who try their best can have problems: recognition of human factors and how to minimise error. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg54: 3–7. doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2015.09.023

Becoming an oral health educator: the real story

In this article, Alice Lucy Lloyd describes her journey of becoming an oral health educator, and details what the qualification entails

Oral health promotion for special care patients

Oral health care for special care patients with physical or sensory disability can present a challenge. This article describes why there are risks to oral health and gives some tips for dental nurses trained in special care dentistry on how to provide effective care

First impressions count: how to take a primary impression

This article explains the importance of the primary impression, while describing the important and necessary clinical stages involved in making an impression of the complete and partial dentition

Clinical audits in radiology

This article looks at the different areas that can be audited in radiology, the cycle of events, and key points to remember when carrying out a clinical audit

Autistic spectrum disorder: what should you know?

I am a paediatric dentist who has been working for over 20 years with the families of children who are on the autistic spectrum. This article is based not only on my own experience but also the feedback from those families whose children I have seen grow up under my care