Summary One of the most important skills for dental practitioners to attain is the ability to provide safeand effective local anesthesia. However, failure in local anesthesia in dentistry is not uncommon.In endodontics, achieving adequate anesthesia in cases associated with acute painful pulpitis isconsidered a major clinical challenge. Successful Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block (IANB) numbsthe soft...Read More

Research Summary Orthodontics: Nicotine and braces—an unwise combination Exposure to nicotine can strongly affect both the movement of teeth and the surrounding bone over the course of an orthodontic procedure. The deleterious dental effects of smoking are well understood, but little is known about how nicotine affects the changes that take place when wearing an...Read More

Research Summary Dialysis patients: Safer dental implants New clinical guidelines aim to ensure safer dental implant procedures for patients on dialysis for kidney failure. Chronic kidney disease is becoming more common, and 90% of patients experience oral symptoms that lead to early tooth loss. Dental implants can greatly improve quality of life, but carry increased...Read More