My Treatment Plan and Informed Consent Process
Treatment plans must use simple terms with the options clearly outlined, should be presented in writing and be fully reviewed with the patient to mitigate...
Robert Winter | 5 years ago ›
Airway, Sleep and Respiratory Reflux
Learn a new perspective on reflux and the possible triggering mechanisms that occur during sleep.
Jeffrey Rouse | 5 years ago ›
Explore ways to predictably deliver tight and well-contoured contacts from composite and what some clinicians refer to as 'kissing contacts.'
Dave St. Ledger | 5 years ago ›
Options for Determining Vertical Dimension with Edentulous Patients
Learn how to manage occlusal vertical dimension (OVD) with pre-extraction and post-extraction methods, including the widely used freeway space approach.
Darin Dichter | 5 years ago ›
Achieving Your Practice Goals: Are You Looking in the Wrong Direction?
Surgical specialist Dr. Douglas Smail makes recommendations to address the 'lagging measures' that can significantly hinder practice growth.
Doug Smail | 5 years ago ›
Patient Relations: Topic of 3 New Team Meetings
Spear Online features three new team meeting modules designed to help your practice team shape the comforting, nurturing patient experience that leads...
Bonnie Serino | 5 years ago ›
Color and Shade Selection for Anterior Composites
Dr. James H. Peyton addresses custom shade selection to find the best match for esthetics cases.
James Peyton | 5 years ago ›
Watch the ‘Seattle Protocol’ in Action
In the new Spear Online course, 'Seattle Protocol Chairside Demonstration,' Dr. Jeff Rouse provides a live chairside demonstration of the six steps of the...
Bonnie Serino | 5 years ago ›
Study Club Module — Mary Jo: Emotional and Clinical Crisis Management
In this Spear Study Club module, Dr. Ricardo Mitrani introduces a patient with a simple loose crown, though he discovers issues with the patient's failing...
Bonnie Serino | 5 years ago ›
A Novel Concept for Masking Dark Preps
Bleaching a tooth internally can significantly help change the prep color and make the restoration more typical. However, oftentimes this is not an...
Greggory Kinzer | 5 years ago ›
Spanish Subtitles Now Available with Patient Education Videos
The Patient Education platform available through Spear Online now enables dentists to communicate with patients through Spanish-language subtitles on...
Bonnie Serino | 5 years ago ›
Should Dentists Screen for Sleep Related Disorders?
Learn more about the HR pulse oximeter and cardiopulmonary coupling unit (CPC), which are both cost-effective and non-invasive options to treat airway...
Andrew Cohen | 5 years ago ›