With special strategies and simple appointment modifications, individuals with this common form of dementia can be successfully treated in traditional dental settings.

Customizing treatment, anticipating complications, and providing education about self-care techniques can help this patient cohort achieve and maintain optimal oral health.

As the use of medical and recreational cannabis gains momentum, oral health professionals must understand how to provide safe and effective care to patients who use cannabis-based products.

By understanding the risk factors and brain changes associated with this disease, clinicians will be better prepared to provide effective oral healthcare.

This review presents data from the literature focusing on opioids’ action on the central and peripheral nervous systems and subsequent influence on local anesthetics.

While not traditionally noted as high risk for xerostomia, young patients are more commonly experiencing medical conditions and medication use that increase susceptibility to dry mouth.

Oral health professionals who understand the common characteristics of nasopalatine duct cysts can effectively diagnose and manage these lesions.

This bacterium’s unique features offer insights into the development of periodontitis and inflammation-driven systemic diseases.

In addition to the conventional Halsted inferior alveolar nerve block and two well-known alternatives, this discussion will examine key features of other mandibular block techniques and short needle approaches.

Increasingly, clinicians are providing stable function by placing dental implants in patients in their 80s and 90s.