Periodontics

Surgical Crown Lengthening for Enhanced Clinical Success

Teeth needing restoration should have all caries removed. When this is accomplished, adequate supragingival tooth structure may not be left to allow placement.

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Restorative

Preserving a Full-Arch Reconstruction

Porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns and fixed bridges are some of the most commonly used restorations in dentistry today. However, as wonderful a material as porcelain.

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Restorative

Contemporary Restoration of Class II Caries: Direct Posterior Composites

Composites have become an integral part of our restorative practices, however, their evolution was not without growing pains. Among the failures are problems.

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Restorative

Gaining Crown or Bridge Retention: An Alternative to Surgical Crown Lengthening

Why put your patient through a periodontal surgical procedure if it is not needed for periodontal reasons? In many cases the dentist simply.

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Restorative

A Desensitizing Technique That Really Works

Most patients think they have to “just live with” dentinal hypersensitivity. That’s why most patients don’t even tell you if they have it..

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Materials

Seventh-Generation Adhesive Systems

Over the past two decades, the evolution of adhesive techniques has transformed the scope of dental practice. In North America, the majority of.

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Pain Management

Diagnosis and Management of Nondental Toothache

The patient who presents with a toothache or tooth pain that has no obvious dental etiology poses a diagnostic dilemma for the clinician..

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Endodontics

Endodontic Diagnosis

Dentists are trained to thoroughly review medical and dental histories and perform comprehensive extra-oral and intraoral examinations. Yet, in spite of these efforts.

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Aesthetics

Accidents Happen

One of the most challenging tasks for the astute clinician is creating predictably aesthetic and durable restorations to restore the single central incisor,.

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Aesthetics

Managing the Large Diastema With Porcelain Veneers

There are a myriad of aesthetic problems that the clinician will face in the dental practice. Everything from rotated teeth to midline shifts.

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