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Makeovers Are Ageless

In a time when we are seeing the media full of makeovers from Botox...

Prion Diseases and Infection Control Precautions

Prions, only truly understood by the scientific and medical community in the past 2...

Form and Function in Cosmetic Dentistry

Sometimes great opportunities present themselves in our dental office, and unless we are careful...

The Decision and Process of Going Digital in the Dental Office

The decision to go from film-based radiography to an all-direct digital practice was difficult,...

The Paperless Office

Practicing dentists keep reading and hearing about the “paperless office” or the “totally digital...

Hand Care and Waterlines: Update for the Dental Professional

Dentistry has a responsibility to adhere to scientifically accepted principles of infection control. The...

Saving Lives in the Dental Office

When you were in dental hygiene school, did you ever imagine that one day...

NCRP Report No. 145: New Dental X-ray Guidelines: Their Potential Impact on Your Dental Practice

The purpose of this article is to summarize the newest dental x-ray guidelines from...

Do Traditional Sealants Have a Place in the New, Super-Magnified World?

Traditional dental sealants, which have ostensibly become restorative dentistry’s most promoted preventive procedure, have...

How Bad Ads Can Undermine Good Practices: Get Your Message in Print Properly and New Patients Will Follow

“No Pain, No Gain!” the headline bellows. If the clichéd message in this ad...