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What Does Current Research Say About Pain-Free Injection Techniques?
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What Does Current Research Say About Pain-Free Injection Techniques?

The following is a review of available research on effective pain reducing tactics during local anesthesia injections. Some of these are commonly...

| 10 years ago
Does Your Dental Team Have 'Court Sense?'
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Does Your Dental Team Have 'Court Sense?'

If you're a basketball fan, things get really interesting this time of year during the playoffs. It's the time in the season when slight differences in...

| 10 years ago
Case Study: Soda and Illegal Drugs Cause Similar Damage to Teeth

Case Study: Soda and Illegal Drugs Cause Similar Damage to Teeth

According to recent media release, a case study published in the March/April 2013 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the...

| 10 years ago
Why 'Now' is More Important Than Ever
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Why 'Now' is More Important Than Ever

There was a time in America when the pattern of adult life was steady and predictable. You grew up, got a job and stayed in that job until you retired...

| 10 years ago
Surgical Scans Made Easy
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Surgical Scans Made Easy

One of the challenges of creating surgical guides for full arch restorations is making a scan with a radio-opaque material. Typically, an interim prosthesis...

| 10 years ago
Are You Being Introduced with the Right Value?

Are You Being Introduced with the Right Value?

How much does a patient really know about you before they meet you? Are you just 'the dentist' that they are seeing, the same (in their minds) as any...

| 10 years ago
Determinants of Vertical Dimension
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Determinants of Vertical Dimension

A lesson on vertical dimension. Vertical dimension is the distance between any point on the maxilla and any point on the mandible when the teeth...

| 10 years ago
Five Ways to Prepare for a New Associate

Five Ways to Prepare for a New Associate

There are many different things you can and should do when bringing on a new associate to your practice. The following are five of the key ways to prepare:...

| 10 years ago
Nancy Case Study: Final Restoration

Nancy Case Study: Final Restoration

As the closing article in Nancy Case Study (Part I) series, I'll be discussing Nancy's final restorations. I ended up going with a...

| 10 years ago
Do You Have 'The Fire' Within?
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Do You Have 'The Fire' Within?

People like to believe that there is something mysterious or special about how successful dentists and their teams reach the highest level. It really...

| 10 years ago
Does Your Practice Have Black Holes of Accountability?

Does Your Practice Have Black Holes of Accountability?

If there is one gift you can give the members of your team, it is clarity. Clarity for the overall vision for the practice. Clarity for how they fit into...

| 10 years ago
Pay Attention to Pulpal Spaces to Save Teeth
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Pay Attention to Pulpal Spaces to Save Teeth

Recently I wrote about the importance of paying close attention to the pulpal spaces on radiographs. While the prognosis of the tooth discussed last time...

| 10 years ago