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Dealing With Dental Malpractice, Part 2: Malpractice Prevention

The first step in malpractice prevention is to get a good malpractice carrier. This...

Interdisciplinary Dentistry: An Aesthetic Outcome

Extensive dental rehabilitation may involve (1) an interdisciplinary approach, (2) a thorough understanding of...

Prerestorative Periodontal Plastic Surgery Creating the Gingival Framework for the Ideal Smile

It has been said that a beautiful painting or photograph is enhanced by the...

Noninvasive “Face-Lifts” For Your Dentate Patients: A New Technique

Is dentists, we all have had training in removable prosthodontics, and we already know...

Predictable Restoration of Class 2 Preparations With Composite Resin

For many years, the restorative material of choice for direct placement of restorations in...

Cosmetic Rehabilitation of the Young Patient

Taking a bur to virgin enamel is always serious business and the younger the...

The Indirect Composite Resin Restoration: An Underutilized Restorative Choice?

The number of direct composites being placed by dentists in the United States has...

Simplifying Diastema Closure in the Anterior Region

There may be a number of reasons why patients present requesting diastema closure, including...

Materials and Techniques for Restoring Teeth With Severe Caries or Fractures

The restoration of vital and nonvital teeth that have significant loss of tooth structure...

Periodontal Surgery: Resection to Regeneration

The focus of periodontal surgery has shifted over time from a philosophy based on...