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Learn, Connect, and Grow With Spear Community Resources

From clinical dentistry and practice management articles in Spear Digest to meaningful peer discussions in Spear Talk, Spear provides dentists and their teams with the resources to make community connections and grow both clinically and professionally. 

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Spear Digest

We’re always adding fresh articles and content to this blog from Spear Faculty members and other dental experts, focusing on how to improve your treatment planning, clinical dentistry, leadership, and practice management skills.

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  • Posterior teeth on a dental model showing occlusion contact points marked with red and blue articulating paper
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    • Occlusion

    Occlusion Fundamentals: The Official Guide for Dentists 
    Occlusion affects every restorative outcome. Learn the fundamentals, from malocclusion classes and centric relation to appliances and stability.

    By Spear Team

    • September 24, 2026

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  • CAD design stages showing full-arch implant prostheses created using photogrammetry for dental implants
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    • Implants

    Photogrammetry for Dental Implants: The Cost of Efficiency
    Photogrammetry for dental implants can improve accuracy and efficiency in implant-supported multi-unit prostheses, but it also entails trade-offs.

    By Leila Zadeh

    • September 22, 2026

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  • A sagittal CBCT scan with color-coded airway volume mapping, illustrating the three-dimensional view now central to the dentist’s role in airway health.
    • Airway
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    The Dentist’s Role in Airway Health: 10 Years of Change
    Ten years after Spear introduced airway education, Dr. Jeff Rouse reflects on how the dentist’s role in airway health changed, and where it’s headed.

    By Bonnie Serino

    • September 17, 2026

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  • Front desk staff managing endodontic emergencies as a patient in pain describes his symptoms during a walk-in visit.
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    • Endodontics

    Managing Endodontic Emergencies in General Practice: Proven Strategies
    Managing endodontic emergencies well protects patient trust and practice growth. Learn how GPs can triage, treat, and prescribe with confidence.

    By Melissa Seibert

    • September 15, 2026

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  • Chairside-fabricated custom healing abutment held with a hemostat.
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    • Implants

    Custom Healing Abutments: A Proven Tool in Implant Cases
    Custom healing abutments help dentists preserve peri-implant soft-tissue contours and shape a natural emergence profile during implant healing.

    By Farhad Boltchi

    • September 8, 2026

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  • Dental team member reviewing an AI in dental diagnostics outcome simulation of a patient on a tablet.
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    • Treatment Planning

    AI in Dental Diagnostics for Stronger Case Acceptance
    Discover how AI in dental diagnostics reshapes the new patient visit, helping dentists build trust and drive stronger case acceptance from day one.

    By Mike Skramstad

    • September 1, 2026

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Spear Talk online community

Spear Talk is a members-only, peer-to-peer online community for dental professionals to network, get advice from faculty and other clinicians, and share their success stories.

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    “Spear Talk saved the case.”

    — Dr. Brent Bush, Bush Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, North Carolina

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    “I like this forum a lot since most of the people are passionate about CE and growth as clinicians and business owners.”

    — Dr. Jeremy Lansford, Lansford Dental Group, California

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    “I just love everything about Spear and Spear Talk.”

    — Dr. Andrew Cohen, Andrew Cohen DMD, Pennsylvania

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