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Research: Bacteria Preserved on 1,000-Year-Old Plaque

Research: Bacteria Preserved on 1,000-Year-Old Plaque

According to a news release, a research team recently discovered 1,000-year-old dental calculus preserved on the teeth of skeletons. This discovery...

| 10 years ago
Six Rules for Keeping it in the Family

Six Rules for Keeping it in the Family

What could be better than doing what you love with the people you love most? I have seen a number of dental family 'dynasties.' I have seen sons and daughters following...

| 10 years ago
How to Make Sense of the Noise of Articulating Paper

How to Make Sense of the Noise of Articulating Paper

Adjusting the bite on new amalgam or composite restorations can be a daily challenge. With intra-coronal restorations like these we can at least look...

| 10 years ago
'Spreadsheet Junkies' Optional: The Simple Things You Need to Track and Why
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'Spreadsheet Junkies' Optional: The Simple Things You Need to Track and Why

When I wrote about the value of keeping score in your professional life by tracking your performance, I said that doing so was more important—and easier—than many...

| 10 years ago
How to Manage Dental Literature

How to Manage Dental Literature

What do you read? Who do you trust? What journals should I subscribe to? I get asked these questions all the time. It's fairly common for many of the...

| 10 years ago
The Importance of Keeping Score
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The Importance of Keeping Score

As I watch the Winter Olympic events I am struck by the level of performance these athletes have achieved and how narrow the margin is between victory...

| 10 years ago
Completing Class IV Restorations: Finishing and Polishing

Completing Class IV Restorations: Finishing and Polishing

Once you have your resin/composite in place, it's time to begin finishing your Class IV restoration. It begins with doing your gross contours and using your...

| 10 years ago
Two Simple Secrets of Ideal Patient Retention
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Two Simple Secrets of Ideal Patient Retention

Patient retention is obviously one of the most fundamental things to master to achieve success in dentistry. It doesn't matter how good your clinical...

| 10 years ago
Five Critical Criteria for Digital Smile Design
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Five Critical Criteria for Digital Smile Design

Learn more about the five critical criteria for smile design in adults.

| 10 years ago
Help Your Team Understand the Articulator in Your Practice

Help Your Team Understand the Articulator in Your Practice

Mounted diagnostic casts enable treatment planning, patient discussions and the ability to see what the therapy will or will not accomplish before we...

| 10 years ago
An Important Thing to Know About the '10,000-Hour Rule'
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An Important Thing to Know About the '10,000-Hour Rule'

By now most people have heard about the '10,000-hour rule.' This idea, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell and others, suggests that it requires about 10,000 hours...

| 10 years ago
Research: Sequencing Harmless Oral Bacterium May Help to Unravel a Mystery

Research: Sequencing Harmless Oral Bacterium May Help to Unravel a Mystery

According to a recent news release, scientists have pieced together sections of DNA from 12 individual cells to sequence the genome of a bacterium...

| 10 years ago