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Harry Singh explains the treatment process and potential complications for considering non-surgical lip augmentation.

From Hollywood lips to the Essex lip, it seems that a commonly requested procedure from our aesthetic patients is the non-surgical lip augmentation.

Lips have always created attention and there is currently a high public demand for lip enhancement, which many consider to be a sign of attractiveness (Wollina, 2013). 

Full, well-defined lips showcase youth, health, attractiveness and sexuality.

Wider, fuller and curved lips and a short upper white lip are signs of female attractiveness (Verner, 2015) – a feeling only accentuated by the celebrities showcasing their own pout – from Kylie Jenner and Katie Price to most of the Love Island cast.

So why do we see so many distorted results?

In this article, we will look at how you can create that perfect pout. This will involve balancing age-specific treatments with the correct product … Read the rest

Dr Dickon Adams presents a case report describing the treatment of a patient who had been referred to him with a mesiobuccal perforation.

In this particular case, someone referred a 36-year-old female patient to me. Her general dental practitioner was having problems with the root canal treatment on the LL6.

The patient had originally presented to the dentist due to pain. The dentist initiated root canal treatment.

The initial radiograph showed there to be extensive apical areas. I made an association between a mesial radiolucency and a buccal fistula. Also, it revealed slight furcation radiolucency that may have been a result of perforation from the creation of the previous access cavity (Figure 1 and Figure 2).

It also looked as though the instrumentation had failed to negotiate the curved mesial root and had perforated mesially.

Further investigation revealed that there was a large perforation of the mesiobuccal canal (Figure 3).… Read the rest