Pain Management
Is There a Satisfactory Alternative to Opioids in the Management of Surgical Pain?
Figure 1. Rofecoxib: Specific inhibition of COX-2. The dental practitioner has many ways of...
Periodontics
Risk Assessment in Periodontal Diagnosis and Treatment Planning: The Fundamental Importance of Probing
Management of adult periodontitis has undergone considerable change in the past decade. As understanding...
Prosthetics
Grafting the Anterior Maxilla After Tooth Loss From External Resorption: A Case Report
External resorption often creates severe bone loss that can affect prosthetic treatment planning. This...
Aesthetics
Full-Mouth Reconstruction With Increased Vertical Dimension: Case Report
Everything is continually changing and evolving in cosmetic dentistry. Materials and techniques seem to...
Endodontics
Another Look at Root Canal Obturation
Many ingenious techniques have been devised for what should be a simple process of...
Hygiene
ReD Hot Hygiene, Part 4: H Is for Helpful
Help, or helpful, is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as: to contribute, to give assistance...
Periodontics
Correction of an Aesthetic Problem Related to Excessive Display of Gingiva
Chiche and Pinault1 describe in their text, Esthetics of Anterior Fixed Prosthodontics, the artistic...
Restorative
The Class III Posterior Composite Restoration
The class III restoration is nominally a “one-surface” restoration on the proximal contacting surface...
Restorative
Using Flowable Composite as a Base for Amalgam Restorations
Figure 1. Completed preparation after removal of all decay. Note the extent of the...
Computers
Paperless Dentistry: The Time Is Now
Transitions are tough. When my grandfather was making the transition from driving a horse...