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This issue features articles on e-scooter-related facial injuries, extensive subcutaneous emphysema, and dental tourism.
Cover image: Throughout this volume, each cover will include a mystery dental object. Can you guess what it is..? Look out for the answer in the following issue!
Answer to Vol 234 Issue 1: This is an early example of a cataphoresis apparatus which was very popular at the turn of the 20th century which used electric current to anaesthetise the tooth. 'It has proved very successful for this purpose and it is at present unparalleled by any other method of anaesthesia'. This proved to be untrue and fell out of favour. C. Ash catalogue, 1899.
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