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Does Facial Growth Continue as We Age?

Does Facial Growth Continue as We Age?

It is generally accepted that facial growth is complete and implants can be placed in females at approximately 17 years of age and in males at...

| 9 years ago
Bite Registration Tips

Bite Registration Tips

Restorative dentistry is replete with procedures that are done so routinely that we adapt to the conveniences and inconveniences of the materials and...

| 9 years ago
Do You Have the Courage to Grow?

Do You Have the Courage to Grow?

'If only I knew then what I know now.' We've all said it at one time or another as we look back on our earlier struggles from the vantage point of hard-won...

| 9 years ago
New Spear Course: Using the "Opening Ears" Method to Build Patient Trust During the Initial Exam

New Spear Course: Using the "Opening Ears" Method to Build Patient Trust During the Initial Exam

Spear's latest Team Meeting course is now live! Using the 'Opening Ears' Method to Build Patient Trust During the Initial Exam will help teach you...

| 9 years ago
New Spear Course: Difficult Conversations for the Front Office

New Spear Course: Difficult Conversations for the Front Office

Spear's newest course, Difficult Conversations for the Front Office, is the fourth course in Spear's 'Difficult Conversations' series. Every position...

| 9 years ago
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