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Direct Composite Resin Restorations for Today’s Practice

INTRODUCTION Composite resin has been widely used during most of my dental career. While...

Implant Wisdom: An Endodontist’s Approach

INTRODUCTION As a practicing endodontist for more than 25 years, I have seen the...

Improving the Way to Detect Cracks in Teeth

Figure 1. The Canary System. INTRODUCTION Detecting cracks in teeth is one of the...

Maxillary Small-Diameter Implant-Retained Overdentures

INTRODUCTION When considering the use of dental implants in the maxillary arch to retain...

Simplified Technique for Parallel Placement of Mini-Implants

Mini-dental implants (MDIs) (also referred to as small-diameter implants) have been used successfully to...

Magnification Alternatives: Seeing is Believing, Part 1

In part one of this 2 part series, I will discuss basic factors for...

Aesthetic Zone Challenges: Untreatable Teeth, Part 1: Using Low Intensity Orthodontic Eruption to Safeguard Gingival and Bone Levels

INTRODUCTION Today’s dental patient has extremely high expectations, often asking us to seemingly perform...

A System for Success: Increasing Revenue and Patient Comfort by Embracing Technology

The breadth of the dental field is astounding. Dentists are simultaneously the doctors, teachers,...

Removing All-Ceramic Restorations With Lasers

INTRODUCTION I am now in my 14th year of using dental laser technology in...

The New Science of Strong Teeth: Class II Preps

INTRODUCTION At some point in their career, most restorative dentists have questioned themselves in...