This Facebow Must Be Wrong! The Model Will Not Fit.
Has this ever happened to you? The upper model is trimmed normally, you position it on the bitefork, close the upper member of the articulator, and the...
Gary DeWood | 9 years ago ›
Do I Medi-Care or Do I Medi-NOT Care?
If you think the Medicare opt-in or opt out decision is a confusing one you are not alone. I have been reading opinions from every direction regarding...
Gary DeWood | 9 years ago ›
An example of a leaf gauge. If you like using the leaf gauge as much as I do, you undoubtedly have occasions when you wonder why there is a discrepancy...
Gary DeWood | 9 years ago ›
Dr. Parker Mahan: Cranio-Facial Pain and Restorative Practice
Parker Mahan, DDS, PhD (7.11.1927 – 8.1.2010) Dr. Parker Mahan was one of the most influential academicians and clinicians in...
Gary DeWood | 9 years ago ›
A Question of NEED in Dentistry: Part II
To read Part I of this series, click on the link. One of the patients in my practice was a veteran of Vietnam who lost his leg in the service of...
Gary DeWood | 9 years ago ›
A Question of NEED in Dentistry: Part I
In my position at Spear Education I have the privilege of spending a lot of time with some of the best dentists in the world. Dentists who devote a large...
Gary DeWood | 10 years ago ›
Scheduling 'Bump' Days in Hygiene
I'm betting that not all of the patients in your practice who have dental needs have made arrangements to have that dentistry completed. That would most...
Gary DeWood | 10 years ago ›
Topical anesthetics are designed to make the use of local anesthesia as comfortable as possible, something that is appreciated by patients and dentists...
Gary DeWood | 10 years ago ›
It isn't a stretch to say that every dentist that spends time with Spear Education is different from the dentists who populate the majority of our profession....
Gary DeWood | 10 years ago ›
The requirement that most new dental school graduates carry to their first business opportunities, namely being able to pay off their tremendous amount...
Gary DeWood | 10 years ago ›
I have always loved science and numbers; putting the world around me into neat little boxes of information that can be classified, reviewed and studied....
Gary DeWood | 10 years ago ›
Light cure composite materials have produced a radical shift in dentistry over the past 40 years; it's a shift I have lived in while graduating...
Gary DeWood | 10 years ago ›