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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...

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...

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...

Full-Mouth Reconstruction With Increased Vertical Dimension: Case Report

Everything is continually changing and evolving in cosmetic dentistry. Materials and techniques seem to...

Another Look at Root Canal Obturation

Many ingenious techniques have been devised for what should be a simple process of...

ReD Hot Hygiene, Part 4: H Is for Helpful

Help, or helpful, is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as: to contribute, to give assistance...

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...

The Class III Posterior Composite Restoration

The class III restoration is nominally a “one-surface” restoration on the proximal contacting surface...

Using Flowable Composite as a Base for Amalgam Restorations

Figure 1. Completed preparation after removal of all decay. Note the extent of the...

Paperless Dentistry: The Time Is Now

Transitions are tough. When my grandfather was making the transition from driving a horse...