A Technique for Optimal Core Buildups
INTRODUCTION Recurrent caries at the margins of crowns pose unique restorative challenges. Until the old crowns are removed, the dentist cannot know if.
Aesthetics
The Power of Preparation: Achieving Ideal Esthetic Results
INTRODUCTION Success does not happen by accident; it happens with hard work and preparation. Being prepared for a speech, exam, or sporting event.
Aesthetics
Meaningful Mini-Makeovers in the New Economy
INTRODUCTION Most clinicians receive promotional literature and/or e-mails about how to attract more patients with large cases or do more smile makeovers. These.
Implants
Immediate Mini Implant Placement Following Extractions
INTRODUCTION Small-diameter implants (SDIs) have become an efficient tool for denture and removable partial denture stabilization, as well as some specific fixed restorative.
Viewpoint
Implants Versus Endodontics: “As the Pendulum Swings”
If you are reading this article, you are probably a restorative dentist, prosthodontist, periodontist, oral surgeon, pediatric dentist, orthodontist, or endodontist. But there.
Prosthodontics
The Stress Axis/DNA Protocols in Denture Fabrication, Part 1
INTRODUCTION The architecture of poverty has touched us all in both our personal lives and in our professional careers. “Doc, my dog ate.
Technology
Cosmetic Gingivectomy Using Radiosurgery
INTRODUCTION Radiosurgery is used for cutting and coagulation of soft tissue in the oral cavity. A 4.0 MHz high radio frequency (RF) signal.
Restorative
Nearly Universal Materials: Materials and Techniques Designed to Simplify Clinical Choices
INTRODUCTION The world of restoration placement can be a confusing one. When is the tooth too dry or too wet, when do we.
Implants
Platelet-Rich Fibrin in Mesh Exposure Repair
INTRODUCTION Guided bone regeneration in ridge augmentation procedures have gained greater importance in recent years as we demand more esthetic results in the.
Viewpoint
The Truth About Depth of Cure
Let me ask a question: Shouldn’t a measurement for depth of cure (DOC) measure how much resin has actually polymerized (cured) at a.
