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It’s a Big Issue About a Little Tissue

A famous endodontist once said that , “It’s a big issue about a little...

A Review of the ADA Mercury Hygiene Recommendations

More than a decade ago, the ADA established recommendations for appropriate mercury hygiene within...

Professional Standards, Personal Responsibility

One of the best parts of being a hygienist in a dental practice is...

Bridging the Diagnostic Void: A Case Study in Early Detection and Modern Conservative Care

Over the years there has been a persistent frustration in diagnostic restorative dentistry that...

Innovations in Endodontics Instruments and Techniques: How They Simplify Treatment

After a relatively static 30-year period from the 1950s to the 1980s endodontic practitioners...

Conservative Aesthetic Treatment of Dark Necrotic Teeth: Efficient Internal Bleaching

In dental school, in the mid-1980s, we learned of the “walking bleach technique.” A...

Clinical Dentistry and the Internet: A Marriage Made in Heaven?

There are few practices today that are running without the assistance of at least...

Seventh-Generation Adhesive Systems

Over the past two decades, the evolution of adhesive techniques has transformed the scope...

Digital Photography Enables Better Soft Tissue Screening, Diagnosis, and Case Acceptance

Figures 1 to 3. Pretreatment and immediate post surgical digital photographs taken with the...

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law in 1996. The purpose...