What Will the Future of Dentistry Look Like?
What will dentistry look like five years from now? Much of the dentistry you'll be doing will be updating obsolete dental work. You know how you...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
Study: Women Who Smoked Are More Likely to Lose Teeth Due to Gum Disease
According to a new study published and featured on the cover of the current Journal of the American Dental Association by researchers at the University...
Abigail Pfeiffer | 11 years ago ›
Does Your Practice Have a Word-of-Mouth Culture?
Not all new patients are created equal. People who come to your practice at the invitation of a current patient come with the right mindset and expectations;...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
For most patients the outcome of excess overjet is some occlusal variation from what might be considered normal or ideal. The specific variation is...
Frank Spear | 11 years ago ›
If You Schedule It, They Will Come
In a previous article, Practice Dentistry without a Net?, I talked about the importance of really challenging yourself from time to time by taking away...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›![Believe it Or Not Dentistry [Part I]](https://assets.speareducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Ortho1.png)
Believe it Or Not Dentistry [Part I]
There is no point to this article other than to share a most unusual clinical finding. This patient had her dentistry done in Eastern Europe...
Steve Ratcliff | 11 years ago ›
Practice Dentistry Without a Net?
I remember hearing about a family of circus performers from years ago who specialized in trapeze routines and other spectacular highwire acts. They were...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
The Trouble With Gingival Position
One of the foundations of an esthetic restoration is gingival position. It is always better to have that discussion with patients before we...
Steve Ratcliff | 11 years ago ›
Every dentist who goes from average to exceptional reaches a point in their training where they undergo a fundamental shift in thinking. When this mindset...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
Sometimes it can seem that a dental practice is an extremely complicated piece of machinery. There are a lot of moving parts and human considerations...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
Closing the Infamous Black Triangle
To close black triangles in the gingival embrasure when restoring teeth with veneers or crowns, there are clinical and technical design procedures required...
Robert Winter | 11 years ago ›
Failure Risks of Restoring Endodontically Treated Teeth
It is well documented in the literature that restored teeth that are endodontically treated are at a higher risk of failure than the restoration of...
Greggory Kinzer | 11 years ago ›