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Optimizing Communication Skills for Success

In this issue of Dentistry Today, our editor-in-chief, Damon Adams, DDS, recently led an interview with David Hornbrook, DDS, and his ceramist, Kent.

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Improving Shade Communication

Teeth, unlike shade tabs, have variations in coloration across the coronal aspect of the tooth, and communication of these nuances to the lab.

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Keep it Bright! The Difference Between Bright and White

When patients ask for white and only white teeth, most of the time we think they want that old bathroom ceramic white, and.

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Ensuring Optimal Success With the Lava System, Part 2: Techno-Clinical Perspectives From Authorized Lava Milling Centers

In 2000, the Lava CAD/CAM system (3M ESPE) for crown and bridge restorations was clinically introduced in 3M ESPEís experimental operatories in Germany..

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Ensuring Optimal Success With the Lava System, Part 1: Techno-Clinical Perspectives From Authorized Lava Milling Centers

This 2-part article will discuss and present solutions for the most commonly observed techno-clinical challenges as observed by experienced team members from 4.

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Cosmetic Aligner: A Smile Makeover Case Report

This article describes an economical, one-piece device and clinical technique (Cosmetic Aligner [Cosmetic Aligner]) that eases midline and horizontal plane communications to the.

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Natural Reproduction of the Maxillary Central Incisor: Anatomy of a Match Using a Remote Laboratory

Restoration of the single maxillary central incisor is without doubt the most challenging aesthetic procedure in dentistry.1 Both anatomically and in a dental.

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Laboratory Perspectives on Continuing Education: It Takes a Team!

Doctors are being solicited on almost a daily basis with opportunities to take a wide variety of continuing education (CE) courses. They are.

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InLab CEREC Restorations From a Dual-Arch Impression

Deal or no deal? This is the question any dentist would ask when deciding whether to purchase the latest 3-dimensional digital technology, considering.

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Zirconium CAD/CAM and Bioesthetic Layering of Porcelain: Color From Within

Today’s aesthetic dentistry can involve the selection of methods and materials that can be very overwhelming to the clinician. The dental profession is.

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