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Is Your Toothpaste Being Too Hard on You?
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Techniques & Materials

Is Your Toothpaste Being Too Hard on You?

This article will give you a solid understanding of the abrasiveness of certain toothpastes and their impact on tooth structure.

| 6 years ago ›
Improving the Esthetics of Your Ceramic Restorations
Techniques & Materials

Improving the Esthetics of Your Ceramic Restorations

Surface texture and luster and two of the most difficult things to match with the natural teeth. This article reviews several ways to make the process...

| 6 years ago ›
Radiographs and Cement: You Can't Handle the Truth!
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Techniques & Materials

Radiographs and Cement: You Can't Handle the Truth!

This case is an important example of the fact that radiographs only tell some of the story when it comes to restorations.

| 6 years ago ›
Implant Abutments: What Do I Choose?
Techniques & Materials

Implant Abutments: What Do I Choose?

This article will help you decide whether to choose a stock implant abutment or a custom implant abutment based on your case.

| 6 years ago ›
Should You Probe Dental Implants?
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Techniques & Materials

Should You Probe Dental Implants?

Proper evaluation of dental implants, with baseline information that includes probing, is necessary when making a determination of health or disease.

| 6 years ago ›
Need Smoother Preps?
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Techniques & Materials

Need Smoother Preps?

This article will help you make the smoothest preparations possible for better indirect restorations.

| 6 years ago ›
Whiter Teeth at What Cost? Potential Erosive Effects of Whitening Products
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Techniques & Materials

Whiter Teeth at What Cost? Potential Erosive Effects of Whitening Products

Before you recommend certain whitening products to your patients, keep in mind the potentially erosive effects they might have.

| 6 years ago ›
Complete Dentures ... What’s Your Strategy?
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Techniques & Materials

Complete Dentures ... What’s Your Strategy?

This article describes the category of the adult population that may be edentulous and strategies for those patients that may include dentures.

| 6 years ago ›
Uses and Benefits of the TMJ Tutor
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Techniques & Materials

Uses and Benefits of the TMJ Tutor

The TMJ Tutor is an important tool for helping your patients understand their occlusion, which means more case acceptance for you.

| 6 years ago ›
An On-the-Fly Mock-Up
Techniques & Materials

An On-the-Fly Mock-Up

This article explains steps and reasons for creating an 'on-the-fly mock-up' for your next restorative case.

| 6 years ago ›
Isolation: Where Are We in 2017?
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Techniques & Materials

Isolation: Where Are We in 2017?

The benefits of regularly utilizing an isolation system include less stressful adhesive dentistry and more customized restorations.

| 6 years ago ›
Surgical Guide Classification for Full Arch Prosthesis (Part 1)
Techniques & Materials

Surgical Guide Classification for Full Arch Prosthesis (Part 1)

In our 'restorative-driven implant era,' digital surgical guides are key tools to assist in diagnosis and treatment planning.

| 6 years ago ›