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Implants: How Cool is That?
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Techniques & Materials

Implants: How Cool is That?

I've been working on a case with my world-class ceramist, Matt Roberts, for the past month. It is a case that will require some pink porcelain or composite...

| 6 years ago ›
Group Function Isn't a Dirty Word
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Techniques & Materials

Group Function Isn't a Dirty Word

Bilateral canine guidance is great when it is appropriate, but sometimes it just isn't possible. So what happens in these cases? Do the teeth break...

| 6 years ago ›
Impression Materials: Pesky Air-inhibited Layer!
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Techniques & Materials

Impression Materials: Pesky Air-inhibited Layer!

Here's a tip I learned the hard way—twice! Before I used preparation guides and reduction guides for veneer and crown preparations I would make my provisionals before...

| 6 years ago ›
Short Roots
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Techniques & Materials

Short Roots

This is a follow-up to Frank's article entitled, Oh Wow, That is BAD! This patient had orthodontic treatment at the age of 35. Since I didn't...

| 6 years ago ›
Help Your Lab Help You!
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Techniques & Materials

Help Your Lab Help You!

We all know that providing our lab with images of shade tabs against adjacent teeth helps them to produce the best possible results for our patients....

| 6 years ago ›
Why Are Those Teeth Loose?
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Techniques & Materials

Why Are Those Teeth Loose?

If you remember your occlusion course from dental school, you probably remember being taught that contacts should be cusp tip to marginal ridge or cusp...

| 6 years ago ›
Can Treating Worn Dentition Be This Easy?
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Techniques & Materials

Can Treating Worn Dentition Be This Easy?

              Over the years I've had my share of patients who came in with destroyed dentitions that I had no idea how to treat....

| 6 years ago ›
So You Hated Setting Denture Teeth?
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Techniques & Materials

So You Hated Setting Denture Teeth?

For many of us, removable pros lab was a pain in the elbow. Yet everything we need to know about esthetics can be demonstrated in a denture setup....

| 6 years ago ›
Photos Are Great for Diagnosis, But Don't Get Faked Out
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Techniques & Materials

Photos Are Great for Diagnosis, But Don't Get Faked Out

I rely heavily on photography to help me get to a correct diagnosis and to enable my ability to treatment plan. I like to look at a photo with lips in...

| 7 years ago ›
Follow the Case: Fixed Bridge [Part II]
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Techniques & Materials

Follow the Case: Fixed Bridge [Part II]

In Part I of this series I showed the lower anterior bridge removed and provisionalized in preparation for root coverage procedures and grafting in the...

| 7 years ago ›
Follow the Case: Fixed Bridge [Part I]
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Techniques & Materials

Follow the Case: Fixed Bridge [Part I]

In this series of articles I'll be discussing a specific case as I complete it. This patient is congenitally missing her lower centrals and it's time...

| 7 years ago ›
Conventional Orthodontics Versus Invisalign
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Techniques & Materials

Conventional Orthodontics Versus Invisalign

  Okay, I'm starting with the disclaimer that I know next to nothing about orthodontics, other than I would rather have my orthodontist move teeth...

| 7 years ago ›