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Factors That Influence Anterior Preparation Design - Part I
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Factors That Influence Anterior Preparation Design - Part I

Since treatment planning is the key to determining the proper preparation design, you must first establish what problems exist.  This means comprehensively...

| 9 years ago
One Simple Secret for Increasing Invitations to Your Practice

One Simple Secret for Increasing Invitations to Your Practice

There are a lot of strategies for getting patients to invite friends and family to your practice. When you get right down to it, everything you and...

| 9 years ago
High Speed Brownie Points

High Speed Brownie Points

There are many dental products available today to serve a multitude of different purposes, sometimes the number of choices can become overwhelming....

| 9 years ago
The Value of a Dental Practice Office Manager

The Value of a Dental Practice Office Manager

If an office manager's job in a dental practice is not well defined, it can be a truly thankless role. The team members just want to be left alone...

| 9 years ago
TMJ vs.TMD

TMJ vs.TMD

If you have been in dentistry for any time at all, and even outside of dentistry, we have heard the term or acronym 'TMJ.'  When most people here it,...

| 9 years ago
The Online Tools More Than 8,000 Dentists Have Used to Effectively Grow Their Clinical Skills

The Online Tools More Than 8,000 Dentists Have Used to Effectively Grow Their Clinical Skills

We list are 4 important tools dentists can use to grow their dental clinical...

| 9 years ago
Turning Flyover Country into Drive-Over Country

Turning Flyover Country into Drive-Over Country

This summer I decided to do something different.  First of all, I decided to escape the Arizona heat and spend most of my time in Vancouver, where...

| 9 years ago
New Spear Course: Difficult Conversations in the Operatory for the Hygienist

New Spear Course: Difficult Conversations in the Operatory for the Hygienist

Your hygienist has a lot of contact with your patients. Just as dentists often need to have difficult conversations with patients about treatment...

| 9 years ago
Dental Implants: Modifying Provisionals

Dental Implants: Modifying Provisionals

Figure 1 If you are like me, then implants are becoming a bigger and bigger part of your practice. As we know, managing soft tissue around...

| 9 years ago
I Won't Do Ortho!!!

I Won't Do Ortho!!!

I hear this is a common statement made by your adult patients when you have orthodontics in your treatment plan. The envisioned scenario goes like...

| 9 years ago
Why Every Clinician Should Have Pink Composite in the Office

Why Every Clinician Should Have Pink Composite in the Office

Composite resin plays a vital part in the daily practice of nearly every clinician. Composite is esthetic, conservative and quick compared to indirect...

| 9 years ago
How Many Implants in the Edentulous Mandible?

How Many Implants in the Edentulous Mandible?

Fig. 1 How many dental implants would you like to see in the edentulous mandible?  Certainly there are many questions: Fixed or...

| 9 years ago