Noninvasive “Face-Lifts” For Your Dentate Patients: A New Technique
Is dentists, we all have had training in removable prosthodontics, and we already know how to do “face-lifts” around the mouth, below the.
Aesthetics
Aesthetics and Function in Anterior Restorations: A Practical Approach
Conservative aesthetic anterior tooth restoration is one of the greatest challenges for dentists in clinical practice. The evolution of techniques and materials for.
Hygiene
Ulcer Management – “I Just Want It To Be Gone!”
Two frantic calls from patients. When will it ever end? The first patient, Jamie, is getting married Saturday and has a huge cold.
Restorative
The Indirect Composite Resin Restoration: An Underutilized Restorative Choice?
The number of direct composites being placed by dentists in the United States has climbed rapidly in the last 10 years. According to.
Materials
Predictable Restoration of Class 2 Preparations With Composite Resin
For many years, the restorative material of choice for direct placement of restorations in posterior teeth was dental amalgam. Although dental amalgam is.
Pediatric Dentistry
Cosmetic Rehabilitation of the Young Patient
Taking a bur to virgin enamel is always serious business and the younger the patient the more serious it becomes. As Mjor has.
Prosthetics
The Suction Cup Denture: A Century-Old Technology Reborn
Complete denture wearers may be one of the largest underserved dental patient populations, with numbers estimated at more than 40 million in the.
Endodontics
Interpreting Endodontic Radiographs Take a Trip to a Japanese Rock Garden
In Kyoto, Japan, there is a famous rock garden where 15 rocks are laid out in a pattern, and all are not visible.
Infection Control
Hand Hygiene; Bring on the Alcohol Rubs
Hand hygiene is the single most important factor in preventing the spread of pathogens and antibiotic resistance in healthcare settings. Hand hygiene reduces.
Aesthetics
An Innovative, Heat-Accelerated, In-Office Whitening Technique for Nonvital Teeth
Figure 1. Pretreatment view. A single anterior incisor that has darkened following endodontic treatment can be a difficult problem to resolve. A conventional.
