Economic drivers have changed the way in which patients seek attention for oral and facial conditions.

A systematic approach to viewing the radiograph should be used, and an understanding of the anatomy of the area is needed to fully assess the image.

Oral and dental health, as well as dental services, are important to general practice patients and need to be better integrated into general practitioners' thinking and practice.

Oral and dental health, as well as dental services, are important to our patients and need to be better integrated into our own thinking and practice.

The two professions have evolved with different social drivers and scientific underpinnings, with only a recent appreciation of the connections between the health of the mouth and the body.