Achieving Emotional and Technical Success With Denture Patients
The emotional aspects of receiving dentures can be a major factor in many patients’ experiences. A patient who is not mentally prepared for.
Treatment Planning
Bone Grafting and Implants: Always the Best Treatment?
Figure 1. Patient before treatment, showing 2 missing maxillary anterior teeth with a large bone defect. Figure 2. Periapical radiograph of the bone.
- November 4, 2010
- 11 minutes read
Implants
Tissue Management Protocol: “Tunnel Bone Graft” Technique
INTRODUCTION Resorption in the edentulous posterior mandible primarily occurs in a buccal to lingual direction with a resultant thin, vertical, bony lingual cortex..
- November 4, 2010
- 12 minutes read
Periodontics
Peptide-Enhanced Bovine Xenograft to Treat Severe Recession
INTRODUCTION When it comes to surgically correcting gingival recession, treatment options are numerous, and there is presently a wide body of literature demonstrating.
- November 4, 2010
- 18 minutes read
Endodontics
Shaping Root Canal Systems: A “Real World” Case
This paper was written to discuss basic concepts in endodontic cleaning and shaping that can be applied irrespective of the instrumentation system utilized..
- November 4, 2010
- 15 minutes read
Occlusion
The Three Golden Rules of Occlusion
INTRODUCTION Occlusion is one of the most controversial subjects in dentistry and also one of the most important. Dental schools spend very little.
- October 6, 2010
- 8 minutes read
Restorative
Effective Hemostasis and Tissue Management
INTRODUCTION A common clinical challenge dentists face with restorative procedures is blood contamination. There are a variety of reasons that the gingiva can.
- October 6, 2010
- 13 minutes read
Endodontics
Endodontic Treatment Planning in the Fourth Dimension
“…Time loves a hero, but only time will tell if he’s real…” — Little Feat And so it is with endodontic treatment planning..
- October 6, 2010
- 16 minutes read
Implants
Clinical Pearls for Surgical Implant Dentistry: Part 3
Figures 1a to 1c. Extraction of a tooth using mallet and scalpel. Use a finger rest. In part 1 and part 2 of.
- October 6, 2010
- 21 minutes read
Implants
Extraoral Cementation of Implant Crowns
INTRODUCTION The need to replace a missing single posterior tooth is a common restorative procedure. A single tooth implant restoration is frequently the.
- October 6, 2010
- 10 minutes read
