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8 Simple Steps for Managing Your Patient's Toothache
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Techniques & Materials

8 Simple Steps for Managing Your Patient's Toothache

This article details eight simple steps to follow when diagnosing and treating a patient who comes in with a toothache.

| 6 years ago ›
Flat or Wrap When Preparing Anterior Teeth?
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Techniques & Materials

Flat or Wrap When Preparing Anterior Teeth?

Learn more about preparing teeth for ceramic veneers.

| 6 years ago ›
Need Smoother Preps?
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Techniques & Materials

Need Smoother Preps?

This article will help you make the smoothest preparations possible for better indirect restorations.

| 6 years ago ›
Six Tips to Improve Your Occlusal Photographs
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Techniques & Materials

Six Tips to Improve Your Occlusal Photographs

These dental photography tips will help you improve your output, which in turn should help improve case acceptance rates.

| 8 years ago ›
Is It a Good Idea to Repair Crown Margins?
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Techniques & Materials

Is It a Good Idea to Repair Crown Margins?

We would always like to be able to repair crown margins that have developed recurrent decay for our patients; however, while this is possible in some...

| 5 years ago ›
Tips on Fabricating Implant Provisionals and Custom Healing Abutments
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Techniques & Materials

Tips on Fabricating Implant Provisionals and Custom Healing Abutments

We focus on making implant provisionals since fabricating a custom healing abutment is very similar in many ways.

| 5 years ago ›
Understanding Removable Partial Denture Materials
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Techniques & Materials

Understanding Removable Partial Denture Materials

We look at iFlex by tcs, a biocompatible thermoplastic material.

| 7 years ago ›
Why Do e.max Crowns Fracture?
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Techniques & Materials

Why Do e.max Crowns Fracture?

e.max crown fractures may be rare, but they do happen. Here's why.

| 8 years ago ›
A Puzzle About Intermittent Swelling
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Techniques & Materials

A Puzzle About Intermittent Swelling

So I don't have a definitive answer here, although I think I know what might be happening. This patient described intermittent swelling on the left...

| 10 years ago ›
Why Glutaraldehyde Is Not Just for Desensitization
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Techniques & Materials

Why Glutaraldehyde Is Not Just for Desensitization

Dentists know glutaraldehyde desensitizes, but did you know it could also make your bonds last longer? Here's how.

| 5 years ago ›
Tale of the Tape
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Techniques & Materials

Tale of the Tape

One of my dental colleagues recently asked me about Teflon Tape and its use in adhesive dentistry. I've used it almost every day...

| 10 years ago ›
A Tip to Increase Wear Time of an Anterior Appliance
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Techniques & Materials

A Tip to Increase Wear Time of an Anterior Appliance

As it is taught in as taught in Spear's Occlusion workshop, partial coverage appliances like NTIs and anterior bite planes can be wonderful appliances...

| 9 years ago ›