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Overview of New ADA CDT 2007-2008 Codes
The ADA coding system undergoes updating and revision periodically. Up until 2000, updates were...
Periodontics
An Expedited Procedure for Augmenting the Alveolar Ridge
Loss of height and/or width of the alveolar ridge may result from a number...
Cover Story
Patient-Centered Treatment Planning: Part 1
As part of our formal training to become dentists we are taught to diagnose,...
Hygiene
Recruit, Reward, and Retain: How to Build Hygiene Loyalty to You and Your Practice
Whether you are looking for your first hygienist to take over the prophies you...
CE Articles
Management of the Dental Patient on Anticoagulant Medication
Dental patients taking anticoagulant medication pose a challenge for the clinician. Dentists are often...
Clinical Update
Oral Postsurgical Complication in Patient Taking Bisphosphonates
The patient of a periodontist in private practice in New Orleans developed...
Lasers
Do All Dentists Use Lasers?
“Do all dentists use lasers?” This is a question I hear daily from patients....
Cover Story
Treating Dental Patients With Eating Disorders
Millions of people in this country, more than 90% of them young women, suffer...
Occlusion
Puppy Dog Sales, Part 2: How to Increase Case Acceptance With Integrity and Professionalism
In Part 1 of this article I discussed dentists’ responsibility to help patients make...
Implants
Computerized Occlusal Implant Management With the T-Scan II System: A Case Report
Many clinicians believe that occlusal forces placed on implants can have a deleterious effect...