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Why Single Tooth Restorations Need More Adjustments
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Why Single Tooth Restorations Need More Adjustments

I am frequently asked why occlusal and interproximal contacts of single tooth restorations commonly need more adjusting than multiple tooth restorations....

| 11 years ago
Essential Esthetic Enquiries
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Essential Esthetic Enquiries

The factors you need to find out from your patient who is seeking esthetic treatment.

| 11 years ago
Are You Avoiding the Money Issue?
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Are You Avoiding the Money Issue?

Not surprisingly, there's been a lot of discussion in the dental community about the recent Frontline show 'Dollars and Dentists.' I'm not going to...

| 11 years ago
Ouch!
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Ouch!

This recent emergency patient just had the restoration on his molar placed about four days prior to seeing me. He was complaining of...

| 11 years ago
The Top Five Excuses for Being Good Rather Than Great

The Top Five Excuses for Being Good Rather Than Great

1. That's the way we've always done it. Dental practices thrive on routine, so it's easy to get entrenched in systems, and for team members to get...

| 11 years ago
How Are Your Sick Sheep?

How Are Your Sick Sheep?

Dr. Gary DeWood once told the story of the 20 (sick) sheep. If one dies, how many are left? Depending upon how or what is heard, the answer often...

| 11 years ago
Light Savers: Understanding Variables in Shade Selection

Light Savers: Understanding Variables in Shade Selection

Color is experienced through our eyes. An understanding of our physiology is basic to the application of the principles of color science and shade selection...

| 11 years ago
Make Today Your Interdependence Day

Make Today Your Interdependence Day

'We hold these truths to be self-evident...' Those famous words from the Declaration of Independence helped launch a great nation. And as we celebrate the...

| 11 years ago
Is It Time for a Mid-Career Makeover?

Is It Time for a Mid-Career Makeover?

'I don't want to be a product of my environment,' Jack Nicholson says at the beginning of The Departed, 'I want my environment to be a product of me.' It's a...

| 11 years ago
An Important Reminder on a Bittersweet Occasion

An Important Reminder on a Bittersweet Occasion

As a wise person once said, 'We more often need to be reminded than instructed.' I thought of that while watching my sons deliver a presentation of...

| 11 years ago
Tell Me What You See
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Tell Me What You See

Here are a couple of photos from a patient who was referred to me for an upper implant supported restoration. She was not happy with...

| 11 years ago
Three Things to Say to a Patient Who Only Wants a Cleaning

Three Things to Say to a Patient Who Only Wants a Cleaning

It's the common request of patients (and prospective patients) who don't value dentistry highly: I only want a cleaning. I've spoken many times...

| 11 years ago