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Protecting the Next Generation: The Dental Hygienist’s Role in Managing Periodontal Disease as a Risk Factor for Low-Birth-Weight Babies

How do you serve your pregnant patients? Do you serve them at all? Do...

Practice Marketing and the “Chain of Success”

Proper marketing techniques for the dental practice are critical to its long-term success. Dental...

Laser Periodontal Therapy for Bone Regeneration

Free running (FR)1 pulsed Nd:YAG lasers have been used safely and effectively in the...

Bonded Porcelain Restorations: An Integral Part of Aesthetic Rehabilitative Dentistry

Porcelain veneers are being used today for many different indications and have in fact...

Nitrous Oxide Analgesia: What Is a Safe Level of Exposure for the Dental Staff?

One of the major challenges of clinical dentistry is the management of pain and...

PC Dependency: The Dark Side

Tech authors, myself included, frequently extol the prospects of expanding your office PC’s role...

Ergonomics in Dentistry, Part 1

Prior to 1985, low back pain was the most commonly reported musculoskeletal disorder (MSD)...

Implant Micro-Gap Modification

Dental implants are a well-established treatment for edentulism, are now widely available, and are...

Prejudgment: Why It Stifles Case Acceptance and How to Overcome It Quickly

Do you know a dentist (maybe yourself) who prejudges patients’ ability to pay or...

Managing Cash Flow to Improve Your Bottom Line

Cash flow—how much money is flowing into and out of a dental practice—is an...