2026
// Paediatric
Dental Fillings in Children: What You Need to Know
A dental filling restores a child's decayed or broken tooth using composite, amalgam or glass ionomer; the child should not eat for the first 2 hours.
Eİ
Dr Ebru İmren
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Clinical experience, misunderstood concepts and frequently asked questions. Notes from many years of practice.
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// Aesthetic
What You Need to Know About Aesthetic Dentistry
What decides the result is not the material but the preparation: across 580 porcelain laminate veneers followed for up to 12 years, survival was 99 percent where the preparation stayed within enamel and 94 percent where only the margins did. Which treatment suits which case.
HK
Dr Hakan Kaval4 min
// Surgery
What Is a Sinus Lift? Why It’s Necessary Before Dental Implants & How It’s Done (Complete Guide)
Membrane perforation is the common intraoperative event, with a weighted incidence of 23.5 percent across 1,652 surgeries, and in prospective studies with at least five years of follow-up weighted annual implant loss after the lateral window technique was 0.43 percent. Why the procedure is needed and how it is done.
ÖŞ
Dr Ömer Faruk Şarkbay, PhD6 min
// Implants
Can You Get Dental Implants with Sinus Prolapse (Maxillary Sinus Pneumatization)? A Complete Patient Guide
Dental implants are usually still possible with sinus prolapse: a sinus lift first raises the membrane and builds graft bone under the dropped sinus floor.
ÖŞ
Dr Ömer Faruk Şarkbay, PhD9 min
// Orthodontics
Retainers: Their Role in Permanent Success of Orthodontic Treatment
Retention is not an optional extra. In a two-year randomised trial of 66 patients, relapse appeared in 68.2% of those wearing only a removable retainer, and a separate 104-patient trial found most relapse occurs within the first six months after debonding. Which retainer, worn how long.
AA
Dr Ahmet Murat Artuç, PhD5 min
// Orthodontics
Frenectomy: When the Frenum Actually Needs Releasing
A frenectomy releases the band of tissue under the tongue or lip. The evidence is narrower than the debate suggests: a Cochrane review of 5 randomised trials in 302 infants reported reduced maternal nipple pain after frenotomy, but no trial followed breastfeeding long term. Which cases genuinely need it.
AA
Dr Ahmet Murat Artuç, PhD6 min
// Root Canal
Tooth Root Decay: What Is It, What Causes It, and How Is It Treated?
Root decay starts below the gum line, where brushing rarely reaches. A meta-analysis of 91 epidemiological publications put pooled prevalence at 41% in middle-aged and elderly populations, with a mean of 2.87 affected teeth per person. What drives it and how it is treated.
AÇ
Dr Anıl Çetin, PhD9 min
// Paediatric
Full Mouth Dental Implants 2026: Your Complete Cost, Recovery & Transformation Guide
Full-mouth dental implants replace a whole arch on 4 to 8 implants carrying one fixed bridge or removable overdenture; treatment runs 3 to 12 months.
Eİ
Dr Ebru İmren27 min
// Gums
Laser Gum Contouring: What It Reshapes and How the Gums Heal
Gum shape decides as much of a smile as the teeth do. A systematic review of seven randomised trials found significantly less intraoperative and postoperative pain and bleeding with diode laser gingivectomy than with scalpel surgery. What the procedure involves and how recovery goes.
FK
Dr Ferit Kaval, PhD6 min