Peer reviewed Archive

Dental amalgam: is this the end?

Dr Cristina Taut BDS Wexford Dental Clinic 12 Lower George Street Wexford Town Co. Wexford T: 053-917 1817 E: cristina.taut@gmail.com Précis The use of dental amalgam in dentistry and its health and environmental impacts have been a global matter of interest and controversy for the last decade.

Results of data gathered at a smoking cessation counselling stand in the Dublin Dental University Hospital on Mouth Cancer Awareness Day 2012

The smoking habits of visitors to the Dublin Dental University Hospital on Mouth Cancer Awareness Day 2012 as researched by dental hygiene students.

Odontogenic cervico-fascial infections: a continuing threat

Hannah Cottom BDS(Hons) MJDF Senior House Officer Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Northampton General Hospital Northampton NN1 5BD UK James R Gallagher BDS FDSRCS FFDRCSI MB BS MRCS(Eng) FRCS(OMFS) Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Northampton General Hospital Northampton NN1 5BD

The Street of the Yellow Horse

PROFESSOR ROBIN O’SULLIVAN presents aspects of dental history and some reminiscences about two dental families who lived in Cork before the Dental School was established there. Introduction Beginning in the early 18th century, dentistry entered into what would become a long period of steady progress. Various innovations

A simple technique for replacing extracted anterior teeth using a vacuum formed retainer

Précis This article outlines the technique for providing an aesthetic replacement for anterior teeth immediately following extraction using a vacuum formed retainer filled with tooth coloured acrylic resin. Journal of the Irish Dental Association 2013; 59 (5): 258-260. This technique was presented as a table demonstration at

Case report: management of broken dental needles in practice

Dr Naomi Rahman BA BDentSc FFD RCSI DCh Dent (OS) Specialist Oral Surgeon c/o Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Medicine Dublin Dental School and Hospital Trinity College Dublin Dr Mary Clarke FDS RCPS FFD RCSI MDentCh (OS) Oral Surgeon/Lecturer in Conscious Sedation Department of

Audit of the Health Service Executive orthodontic referral pathway between 2009 and 2011 in the Dublin Mid-Leinster region

Dr Simon Wolstencroft BDS FDSRCS MScD MOrth FOrth Consultant Orthodontist HSE Orthodontic Department St James’s Hospital Dublin 8 Dr Allah Dad Khosa BDS MFDSRCS FFDRCSI Senior Dental Surgeon National Oral and Maxillofacial Unit St James’s Hospital Dublin 8 For correspondence: Dr Simon Wolstencroft T: 01-420 1100 Abstract

An audit of orthodontic treatment eligibility among new patients referred to a Health Service Executive orthodontic referral centre

Maurice J Meade BDS MFDSRCSEd MJDFRCSEng Postgraduate Orthodontic Student Cork University Dental School and Hospital Wilton Cork Declan T Millett BDSc DDS FDS(RCPSGlasg) FDSRCSEng DOrthRCSEng MOrthRCSEng Professor of Orthodontics/Consultant Cork University Dental School and Hospital Wilton Cork For correspondence: T: 021-490 1139 E: d.millett@ucc.ie Précis An audit

Commonly used topical oral wound dressing materials in dental and surgical practice – a literature review

Michael Freedman BA BDentSc DChDent FFD RCSI Oral Surgeon Leo FA Stassen FRCS(Ed) FDS RCS MA FTCD FFSEM(UK) FFD RCSI Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Address for correspondence: Prof. Leo FA Stassen Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2. E:

Effect of phase I periodontal therapy on pro-coagulant state in chronic periodontitis patients – a clinical and haematological study

Dr Ruchi BanthiaMDS (Periodontics) Professor, Department of Periodontics Modern Dental College and Research Centre Indore, MP, India Dr Parul Jain Postgraduate student Department of Periodontics Modern Dental College and Research Centre Indore, MP, India Dr Priyank BanthiaMDS (Periodontics) Professor and HOD Department of Periodontics InderPrastha Dental College