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How To Be a Smile Designer, Part 1

It has been more than 20 years since I coined the phrase smile designer...

Aesthetic Correction of an Anterior Malocclusion With a Submicron-Filled Direct Composite Resin

Direct composite resin has been used to enhance and create aesthetic improvements in a...

How to Build Your Dream Practice, Part 2 The Next Steps

Achieving your dream practice is dependent upon understanding and exercising basic organizational applications. One...

Evaluation and Management of TMDs, Part 1 History, Epidemiology, Classification, Anatomy, and Patient Evaluation

Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) include a number of clinical problems that involve the masticatory musculature,...

Digital Radiography and Paperless Dentistry

Figure 1. “That x-ray’s in here somewhere!” If the procssor didn’t eat it and...

Predictable Soft-Tissue Management with Radiosurgery

    One type of surgical intervention that was used in the 1960s, had...

Immediate Complete Maxillary Dentures: Aesthetics, Fit, and Precision

Today, dentists are finding that patients of all ages are demanding the use of...

Tooth Surface Loss The Least Treated Condition?

Would you agree that the results of bruxism, attrition, or erosion can be seen...

Closing the Gap A Team-Based Treatment Plan Yields “You’ve Changed My Life” Results

What can be more rewarding than a patient telling her dentist, “You’ve changed my...

Long-Term Provisionalization Following Tooth Extraction An Innovative Approach

One intriguing aspect to treatment immediately following single-tooth extraction is the various methods available...