“…Australian Journal of General Practice has a long history of filling this educational void for its readers through the publication of case studies and review articles related to conditions of the mouth, jaws and teeth. [3][4][5][6][7] This issue of the journal takes the commitment one step further by providing short, scientifically based reviews of some of the most common presentations. The topics presented in this edition [8][9][10][11][12][13] were chosen to encompass issues that have not received review in the journal recently but may be of particular interest to GPs.…”