Complete Dentures ... What’s Your Strategy?
This article describes the category of the adult population that may be edentulous and strategies for those patients that may include dentures.
Doug Benting | 6 years ago ›
Maxillary Prosthesis Retained by Two Dental Implants
There are pros and cons to using only two dental implants when retaining maxillary prostheses.
Doug Benting | 7 years ago ›
BULL Rule - Or Is It a Guideline?
According to the BULL rule, modification should be made to the buccal cusps of the upper posterior teeth and the lingual cusps of the lower posterior...
Doug Benting | 8 years ago ›
Defining Space for a CAD/CAM Structure
Dental implant supported prostheses were traditionally designed for mal-adaptive denture patients with significant alveolar bone loss in the mandibular...
Doug Benting | 8 years ago ›
Maintaining Edentulous Spaces … Are There Consequences?
Patients that value dental health are motivated by the consequences of not taking an appropriate action. Taking a tooth or perhaps several teeth out...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
Quality of Life … and Complete Dentures … Really?
Is anyone thinking of complete dentures when evaluating quality of life? For those in the 50-64 age group, about 15 percent are missing all of...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
Outcome Analysis for Fixed Hybrid Prostheses
Have you thought about your technique to achieve a reasonable understanding of a patient's expectations for dental treatment? Certainly, as we learn and...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
Incisal Edge Position: Planning for an Overdenture
Have you been through the experience of constructing an immediate denture where the patient returned from surgery with an overly prominent display of...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
Modification of Existing Restoration to Screw Retained Provisional
This patient was referred by her dentist for restoration of the dental implant in the central incisor position. She was expecting an experience similar...
Doug Benting | 10 years ago ›![Implant Supported Restoration Following Severe Trauma [Part I]](https://assets.speareducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-1.jpg)
Implant Supported Restoration Following Severe Trauma [Part I]
Patients that have endured injury as a result of trauma present unique challenges in restorative treatment planning. The goals of the patient are...
Doug Benting | 11 years ago ›
Desired Outcomes and Meeting Expectations
The contrast between the upper and lower arch has been fascinating to me since I have known this patient. Ten years ago she was given (by her periodontist)...
Doug Benting | 11 years ago ›