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The Challenge of Access to Care

Can an innovative dental education model help address the access issue? The answer is...

Minimally Invasive Protocol to Maximize Aesthetics

INTRODUCTION Patients’ simple desires for a better smile have taken clinicians, dental technicians, and...

New Trends in Dentistry and Treatment Planning

Frank M. Spear, DDS, MSD In your opinion, what is the greatest challenge dentists...

Implant Overdentures: Selections for Attachment Systems

INTRODUCTION A consensus statement by McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada concluded that a complete...

Long-Lasting Multishade Composite Restorations

INTRODUCTION When placing direct restorations, particularly in the anterior, dentists need a material that...

A Team Approach to Implant Reconstruction: “Part 2”

INTRODUCTION A Review of Part 1: Delivery and Recovery In November of 2010, “A...

Root Canal Shaping Using a Reciprocating File System

Figure 1. WaveOne Reciprocating Files (DENTSPLY Tulsa Dental Specialties) sizes are Small, Primary, and...

Improving Existing Dentures With Mini Implants: Idealizing a Knife-Edged Mandibular Ridge

INTRODUCTION Mandibular dentures have historically been one of the most unpredictable and unsatisfactory dental...

Fracture Resistant Endodontic and Restorative Preparations

INTRODUCION In 1890, G. V. Black proposed both a cavity classification system and cavity...

The Future of the Solo Private Practice

In today’s rapidly changing world, the solo private dental practice does not appear to...