If you are like me (read that as old, or rather, mature) you went all the way through dental school without magnification. I don't know how widespread...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
I'm getting ready to go down to our clinic in Guatemala and some of my questions for our team were about amalgam. Do we have it there, what kind is it?...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
How do you prepare your restorations for seating after try-in? When I act as my own technician by scanning and fabricating in the office, the porcelain...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
The COLLAGEN EATERS have been released! When you prep a tooth, actually, when you create injury to any bodily tissue, some stuff called matrix metalloproteinases...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
Seating and Adjusting: Why is Bigger Sometimes Easier?
Shortly after I seated the case shown here I was talking with a friend about the experience and marveling at how little occlusal adjustment I had to complete.
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
The ingenius treatment planning template created by Frank Spear many years ago has been added to. The template gives the restorative dentist a visual...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
Easy Custom Fit Makes For Happy Patients
Plastic dental trays are great time savers and they allow dental teams to make individual adjustments for better fit. When you have a tray...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
Electronic Health Records: Mandate or No Mandate
At some point during the past several years you might have heard that the federal government will soon be mandating that all dental practices, as well...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
This maxillary right central incisor is going away. The resorption evident on the root has left it little support, and it exhibits a 3+...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
Composite materials in dentistry have come of age during my career. When I was at Case Western Reserve Dental School in Cleveland we had Adaptic,...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
Anytime I get all the preps in my impression, I'm ecstatic – even more so when it's this many preps. Alas, I must confess that the distal margin on...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
I had an interesting visit to a company here in Scottsdale that is fabricating 'digital' dentures. The technique is based on impressions that are stitched...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›