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Easier and Faster Aesthetic Bonding: The Keys to Success

INTRODUCTION There are unique challenges to running any type of business. I think any...

Diode Laser Uses in the General Practice

INTRODUCTION In this article, we will be discussing some soft-tissue uses of the diode...

Cybersecurity Needs in Dentistry

There is little doubt that running a modern dental practice is significantly more complicated...

Ortho-Aesthetics: One Solution to External Resorption

When patients present with lesions, which may be of carious, immune-compromised, or traumatic etiology,...

Focus On: Dental Service Organizations

R. Dustin Dixon, DMD, discusses DSOs—what they are and how to grow your dental...

Phased Implant-Supported Full-Mouth Dentures

Figure 1. The preoperative retracted view of the patient’s anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth....

An Innovative Approach to Complex Cosmetic Dentistry

As I celebrate my 30th year practicing cosmetic and restorative dentistry, I reflect on...

The Architect of the Smile: A Midline Diastema Closure

INTRODUCTION One of the most common aesthetic procedures encountered by general dentists today is...

Endodontic Instrumentation and Obturation Techniques: Do They Conform to Endodontic Principles?

Figure 1. An illustration showing the vulnerable section of rotary NiTi instruments during instrumentation....

Endodontics 101: Back to Basics

Much has changed in global endodontics during the past 40 years, and a great...