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
Yesterday 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
24 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
28 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
37 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
42 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
63 days ago by Gregg Kinzer 1 Comment
In an earlier article, I went over the importance of creating beautiful anterior temporaries to help build your practice and inspire confidence in your patients. Like many procedures, there can be times when a patient comes back because they are … Read more
72 days ago by Frank Spear 4 Comments
The stick “bite” is a quick and easy reference for your ceramist. It’s not really a bite registration; rather, it is a useful tool for the technician to have a visual reference to the esthetic plane or incisal edge … Read more
77 days ago by Steve Ratcliff 8 Comments
One of the foundations of an esthetic restoration is gingival position. It is always better to have that discussion with patients before we begin. I remember all too well having a patient ask me why their new crown was shorter … Read more
85 days ago by Steve Ratcliff 0 Comments
There is frequently an increase in tooth length required when esthetic changes are made to the maxillary anterior teeth to improve tooth display, proportion, or incisal edge form. This esthetic change will impact the incisal edge contact to the lower … Read more
119 days ago by Bob Winter 0 Comments
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