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Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning: The Restorative Quarterback

The rapid evolution of dentistry during the past few decades has resulted in advances...

Quality Aesthetics in the Digital Age of Crown and Bridge

INTRODUCTION The advent of digital technologies in dentistry is rapidly changing the way crown...

Focus On: Endodontics

L. Stephen Buchanan, DDS, talks about the exciting impact 3-D printing will have on...

Focus On: Prosthodontics

Joseph J. Massad, DDS Joseph J. Massad, DDS, explains how to achieve patients’ perception...

Reciprocation: A Safer and More Efficient Approach to Care

INTRODUCTION When discussing ways to improve endo­dontics, anyone attempting to relate to the dentists...

Observations on Current Controversies in Dentistry

After several decades practicing, teaching, and doing research in dentistry, I have observed many...

Accelerated Treatment in a Multidisciplinary Case

Despite significant advances in orthodontic treatment as evidenced by numerous new devices and modalities,...

Rehabilitation of Mandibular Atrophy: The Case of the Prolonged Partial

“EGADS, WATSON, A MYSTERY IS AFOOT—OR SHOULD I SAY, AMOUTH?” It is certainly not...

A Biomimetic Approach to Treating Aggressive Caries

INTRODUCTION Ending the margins of full-coverage indirect (lab-fabricated) restorations properly onto sound tooth structure...

Unique Solution for Porcelain Fracture: A Case Report

You’ve completed a case with multiple fixed bridges using PFM or porcelain-fused-to-zirconia (PFZ) and...