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New Course: Managing Open Interdental Spaces with Indirect Veneers

New Course: Managing Open Interdental Spaces with Indirect Veneers

In his latest Spear Online course, Dr. Bob Winter addresses how to manage black triangles and diastemas with indirect veneer restorations.

| 3 years ago
The ‘Practice Delegate’ Trifecta: 3 Tips to Find Your Ideal Team Training Partner

The ‘Practice Delegate’ Trifecta: 3 Tips to Find Your Ideal Team Training Partner

Team stress? Inefficiencies? Dr. Casey Murdock knows the feeling, but also saw his practice find harmony by empowering a delegate to help reinforce practice...

| 3 years ago
Virtual Summit Day 3 Capped by Anterior Indirect Restorations Presentation

Virtual Summit Day 3 Capped by Anterior Indirect Restorations Presentation

Learn what to expect from the Oct. 10 third and final day of Virtual Summit, including the live discussion by Dr. Gregg Kinzer on anterior indirect...

| 3 years ago
7 Common Problems with Layering Anterior Composites and How to Fix Them
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7 Common Problems with Layering Anterior Composites and How to Fix Them

Dr. Dawn Wehking shares her solutions to common problems faced in layering composites in the esthetic zone.

| 3 years ago
Immediate Implant Placement of a Narrow Diameter Implant on a Maxillary Lateral Site

Immediate Implant Placement of a Narrow Diameter Implant on a Maxillary Lateral Site

Follow Dr. Mitrani's visual essay on how to address an immediate implant placement and fabrication of a definitive ceramic restoration of a maxillary...

| 3 years ago
Practice Team Training Essentials – a Dental Assistant’s Perspective
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Practice Team Training Essentials – a Dental Assistant’s Perspective

Discover how Spear Online provides role-specific training for dental assistants and every member of your practice team, no matter what your practice is...

| 3 years ago
How to Make a Provisional Vanity Denture in Your Dental Practice

How to Make a Provisional Vanity Denture in Your Dental Practice

The psychological impact of going without dentures can be significant for a patient. Learn how to make a quick, in-house vanity prosthesis by duplicating...

| 3 years ago
Navigating the Ideal Hygiene Exam That Gets to the ‘Yes’ in the Age of COVID-19

Navigating the Ideal Hygiene Exam That Gets to the ‘Yes’ in the Age of COVID-19

Learn how to create an effective hygiene exam that influences and inspires even the most skeptical patient to commit to comprehensive dental care.

| 3 years ago
Evidence-Based Dentistry: How Good is the Evidence?

Evidence-Based Dentistry: How Good is the Evidence?

Many of the concepts taught in occlusion and TMD are unsupported in the literature and are in direct conflict with literature in peer-reviewed journals,...

| 3 years ago
Dentist or Technician: Who Chooses the Implant Abutment?
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Dentist or Technician: Who Chooses the Implant Abutment?

The decision on the definitive implant abutment selection should be a collaboration between the dentist and the dental lab technician.

| 3 years ago
Virtual Summit 2020: Annual Dental Event Continues into October

Virtual Summit 2020: Annual Dental Event Continues into October

Spear Summit 2020, scheduled online over three separate Saturdays, provides attendees with added opportunity to engage with presenters on a virtual...

| 3 years ago
I Am Happy with My Insurance-Based Dental Practice

I Am Happy with My Insurance-Based Dental Practice

There is no doubt an insurance-based dental practice is run differently than a fee-for-service practice. Is one better than the other? No, they are just...

| 3 years ago