Patient guides

Plain answers to questions patients often ask us, with the sources we used at the end of each guide.

Wisdom tooth pain: causes, removal and recovery

Why wisdom teeth hurt, when they need to come out, what removal involves and what is normal in the two weeks after.

Broken jaw after a road accident: what to do

Signs of a broken jaw, when to go to hospital first, how jaw fractures are treated and what six weeks of healing involves.

Jaw pain, ear pain and a mouth that won’t open

Earache with no ear infection, a clicking jaw or a mouth that won’t open fully often come from the jaw joint.

Torn or stretched earlobe: how repair works

What earlobe repair involves, how it heals and when you can wear earrings again.