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
223 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
223 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
224 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
230 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
232 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
232 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
233 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
237 days ago by Bob Winter 1 Comment
This article will be the first in a series that discusses what your laboratory needs to know in order to produce the best outcome for your patients. Obviously, the items requested will vary from lab to lab, but the following … Read more
244 days ago by Bob Winter 0 Comments
We have all enjoyed using bis-acryl material to fabricate our provisionals. I did however continue to use conventional denture repair acrylic to cure attachments into over dentures. There was always the issue of setting time (10 minutes on a good … Read more
244 days ago by Mary Anne Salcetti 4 Comments
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