Infection Control
Dental Laboratory Asepsis
Any instrument or piece of equipment used in the mouth is a potential source...
Oral Surgery
The Use of Disposable Electrode Tips in Radiosurgery
The use of disposable electrode tips in radiosurgery—one of several types of electrodes designed...
Infection Control
Preparing Instruments for Sterilization
Many local home centers offer short courses on a variety of repair and remodeling...
Management
Dealing With Patient Feelings
Regardless of how a patient enters a practice, he or she brings feelings about...
Prosthetics
Denture Adhesives: When, Why, and How
With my great denture techniques, my patients don’t need adhesives, right? As a dentist,...
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...
Magnification
Microscope-Enhanced Aesthetic Dentistry
One of America’s best-known architects, Frank Lloyd Wright, once said, “The physician can bury...
Oral Pathology
Clinical Conditions and Lesions Mimicking Salivary Gland Disease, Part 1
Columbia University’s Salivary Gland Center (SGC) serves as a referral base for metropolitan New...
Prosthetics
Infection of Dental Implements and Appliances, Part 2: The Denture
For many years, an association between denture wear and denture stomatitis (eg, denture sore...