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The Truth About Cross-Mount Cases

The Truth About Cross-Mount Cases

Why is cross-mounting so important? It is used in the laboratory to verify, replicate, or correct the horizontal plane. Cross-mounting is an important...

| 11 years ago
A Simple Tip to Evaluate and Adjust Interproximal Contacts
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A Simple Tip to Evaluate and Adjust Interproximal Contacts

Have you ever over adjusted an interproximal contact of direct restorations? Unfortunately this happens to all of us on occasion and in most cases (unless...

| 11 years ago
Attack of the Collagen Eaters [Ed.]
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Attack of the Collagen Eaters [Ed.]

The COLLAGEN EATERS have been released! When you prep a tooth, actually, when you create injury to any bodily tissue, some stuff called matrix...

| 11 years ago
'The Only Appropriate Response is Gratefulness'
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'The Only Appropriate Response is Gratefulness'

I've often said that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love the idea of taking a day to recognize and celebrate everything we are grateful for in...

| 11 years ago
What Your Lab Needs to Know: Complex Cases

What Your Lab Needs to Know: Complex Cases

In complex dental cases, essential information may vary from lab to lab. Learn some tips from Dr. Robert Winter on effectively communication.

| 11 years ago
How to Take a Protrusive Bite Record
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How to Take a Protrusive Bite Record

A protrusive bite record is taken with Master wax with the mandible pushed forward into a protrusive movement so that the condyle has moved down the...

| 11 years ago
What Your Lab Needs to Know: Simple Anterior Cases

What Your Lab Needs to Know: Simple Anterior Cases

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...

| 11 years ago
The Most Overlooked Reason to Get Your Practice Appraised

The Most Overlooked Reason to Get Your Practice Appraised

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...

| 11 years ago
Autotransplantation: A Viable Treatment Option For Young Patients With Traumatic Dental Injuries
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Autotransplantation: A Viable Treatment Option For Young Patients With Traumatic Dental Injuries

In recent articles, the frustrations and treatment options for young patients with avulsed or ankylosed teeth have been discussed. An often-overlooked...

| 11 years ago
The Job Isn't Done Until the Images are Taken
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The Job Isn't Done Until the Images are Taken

This patient is sporting a full set of original provisionals that I fabricated directly using copyplast formers. These photos will help Winter Lab...

| 11 years ago
What Do You Mean I Under-Prepped?

What Do You Mean I Under-Prepped?

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...

| 11 years ago
Are You Sitting At the Front of the Class?
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Are You Sitting At the Front of the Class?

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?...

| 11 years ago