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Effects of Crack Cocaine on Oral Mucosa

The use of crack cocaine, a heat-stable and smokeable form of cocaine, is a...

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...

Doctor, Why Wasn’t I Told This Before?

To set up the premise and discussion points for this article we will begin...

The Latest on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Breathing difficulties occuring at night are called sleep disordered breathing, and the most severe...

Cancer, Dentistry, and a World Turned Upside Down

In 2004, the American Cancer Society estimated that 1,368,030 new cases of cancer were...

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...

Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated With a Foreign Body: Case Report

Because the anatomic juxtaposition of teeth and the maxillary sinus increases the possibility of...

Managing Periodontal Disease in a Patient Suffering From Renal Failure

Studies have shown an association between periodontal diseases and prevalent renal insufficiency that is...

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...

The Other Side of the Chair: Perspectives

I have spent the last 48 years of my life working in the banking...