Demolition experts: management of the parafunctional patient: 1. Diagnosis and prevention.

Unlabelled: The first part of this paper discusses the clinical problems associated with providing predictable restorative dental care for parafunctional patients. The identification of patients with this problem is important, as is patient understanding and the optimization of preventive approaches, all of which are considered. In the second part, restorative strategies will be presented.

A life threatening event from poorly managed dental pain--a case report.

The history of a patient who suffered encephalopathy and coma is presented. A 25-year-old female consumed large quantities of cold water over several weeks, to control long-term dental pain. This eventually led to dilution hyponatraemia, followed by a seizure and encephalopathy.