Clinical Update
Self-Destructing Oral Bacteria?
The ability of Streptococcus mutans (S mutans) to survive in acid is one reason...
Clinical Update
Saliva Test to Detect Breast Cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston can identify and...
Clinical Update
Answers to Questions on Sjögren’s Syndrome
Sjögren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disease; other common autoimmune disorders are Lupus and rheumatoid...
Clinical Update
Scientists Identify Muscle-Forming Cells
When reading through the scientific literature, it’s easy to encounter the long, anatomically descriptive...
Computers
A Tale of Two Toothpicks: How Computers Can Help Manage a Practice
An office manager recently asked, “How can some offices get by with only one...
Endodontics
Relevant Questions in Retreatment: Clinical Considerations
“I have a patient who had RCT done where the gutta-percha is about 3...
First Impressions
First Impressions: March 2008
In First Impressions George Freedman, DDS, gives readers a brief summary of products that...
Hygiene
The Dreaded Dependent Adult
It took some digging, but we found the origin of the quote “insanity is...
Implants
Aesthetic Loading of Implants
We live in the era of aesthetics. Patients’ aesthetic demands drive dentistry, and aesthetic...
Implants
No Bone Solutions for the Severely Atrophic Maxilla
Minimally invasive surgery is defined as ”the discipline of surgical innovation combined with modern...