Clinical Update
Effects of Crack Cocaine on Oral Mucosa
The use of crack cocaine, a heat-stable and smokeable form of cocaine, is a...
Implants
Creating the Ideal Prosthodontic Platform: Implants or Endodontics in the Aesthetic Zone?
With the success of implant therapy both aesthetically and functionally, today’s clinician has to...
Oral Medicine
Doctor, Why Wasn’t I Told This Before?
To set up the premise and discussion points for this article we will begin...
Clinical Update
The Latest on Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Breathing difficulties occuring at night are called sleep disordered breathing, and the most severe...
Hygiene
Cancer, Dentistry, and a World Turned Upside Down
In 2004, the American Cancer Society estimated that 1,368,030 new cases of cancer were...
Implants
Restoratively Driven Implant Dentistry Utilizing Advanced Software and CBCT: Realistic Abutments and Virtual Teeth
During the past 20 years, advances in diagnosis and treatment planning software applications have...
Oral Medicine
Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated With a Foreign Body: Case Report
Because the anatomic juxtaposition of teeth and the maxillary sinus increases the possibility of...
Periodontics
Managing Periodontal Disease in a Patient Suffering From Renal Failure
Studies have shown an association between periodontal diseases and prevalent renal insufficiency that is...
Technology
In-Office Cone Beam Computerized Tomography: Technology Review and Clinical Examples
Computerized tomography (CT) has been utilized in medicine since the early 1970s, but it...
Hygiene
The Other Side of the Chair: Perspectives
I have spent the last 48 years of my life working in the banking...