OK, it is now official. I didn’t know what I was talking about when I wrote about the complications of the snore guard (see Parts One and Two of this blog series). I was researching a more in-depth answer to … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 3
Do your clinical images sometimes appear to have a yellow or blue cast? The above left image has a yellow cast to it that doesn’t accurately portray what is in the patient’s mouth. The most likely cause is an inaccurate … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 4
We talked about this bilateral posterior open bite secondary to long term snore appliance wear in my last blog. The patient is having chronic muscle pain secondary to this anterior position. What do we do? We started by using an … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 6
Don’t get mad at the patient; in this case he can’t bite on his back teeth. (The images are not underexposed; his teeth are really this dark). This is the result of long term snore guard appliance wear. He has … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 4
This bridge has been in place for about 20 years. The patient is beginning a comprehensive course of treatment and we are getting ready for ortho so I cut off the old bridge to reprovisionalize and see how the tissue … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 4
See the little cupped out area in the mesiobuccal cusp of the molar? Until very recently, I didn’t know why it was there. As I write this I am sitting in the Treating the Worn Dentition seminar and Frank just … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 0
I was working through a case with a young dentist recently. She was feeling overwhelmed by how much she doesn’t know about the different aspects of treating her patient. Mentally, she was a spinning top, running from spot to spot … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 0
I snapped this picture while I was visiting The Winter Lab the other day. These are two preparations for pressed ceramic veneers. I like looking at pictures of preps because they tell me so much more than I can see … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 0
There are two implants in these pictures, #8 and #12. The central incisor looks like a restored implant. The premolar looks like a tooth. I restored both implants and in fact, they are in the same mouth. I had the … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 0
This is Rick, one of the outstanding ceramists who works in The Winter Lab at Spear Education. I enjoy going into the lab and seeing what he is working on and hearing his perspective on what is happening with the … Read more
3 years ago by Steve Ratcliff 0
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