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  • CAD design stages showing full-arch implant prostheses created using photogrammetry for dental implants
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    Photogrammetry for Dental Implants: The Cost of Efficiency

    Photogrammetry for dental implants can improve accuracy and efficiency in implant-supported multi-unit prostheses, but it also entails trade-offs.

    By Leila Zadeh

    • September 22, 2026

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  • A sagittal CBCT scan with color-coded airway volume mapping, illustrating the three-dimensional view now central to the dentist’s role in airway health.
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    The Dentist’s Role in Airway Health: 10 Years of Change

    Ten years after Spear introduced airway education, Dr. Jeff Rouse reflects on how the dentist’s role in airway health changed,…

    By Bonnie Serino

    • September 17, 2026

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  • Front desk staff managing endodontic emergencies as a patient in pain describes his symptoms during a walk-in visit.
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    • Endodontics

    Managing Endodontic Emergencies in General Practice: Proven Strategies

    Managing endodontic emergencies well protects patient trust and practice growth. Learn how GPs can triage, treat, and prescribe with confidence.

    By Melissa Seibert

    • September 15, 2026

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  • Chairside-fabricated custom healing abutment held with a hemostat.
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    • Implants

    Custom Healing Abutments: A Proven Tool in Implant Cases

    Custom healing abutments help dentists preserve peri-implant soft-tissue contours and shape a natural emergence profile during implant healing.

    By Farhad Boltchi

    • September 8, 2026

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  • Dental team member reviewing an AI in dental diagnostics outcome simulation of a patient on a tablet.
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    AI in Dental Diagnostics for Stronger Case Acceptance

    Discover how AI in dental diagnostics reshapes the new patient visit, helping dentists build trust and drive stronger case acceptance…

    By Mike Skramstad

    • September 1, 2026

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  • New dentist career advice hero image of a smiling early-career dentist standing with arms crossed in a dental operatory
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    • Practice Management

    Essential New Dentist Career Advice for Your First 5 Years

    Practical new dentist career advice covering mentorship, student loans, and practice ownership, built for your first five years in practice.

    By Vishal Sharma

    • August 25, 2026

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  • Path to practice ownership: Dr. Andy Janiga with his senior partner and dental team during his partnership years
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    • Practice Management

    My Proven Path to Practice Ownership: What I Learned

    Follow one dentist’s path to practice ownership and learn the clinical, financial, and leadership lessons that prepare associates to own…

    By Andy Janiga

    • August 18, 2026

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  • Dr. Vishal Sharma at the 2026 Dykema Conference discussing DSO growth strategy
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    DSO Growth Strategy: The Future is Bright, But Value Levers are Changing

    DSO growth strategy is shifting from acquisition to education. See what DSO leaders say is driving same-store growth and long-term…

    By Vishal Sharma

    • August 13, 2026

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  • A man is reviewing student loan repayment changes for dentists on his phone while going through paper bills at his desk.
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    • Finance

    Critical Student Loan Repayment Changes for Dentists 

    Student loan repayment changes for dentists are reshaping plans, payments, and borrowing limits. Learn what it means for your financial…

    By Austyn Scott

    • August 11, 2026

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