Sometimes great opportunities present themselves in our dental office, and unless we are careful to identify them, they can easily slip away. When.

Knowing when, how, and why to utilize a particular indirect restorative material is crucial for the final outcome and longevity of a case..

Achieving desired cosmetic results that are durable and aesthetically pleasing has long been a challenge for dentists. Once metal-free restorations became the norm.

Admit it. You, too, have fantasized about having a practice full of “ideal” dental patients. Your list of desirable attributes for such a.

With the use of the latest generation of bonding agents, building up teeth with composite cores prior to restoring them with crowns has.

I have a very good friend, also an excellent dentist, who hasn’t changed the way he performs crown and bridge dentistry in the.

Class II (interproximal) decay and/or a failing restoration that involves a posterior proximal surface is still a common finding in most dental patients..

Perhaps one of the most frustrating situations in the dental office is to craft an aesthetic restoration and have the patient call the.

Figure 1. Fractured amalgam. Figure 2. Preparation, adjacent tooth with a 6-year-old Concept onlay. Figure 3. Unicem bonded, paradigm inlay. Figure 4. Polished.

Porcelain veneers are a very conservative approach to changing the shape, shade, and contour of teeth without resorting to a full coverage restoration.1.