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Single Appointment Crown and Bridge An Innovative Technique

Imagine your patient arrives in your office for a three-unit bridge to be done...

The Cracked Tooth Syndrome

The Cracked Tooth Syndrome (CTS) is both a transient and progressive condition. Diagnosis of...

Predictable Pressed Ceramic Anterior Restorations: Clinical Observations

The purpose of this article is to help the clinician categorize and differentiate anterior...

Managing Cash Flow to Improve Your Bottom Line

Cash flow—how much money is flowing into and out of a dental practice—is an...

Is There a Satisfactory Alternative to Opioids in the Management of Surgical Pain?

Figure 1. Rofecoxib: Specific inhibition of COX-2. The dental practitioner has many ways of...

Risk Assessment in Periodontal Diagnosis and Treatment Planning: The Fundamental Importance of Probing

Management of adult periodontitis has undergone considerable change in the past decade. As understanding...

ReD Hot Hygiene, Part 4: H Is for Helpful

Help, or helpful, is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as: to contribute, to give assistance...

Lifestyle Modifications and the Management of Hypertension

There is evidence suggesting that hypertension affects nearly 50 million Americans.1 A study reported...

Differential Diagnosis of Severe Recurrent Oral Ulceration

Recurrent aphthous ulceration (RAU) also known as aphthous ulceration, recurrent aphthous stomatitis, or in...

The Class III Posterior Composite Restoration

The class III restoration is nominally a “one-surface” restoration on the proximal contacting surface...