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...
Frank Spear | 10 years ago ›
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...
Jeff Lineberry | 10 years ago ›
Drive Time: Why Implant Drivers Are So Important
In implant dentistry hand drivers are used to turn the attachment or abutment screws that secure different components to implant fixtures. Hand drivers...
Darin Dichter | 10 years ago ›
If You Think You Thought of Everything, Ask Your Patient
Edges of anterior teeth are chipped and broken on a regular basis. They are broken during playground accidents, chipped while drinking from a glass...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
In my early years of practice, I remember when there was a heavy push for resin-based indirect restorations, like ArtGlass, belleGlass and Targus. While...
Kevin Huff | 10 years ago ›
Quick Tip: Making Restorations Easier
In restorative dentistry we have often used 'tack' curing in the process of bonding indirect restorations in order to facilitate cleaning up resin cement...
Jeff Lineberry | 10 years ago ›
Primary Anatomy for Anterior Provisionals
It is well documented that tooth shape and size, and other disparities are more easily recognized and scrutinized by dentists and non-dentists alike,...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
Fabricating Surgical Guides for Esthetic Crown-Lengthening Procedures
There are two types of surgical guides I recommend for surgical crown-lengthening procedures: an overlay guide or a copyplast stent. An overlay guide...
Robert Winter | 10 years ago ›
Articulating Tape: I Can See Clearly Now
I hope I'm not the only dentist that struggles when placing some kind (really, any and all kinds) of tape, ribbon, or colored paper into my patient's...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
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...
Steve Ratcliff | 10 years ago ›
An Easy Way to Achieve Predictability
Many dentists abandon some of the concepts taught in dental school because they seem 'academic.' Even worse, the steps or techniques were seen as just another...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
Hemostasis During Restorative Procedures
One of challenges we deal with during restorative procedures is having an area that is free of bleeding. Bleeding during a dental procedure is not uncommon,...
Jeff Lineberry | 10 years ago ›