Chairside learning on undergraduate clinics: general dental and human disease themes.

Introduction Chairside teaching is an important part of dental undergraduate clinical education. Bedside teaching is well-reported in relation to undergraduate medicine but few publications relate to undergraduate dentistry.Aims and objectives To investigate the experience and benefits from chairside teaching/learning in the clinical years of a five-year dental programme in a UK university.

Medical history complexity of patients attending dental student restorative treatment clinics compared with dental emergency clinics.

Introduction: Dental students should graduate from undergraduate programmes with the knowledge and skills to safely manage patients. This requires exposure to patients with a range of medical needs, which may impact the planning and delivery of care.

Aims And Objectives: We wished to establish the medical history complexity of patients presenting to student restorative clinics and compare them to patients attending a dental emergency clinic.

Dental trainee motivations for the acquisition and use of postgraduate qualifications in medical education.

Introduction Medical and dental education is increasingly professionalised. The expectation is that educators have appropriate training and qualifications. Entry to dental speciality training is highly competitive and applications are scored using defined criteria, including experience in education.

Paediatric dentistry trainee views on training relating to the medically compromised child and oral medicine elements of specialty training curricula.

Introduction: Paediatric dentists care for children who are medically compromised and with an orofacial disease; therefore, trainees need appropriate training in these areas. The prevalence of congenital and chronic diseases in children is increasing, and future specialists need an understanding of human health and disease and oral medicine. This study aimed to determine if current teaching and assessments were fulfilling these requirements.

The location and tracking of swallowed dental appliances: the role of radiology.

Two cases of swallowing mishaps, one involving a spoon-denture and the other an orthodontic partial arch wire, are reported. The former was recovered following interventional radiology, the latter by proctoscopy. The role of radiographic investigation and possible measures to prevent such potential life-threatening emergencies are discussed.

Odontogenic keratocyst involving the maxillary sinus: report of two cases.

The occurrence of odontogenic keratocysts in the maxilla is relatively rare, and invasion of the maxillary sinus unusual. Such cysts are normally small and unilocular. Two large keratocysts with different clinical features and radiological appearances, which had invaded the sinus, are discussed in the case reports presented here.

Cleft palate rehabilitation using a resin-bonded split-post prosthesis.

For the patient described in this report a nonprecious metal alloy that contains neither beryllium nor nickel was used. The retainers were sandblasted with 50 microns alumina and cemented by using a resin that bonds chemically to metal. With good oral hygiene and regular review the resin-bonded split-post prosthesis should provide a long period of service.