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Managing ‘Kissing Contacts’
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Beyond Restoration

Managing ‘Kissing Contacts’

Explore ways to predictably deliver tight and well-contoured contacts from composite and what some clinicians refer to as 'kissing contacts.'

| 4 years ago ›
Options for Determining Vertical Dimension with Edentulous Patients
Beyond Restoration

Options for Determining Vertical Dimension with Edentulous Patients

Learn how to manage occlusal vertical dimension (OVD) with pre-extraction and post-extraction methods, including the widely used freeway space approach.

| 4 years ago ›
Achieving Your Practice Goals: Are You Looking in the Wrong Direction?
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Practice Management

Achieving Your Practice Goals: Are You Looking in the Wrong Direction?

Surgical specialist Dr. Douglas Smail makes recommendations to address the 'lagging measures' that can significantly hinder practice growth.

| 4 years ago ›
Patient Relations: Topic of 3 New Team Meetings
Practice Management

Patient Relations: Topic of 3 New Team Meetings

Spear Online features three new team meeting modules designed to help your practice team shape the comforting, nurturing patient experience that leads...

| 4 years ago ›
Color and Shade Selection for Anterior Composites
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Esthetics

Color and Shade Selection for Anterior Composites

Dr. James H. Peyton addresses custom shade selection to find the best match for esthetics cases.

| 4 years ago ›
Watch the ‘Seattle Protocol’ in Action
Airway

Watch the ‘Seattle Protocol’ in Action

In the new Spear Online course, 'Seattle Protocol Chairside Demonstration,' Dr. Jeff Rouse provides a live chairside demonstration of the six steps of the...

| 4 years ago ›
Study Club Module — Mary Jo: Emotional and Clinical Crisis Management
Beyond Restoration

Study Club Module — Mary Jo: Emotional and Clinical Crisis Management

In this Spear Study Club module, Dr. Ricardo Mitrani introduces a patient with a simple loose crown, though he discovers issues with the patient's failing...

| 4 years ago ›
A Novel Concept for Masking Dark Preps
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Esthetics

A Novel Concept for Masking Dark Preps

Bleaching a tooth internally can significantly help change the prep color and make the restoration more typical. However, oftentimes this is not an...

| 4 years ago ›
Spanish Subtitles Now Available with Patient Education Videos
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Spear Updates

Spanish Subtitles Now Available with Patient Education Videos

The Patient Education platform available through Spear Online now enables dentists to communicate with patients through Spanish-language subtitles on...

| 4 years ago ›
Should Dentists Screen for Sleep Related Disorders?
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Airway

Should Dentists Screen for Sleep Related Disorders?

Learn more about the HR pulse oximeter and cardiopulmonary coupling unit (CPC), which are both cost-effective and non-invasive options to treat airway...

| 4 years ago ›
Study Club Module: Treatment Options for Long-Term Provisionalization
Spear Updates

Study Club Module: Treatment Options for Long-Term Provisionalization

This new study club module address treatment alternatives and provides several case studies to demonstrate how to use resin-bonded bridges for fixed long-term...

| 5 years ago ›
5 Elements to Consider when Selecting a Full Arch Implant Prosthetic Solution
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Beyond Restoration

5 Elements to Consider when Selecting a Full Arch Implant Prosthetic Solution

As baby boomers age, clinicians need to be prepared to help by considering five essential aspects for the best course of treatment using full arch, implant-supported...

| 5 years ago ›