A common goal most of us have is the desire to be conservative in the treatment of our patients. While being conservative is generally a good thing, adhering to this philosophy to extremes can result in the need for much … Read more
190 days ago by John Carson 4 Comments
This is the second in the series of articles that discusses what your laboratory needs to know to produce the best-case outcomes for your clients. As I noted previously, the information that is considered essential to produce a case will … Read more
191 days ago by Bob Winter 0 Comments
If you own your own dental practice you are at some point going to get it appraised. For most dentists, this happens as part of the process when they are about to sell part or all of the practice in … Read more
194 days ago by Imtiaz Manji 0 Comments
In recent articles, the frustrations and treatment options for young patients with avulsed or ankylosed teeth have been discussed. An often-overlooked treatment option is the use of autotransplantation. Autotransplantion is a procedure that utilizes the patient’s own teeth (typically the … Read more
195 days ago by Gregg Kinzer 1 Comment
This patient is sporting a full set of original provisionals that I fabricated directly using copyplast formers. These photos will help Winter Lab give me what I need so my patient gets what he wants. He would like me to … Read more
196 days ago by Gary DeWood 3 Comments
Have I created enough space for the restorative material that is planned? One way to test that is to take a well fitting copyplast, line it with a limited amount of bite registration paste and seat it firmly against the … Read more
202 days ago by Gary DeWood 0 Comments
What happens to the kids who walk in on the first day of school and take a seat in the back of the classroom? What choices are they making in that moment? In most cases these kids have deliberately chosen … Read more
203 days ago by Imtiaz Manji 1 Comment
According to a press release from the UCLA School of Dentistry, dentists may now be considered the “renaissance men” of the medical world. Along with a collaboration of institutes, Dr. David Wong and his team of scientific researchers at UCLA conducted … Read more
204 days ago by Denise Prichard 2 Comments
I would like to share something that happened to me recently in hopes you can avoid it happening to you. Several years ago I saw a patient for evaluation of congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisors. After my examination we discussed that … Read more
204 days ago by John Carson 2 Comments
After my last article, there was a question posed to me about the accuracy of using triple tray impressions. Using triple tray impressions for simple posterior one to three unit cases can be a highly predictable and effective way for … Read more
208 days ago by Bob Winter 1 Comment
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