Restorative

An Evaluation of Two Luting Cements

INTRODUCTION With the many choices of cements and restorative materials available to dentists today, there is often confusion as to which type of cement is the best for each type of restoration, whether it be crown, onlay, or

Industry News

Dental Equipment Market to Hit $8.45 Billion by 2020

The global dental equipment market will rise from $6.081 billion (U.S.) in 2013 to $8.45 billion by 2020, according to Grand View Research. The aging population has led to an increase in age-related dental disorders, driving this growth.

Industry News

CEREC® 30 Sponsorship Opportunities, Exhibitor Booths Sell Out

Sirona Dental, Inc., the company that pioneered digital dentistry, announced today that sponsorship opportunities and exhibition space at its upcoming CEREC 30th Anniversary Celebration (C30) are officially sold out, completely filling the expansive 100,000 square-foot trade show floor. 

Interview

Predictable Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry

Mike Malone, DDS In this interview conducted by Dr. Damon Adams, editor-in-chief of Dentistry Today, Mike Malone, DDS, an accredited member and past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, candidly discusses matters of interest and relevance

Aesthetics

Are You Treating Planned Cases or Treating Teeth to Stay Busy?

INTRODUCTION Historically, dentistry has been a “fix-it-to-relieve-pain” profession. Patients present when they have pain, lose a filling or crown, or chip or fracture a tooth, or have swollen gums, among other acute occurrences that bring them to the

Restorative

The Zirconia-Based Porcelain Veneer

Dentistry is both an art and science requiring today’s practitioner to be versatile and ready to adapt. Not every patient fits into the same treatment box, calling for an identical approach. A comprehensive examination is needed to discover

Product Focus

Scalers

Product Focus Scalers Obtura Spartan The Piezo-Electric MTS ultrasonic unit is the premier multitask system with a handpiece and ultrasonic tips tailored for general and specialty procedures. Clinicians will appreciate the precision and accuracy they receive from the

Doctor-Technician Perspectives

Teamwork Delivers a Beautiful Same-Day Digital Smile

INTRODUCTION Determining when it’s time to redo a dental case can be a difficult decision at times. Obvious problems such as recurrent decay, complete failure of restorative materials, or fractures are not always the case. Chips, margin stains,

Aesthetics

Lithium Disilicate: Masking Discolored Teeth

INTRODUCTION Recent developments in ceramic material sciences have led to improvements in modern ceramics and restorative procedures.1 These improvements have prompted a substantial increase in the clinical use of all-ceramic restorations.1 Simultaneously, advances in chairside computer-aided design (CAD)

Dental Materials

Fixed Prosthodonitcs: Time to Change the Status Quo?

BruxZir (Glidewell Laboratories) INTRODUCTION Fixed prosthodontic procedures comprise a major part of the services provided by general dentists in the United States. It has been estimated by the National Association of Dental Laboratories that there were about 36