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Filling Root Canal Systems With Centered Condensation: Concepts, Instruments, and Techniques

Filling root canals seems to be the primary obsession of dentists providing endodontic therapy...

Maximum Hygiene

As hygienists, we worked for years doing “bloody” prophies. In many cases, when we...

Sterilizer Monitoring: Rationale for Using Biological Indicators

In late 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released revised Guidelines...

Microscope-Enhanced Aesthetic Dentistry

One of America’s best-known architects, Frank Lloyd Wright, once said, “The physician can bury...

Clinical Conditions and Lesions Mimicking Salivary Gland Disease, Part 1

Columbia University’s Salivary Gland Center (SGC) serves as a referral base for metropolitan New...

Removable Revolution…Using Socket Grafting for Aesthetics

The way dentistry is performed has changed dramatically. New techniques, new materials, and new...

Infection of Dental Implements and Appliances, Part 2: The Denture

For many years, an association between denture wear and denture stomatitis (eg, denture sore...

Protecting Electronic Health Information as Part of HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) calls for standards for administrative, physical,...

Anxiety and Third Molar Extractions

Patient anxiety is a major problem in dentistry, and many people avoid dental care...

Know When to Say “When” in Endodontics: Smoke on the Water

Recently I saw Deep Purple in Seattle performing Highway Star and Smoke on the...