Hygiene
The Link Between Oral Health and Systemic Health: A Review
Oral health and general health should not be interpreted as separate entities. Our mouths...
Prosthetics
Denture Adhesives: When, Why, and How
With my great denture techniques, my patients don’t need adhesives, right? As a dentist,...
Clinical Update
Automatic External Defibrillators
Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) have been placed in a variety of public locations nationwide,...
Endodontics
Filling Root Canal Systems With Centered Condensation: Concepts, Instruments, and Techniques
Filling root canals seems to be the primary obsession of dentists providing endodontic therapy...
Hygiene
Maximum Hygiene
As hygienists, we worked for years doing “bloody” prophies. In many cases, when we...
Infection Control
Sterilizer Monitoring: Rationale for Using Biological Indicators
In late 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released revised Guidelines...
Management
Don’t Lose Patients in the Chair…or the Charts
As I wrote in the August issue of this magazine, a doctor is judged...
CE Articles
Hand Care and Waterlines: Update for the Dental Professional
Dentistry has a responsibility to adhere to scientifically accepted principles of infection control. The...
Hygiene
Saving Lives in the Dental Office
When you were in dental hygiene school, did you ever imagine that one day...
Implants
Simplifying Single-Stage Solid Abutments: Techniques for Impressioning and Temporization
Single-stage implants are being utilized more frequently. Currently, Straumann ITI, Lifecore Biomedical, Sulzer Paragon,...