Correction of the “Black Triangle”: Restoratively Driven Papilla Regeneration
When a clinician faces the difficult aesthetic challenge of the “black triangle” (more appropriately termed “loss of interdental papilla” or “reduced papilla height”),.
Hygiene
A Profitable Hygiene System: Not an Undervalued Practice Resource, Part 2
Dental offices have an ethical obligation to provide the best care for their patients. All too often, dental practices cling to old beliefs.
Implants
Endosseous Implants Restored With All-Ceramic Single-Unit Restorations in the Aesthetic Zone
A fixed partial denture with natural teeth as abutments was historically the only alternative for a fixed restoration in the partially edentulous patient..
Restorative
Copy Existing Tooth Form to Retrofit to an RPD Accurately: An Ideal CAD/CAM Application
One of the most vexing and difficult procedures in restorative dentistry is that of retrofitting a crown under an existing, removable partial denture..
Restorative
Golden Rules for Successful Composite Resin Restorations
Very often, colleagues and students ask me, “What is the best composite to use?” It took me a while to find a reasonable.
Endodontics
The X-Files: Four Case Reports
In his book Innovation and Entrepreneurship, business guru Peter Drucker stated that a new technology is not widely taken up by users unless.
Endodontics
EndoSequence: Melding Endodontics With Restorative Dentistry, Part 1
In our more than 75 years of combined experience, we have witnessed many changes in dentistry. The most significant (in our opinion) have.
Aesthetics
Radiosurgery for Gingival Melanin Depigmentation
Radiosurgery is one of the most important and versatile instruments in dentistry today. Its numerous uses range from performing surgical incisions and excisions.
Hygiene
A Profitable Hygiene System: Not an Undervalued Practice Resource, Part 1
What does it take to create a clinically successful, productive, and profitable hygiene system within a dental practice? Over the past years, research.
Implants
Tissue-Punch Technique in Nonattached Tissue Using the YSGG Laser
Osseointegration has become a highly predictable dental procedure. Dental implants placed by raising a surgical mucoperiosteal flap can cause a number of complications.
