AAA: a rock and a hard place.

Introduction This retrospective analysis sought to ascertain the effect of the advice, analgesia and antibiotics (AAA) regimen upon the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for those patients attending for emergency dental extraction at the Department of Oral Surgery, King's College Dental Hospital (KCDH), London. This has subsequently been used as a foundation upon which to discuss the potential factors that are likely to have had an effect upon the prescribing patterns of general dental practitioners (GDPs) throughout the United Kingdom (UK) at this time and possible future implications should the UK experience a second mandatory closure of primary care dental settings.Materials and methods Retrospective data collection for patients attending for emergency dental extractions was performed at the Department of Oral Surgery, KCDH.

Guide for commissioning oral surgery: the development of a calibration tool.

Aims In previously published work a calibration tool used within the Department of Oral Surgery, King's College Dental Hospital London, identified a consensus of 68% in classifying levels of complexity of cases as per NHS England's Guide for Commissioning Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine. The authors postulated that the same challenges in triaging patients would be experienced by clinicians working in less supported environments. A pilot survey attempted to ascertain the level of compliance with the commissioning framework on a national scale.

Mandibular division trigeminal nerve injuries following primary endodontic treatment. A case series.

The aim of this study is to report a series of patients with mandibular division trigeminal nerve (V ) injuries secondary to endodontic treatment, evaluate presentation characteristics and identify prevention strategies. This article describes a retrospective review of patients referred to a tertiary clinic 2007-2015 with V injury following endodontic treatment. The sample included 12 male and 16 female patients with a mean age of 41.