Elametse Yaqub
Why do so many class II restorations have post-op sensitivity?
A lot of dentists and dental therapists tell me they get patients returning with post-treatment sensitivity following a class II restoration. I remember the same thing before I changed how…
Why is a class II so hard?
For years I thought of a class II as a bread-and-butter filling. Half an hour, matrix on, a few increments, done. I’d have been slightly offended if you’d told me…
Biomimetic dentistry in the NHS?
I was asked recently how biomimetic dentistry could be practised within the NHS, and I fluffed the answer. I’ve never worked within the NHS, and I practice in Scotland, where…
Which tooth first? Treatment planning a mouth full of cracked and weak teeth
According to the flowchart, the first thing we’d treat is caries or pulpitis, but as he was a new patient who hadn’t been to a dentist for years, we agreed…
The tooth I used to monitor
This is the kind of tooth I was leaving every single day. A narrow occlusal amalgam. No symptoms. No signs on the radiograph. The patient had no idea anything was…
The four red flags: how we decide which teeth are at high risk of fracture and caries
Every practice has a set of teeth nobody is treating. A wide amalgam, twenty years old. No pain, no obvious caries, a bitewing that looks acceptable. You tell your patient…