Working with children in the COVID-19 pandemic

This year has been a challenging year and we have all had to embrace the challenge of adapting to working in this pandemic. Moving into 2021, I would like to share some tips and insight into what I have learnt from working in the community and hospital dental services so we can all do our…

Intrusions: An introduction

In this post, we are going to take you through the ins and outs (pun intended) of intrusion and the recent tweaks in these tumultuous times.

Dental Avulsion: A guest post by Nicola Gallacher, DCT3 in Paediatric Dentistry

Featuring a special guest post on the ins and outs of Avulsion by Nicola Gallacher

Silver diamine fluoride

Given the current pandemic, as a profession we want to think about how we can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of our caries management in paediatric patients and Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) may have a role to play in helping us achieve this.

Nitrous Oxide Inhalation Sedation

Want to know more about inhalation sedation? Check out this blog post!

Local Anaesthesia in Paediatric Dentistry

Administering local anaesthesia (LA) elicits anxiety in most people (it certainly does for me!), so imagine just how daunting this can be for a paediatric patient. Read more to find out how to make this less of a daunting experience for your paediatric patients!

Safeguarding in Dentistry

Hmm-ing and Haa-ing over whether to make that safeguarding referral? Check out our latest blog post on Safeguarding in Dentistry for the latest guidance

Autism and Paediatric Dentistry

Treating children with special needs is something many dental students have had very little exposure to and therefore may seem a little daunting. In the community dental services we often receive referrals from general dental practitioners to manage autistic children. However as autism exists on a spectrum many of these children may be treated in primary care. We hope this blog post will help you feel more confident in assessing autistic children, understanding the challenges they face, how we can prepare for their visit, when to refer and behavioural management techniques you may need to discuss with mum and dad should they require treatment.

Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation; what’s it all about?

Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation appears to present more and more these days- check out this blog to learn the ins and outs of MIH...

Hall Crowns

Stainless steel crowns have been deemed the gold standard, find out how they can be just as easy to fit as direct restorations, why kids and their parents prefer them and why they last longer! Everyone's a winner with this technique!