Aesthetics
How To Be a Smile Designer, Part 1
It has been more than 20 years since I coined the phrase smile designer...
Aesthetics
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...
Management
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...
TMD
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,...
Computers
Digital Radiography and Paperless Dentistry
Figure 1. “That x-ray’s in here somewhere!” If the procssor didn’t eat it and...
Periodontics
Predictable Soft-Tissue Management with Radiosurgery
One type of surgical intervention that was used in the 1960s, had...
Prosthetics
Immediate Complete Maxillary Dentures: Aesthetics, Fit, and Precision
Today, dentists are finding that patients of all ages are demanding the use of...
Restorative
Tooth Surface Loss The Least Treated Condition?
Would you agree that the results of bruxism, attrition, or erosion can be seen...
Periodontics
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...
Prosthetics
Long-Term Provisionalization Following Tooth Extraction An Innovative Approach
One intriguing aspect to treatment immediately following single-tooth extraction is the various methods available...