Treatment Decisions: To Remove or To Retain?
Imagine if this was your patient and he was presenting to your office for a second opinion on treatment. What would you? This 18-year-old patient presents...
Greggory Kinzer | 10 years ago ›
I am not a dentist who chooses to use an in-office milling system. It just doesn't make sense for my small practice and low volume of patients. Yet, I...
Steve Ratcliff | 10 years ago ›
You Only Treat What You See...
Consider this patient who did exactly what her dentist suggested; she cracked her lower left second molar and it split in half and had to be extracted....
Steve Ratcliff | 10 years ago ›
In my practice, it is a fairly routine event to have a young child present secondary to a traumatic injury to upper or lower anterior teeth. Many of these...
Glen Doyon | 10 years ago ›
The Impact From the Hygiene Operatory on Composite Restorations: Part I
Before and after a composite restoration. As clinicians, we spend a considerable amount of time placing composite restorations that strive to re-create...
Greggory Kinzer | 10 years ago ›
When communicating the desired tooth position to the dental technician for a diagnostic wax-up, the more accurate and detailed the information provided...
Greggory Kinzer | 10 years ago ›
The easiest open bite to correct is one that was caused by tooth wear from erosion, not attrition or grinding, and where the anterior tooth position didn't...
Frank Spear | 10 years ago ›
Outcome Analysis for Fixed Hybrid Prostheses
Have you thought about your technique to achieve a reasonable understanding of a patient's expectations for dental treatment? Certainly, as we learn and...
Doug Benting | 10 years ago ›
Restorations: Do They Need to Be Redone?
I have distinct memories of hearing lectures on the rationale for redoing restorations that included marginal leakage and stain as an indication to redo...
Steve Ratcliff | 10 years ago ›
Composite for Managing Wear and Altering VDO
In general, the use of composite is significantly more common in Europe than the United States. Let me clarify that by saying that although composite...
Greggory Kinzer | 10 years ago ›
But Doc, Can’t You Just Fix My Broken Tooth?
While we all want to help patients in this situation as quickly as possible, it is important to ask ourselves what caused the broken tooth. In this particular...
John Carson | 10 years ago ›
Incisal Edge Position: Planning for an Overdenture
Have you been through the experience of constructing an immediate denture where the patient returned from surgery with an overly prominent display of...
Doug Benting | 10 years ago ›