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The current Ebola virus outbreak has attracted worldwide attention.

A case report highlighting the importance of a careful working diagnosis and management of patients presenting with neurological symptoms with an associated frontal swelling.

Most people are aware that tobacco smoking has serious effects on health and that it is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide.

Sleep apnoea affects up to 5% of adults, and there is a role for appropriately trained dentists to play in its diagnosis and treatment.

The use of dental implants in replacing missing teeth is an integral part of restorative dental treatment.

This research was a pilot study of the ways in which the continuing professional development (CPD) needs of dentists could be provided.

The aim of this paper is to describe a case of an adverse reaction following the injection of facial dermal filler in the context of current legislation and research, and introduce fillers as a possibility in the differential diagnosis of a lower lip swelling.

The patient, a 38-year-old Caucasian female, was referred for a maxillofacial opinion regarding persistent numbness present in her upper left lip from the midline to the commissure, together with numbness of the gingiva in the upper left anterior region of the maxilla.

Diabetes mellitus is a syndrome of abnormal carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism that is caused by an absolute or relative lack of insulin.

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common malignant disease of the oral cavity.