Implants

Solving Complex Treatment Challenges: Increasing Occlusal Vertical Dimension via Full-Arch Rehabilitation

INTRODUCTION Patients often present for treatment with complex issues that can be multifactorial in nature. The skeletal, dental, periodontal, anatomic, and neurosensory factors.

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Implants

Chairside Implant Abutments: A Novel CAD/CAM Approach

INTRODUCTION While dental implants have become a standard of care for various indications, there may still be cause for concern for general dentists.

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Aesthetics

A Minimally Invasive Anterior Makeover: Fabricating Direct Veneers Using Microhybrid Resin Composites

INTRODUCTION The development of dental ceramics established new paradigms in aesthetic dentistry. Nowadays, indirect porcelain veneers can provide extremely satisfactory results,1-3 increasing long-term.

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Treatment Planning

Interdisciplinary Treatment Expanded

INTRODUCTION In the past, the birth of a child with cleft lip alveolus and palate (CLAP) meant a lifetime of facial and dental.

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Aesthetics

Foundation for a Successful Smile Makeover: Understanding Bleaching Choices and Techniques

INTRODUCTION “Responsible aesthetics” and “minimally invasive dentistry” are buzzwords that reflect the current trends in dentistry. We all strive to perform conservative treatment,.

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Technology

Overcoming a Clinical Challenge: Detecting Caries Around Amalgam Restorations

Detecting caries around amalgam restorations is challenging. Typically, older amalgam restorations may cause some marginal staining, but visually, the margins may appear intact.

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Viewpoint

Dental Fear in the New Economy

“I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.” —Taylor Caldwell, author (b. 1900 – d. 1985) PHYSICAL COST OF.

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Aesthetics

Success With Interdisciplinary Dentistry: Immediate Implant Treatment in the Aesthetic Zone

INTRODUCTION Immediate implant treatment in the aesthetic zone is a challenge due to the need for a biologically compatible, functionally compliant, and aesthetically.

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Implants

Unique Attachment System for Implant-Supported Dentures

INTRODUCTION Implant-supported full dentures today (as opposed to implant-retained units)1 are normally supported by either a bar (Figure 1) or male-female attachments that.

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Restorative

“Smart” Class V Preparation Design for Direct Composites

INTRODUCTION Class V composite restorations are placed every day in the restorative dental practice. Whether the cause is dental caries or abfraction, this.

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