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The Icing on the Cake: Finish on Provisionals
Techniques & Materials

The Icing on the Cake: Finish on Provisionals

We all know how important it is to provide excellent temporaries or provisionals for our patients. From testing proposed changes to impressing excellent...

| 10 years ago ›
Give Your Team Time to Focus
Practice Management

Give Your Team Time to Focus

Human beings are capable of doing extraordinary things and achieving amazing success when they put their minds to reaching a clearly defined goal. We...

| 10 years ago ›
Restoring Discolored Endodontically Treated Teeth: Case 3
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Esthetics

Restoring Discolored Endodontically Treated Teeth: Case 3

In the previous article in this series I showed an example of isolated discoloration in the cervical of two central incisors that should have been masked...

| 10 years ago ›
Is There Someone Missing From Your Practice?
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Practice Management

Is There Someone Missing From Your Practice?

Every practice should have someone with an excellent clinical background such as a senior assistant, performing a designated treatment coordinator role,...

| 10 years ago ›
New Invention May Help The Body Generate New Bone
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Beyond Restoration

New Invention May Help The Body Generate New Bone

According to a recent news release, a new invention made at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway, helps the body generate new bone,...

| 10 years ago ›
Dental Insurance in the 21st Century
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Case Presentation

Dental Insurance in the 21st Century

Put a group of dentists together and before long the discussion invariably turns to dental insurance. Today, if those dentists are in the states of Washington...

| 10 years ago ›
Follow the Case: Fixed Bridge [Part II]
Techniques & Materials

Follow the Case: Fixed Bridge [Part II]

In Part I of this series I showed the lower anterior bridge removed and provisionalized in preparation for root coverage procedures and grafting in the...

| 10 years ago ›
Five Points of Clarity Before You Bring in an Associate
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Case Presentation

Five Points of Clarity Before You Bring in an Associate

So you've made the decision to expand operations and bring in an associate. Congratulations. But now that you have arrived at that answer, there are a...

| 10 years ago ›
Make Accurate Dental Models
Beyond Restoration

Make Accurate Dental Models

Many dental procedures require models of teeth. Our new staff training course, Making Accurate Dental Models, provides a detailed review of the process....

| 10 years ago ›
Trusting Your Internal Compass
Practice Management

Trusting Your Internal Compass

My sister Nadia is an exceptional woman. So when she graduated from university, I encouraged her to get going on her career. I knew she had incredible...

| 10 years ago ›
How to Speed Up By Slowing Down
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Practice Management

How to Speed Up By Slowing Down

I have always been an action-oriented kind of person. For the most part that has served me well, but in my younger years my impatience with anything that...

| 10 years ago ›
Honoring Women in Dentistry: Lucy Hobbs Taylor
Beyond Restoration

Honoring Women in Dentistry: Lucy Hobbs Taylor

In honor of Women's History Month and her birthday, we're highlighting Lucy Hobbs Taylor for her contributions to the dental profession. Lucy Hobbs Taylor...

| 10 years ago ›