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A Review of the ADA Mercury Hygiene Recommendations

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

Dentistry for The Long Term Care Patient

Among the groups in the United States with the most limited access to dental...

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...

Capping Carious Exposed Pulps With Potassium Nitrate, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Polycarboxylate Cement

Capping exposed pulps is currently an infrequent procedure because of a general lack of...

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...

Aesthetic Breakthrough: Soft Tissue Lasers

Possibly one of the most important technical breakthroughs in cosmetic dentistry since dentin bonding...

SensiStat: A New Saliva-Based Composition for Simple and Effective Treatment of Dentinal Sensitivity Pain

It has been estimated that approximately 30 million American adults suffer from short, sharp,...

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...

Seventh-Generation Adhesive Systems

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

Surgical Crown Lengthening for Enhanced Clinical Success

Teeth needing restoration should have all caries removed. When this is accomplished, adequate supragingival...