White spot lesions (WSL) are common during or after orthodontic treatment. Managing these lesions is a challenge. The following are best practice recommendations based on current research. Most studies report the incidence of new clinically visible WSL occurring during orthodontic … Read more
5 days ago by Vivek Mehta 3 Comments
At the time you try-in a patient’s final restorations, if there is a cant to the occlusal plane or midline, you can follow these steps to assess or rectify the situation. • Evaluate the restorations on the mounted cast. Place the … Read more
6 days ago by Bob Winter 1 Comment
In this series of articles, I’m going to start on a new case study for a retired dentist named Tom. His desire was to replace a posterior reconstruction that had been very well done about 25 years ago, along with … Read more
7 days ago by Frank Spear 0 Comments
Subgingival margin placement is necessary for several reasons: to hide the margin on a discolored tooth, to hide the margin when a more opaque restoration is placed, to chase old restorations or decay, and sometimes to increase the amount of … Read more
14 days ago by Frank Spear 0 Comments
As the closing article in the Nancy Case Study series, I’ll be discussing Nancy’s final restorations. I ended up going with a set of crowns made from Feldspathic porcelain. Obviously, how you place your crowns is very dependent on … Read more
26 days ago by Frank Spear 0 Comments
Continuing the discussion on the Nancy Case Study, this article will highlight the lab communication phase that began in Part I. A critical part in the lab communication for Nancy was contour and alignment. The tooth reduction was done after … Read more
49 days ago by Frank Spear 2 Comments
In a previous article I went over the treatment planning process of Nancy’s two central incisors that had old restorations and the completion of the full crown preparations. This article is going to highlight the lab communication phase. In order … Read more
53 days ago by Frank Spear 0 Comments
Continuing the series on the Nancy Case Study on malalignment, once the mock-up is approved, depth cuts and tooth preparation can begin. Whenever you’re prepping malaligned teeth that you desire correcting the alignment on, it’s impossible to know how much … Read more
62 days ago by Frank Spear 0 Comments
In this series of articles, I’ll be going over the treatment process of Nancy. At the time of treatment she was 79 years old, had no chief complaints except for having her two centrals treated. She had previously had her … Read more
67 days ago by Frank Spear 0 Comments
The need to alter the position of the gingival tissue is something we all commonly face as restorative dentists. We regularly see patients with recession on their natural teeth, as well as those who present with recession on teeth that … Read more
88 days ago by Gregg Kinzer 1 Comment
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