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Using Technology to Enhance Crown and Bridge Restorations

Restorative options are often limited to the scope of the restoration and the confidence...

An Expedited Procedure for Augmenting the Alveolar Ridge

Loss of height and/or width of the alveolar ridge may result from a number...

The Surgical Operating Microscope: Pushing the Boundaries of the Possible in Dentistry

In August 1992 in Dentistry Today, I wrote an article, “The SOM: A Quantum...

Adopting a New Philosophy: Minimal Invasion

Many of you reading this article (or family members or people you know) have...

Do All Dentists Use Lasers?

“Do all dentists use lasers?” This is a question I hear daily from patients....

Assuaging Postoperative Effects of Periodontal Surgery

Periodontal surgery is one of the most common treatment modalities for periodontal disease. The...

An Alternative Treatment for the Periodontal Infrabony Defect: A Synthetic Bioactive Resorbable Composite Graft

For the past 15 years emphasis has moved away from resective periodontal surgery toward...

AlloDerm: An Effective Alternative to Palatal Donor Tissue for Treatment of Gingival Recession

Gingival grafting using palatal donor tissue primarily to increase the zone of attached gingiva...

Suturing for Surgical Success

Surgery involves the creation of a wound, and proper closure of this wound is...

Altering and Controlling Osseous Architecture to Achieve an Aesthetic Dentition

We as dental clinicians are accustomed to altering bone to eliminate periodontal osseous defects...