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A Step-by-Step Guide to Virtual Crown Lengthening

A Step-by-Step Guide to Virtual Crown Lengthening

Learn about the concept of Virtual Crown Lengthening, a simple way to show your dental patients how their smile could look.

| 8 years ago
New Spear Online Course: Ensuring Precision and Accuracy with Verification Jigs

New Spear Online Course: Ensuring Precision and Accuracy with Verification Jigs

When there is a patient treatment involving multiple implant restorations, a verification jig is used to assess and guarantee an accurate fitting, passive...

| 8 years ago
Three Techniques to Help Quick-trigger Gag Reflex Patients
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Three Techniques to Help Quick-trigger Gag Reflex Patients

As a dentist, it can be difficult to work with patients who suffer from severe gag reflexes, but these three techniques can help.

| 8 years ago
A 10-Step Occlusion Checklist for the Hygiene Room

A 10-Step Occlusion Checklist for the Hygiene Room

By utilizing this 10-step checklist, dental teams can better track the developing occlusion of patients.

| 8 years ago
Why Dentists Shouldn't Be Afraid of Improving Case Acceptance

Why Dentists Shouldn't Be Afraid of Improving Case Acceptance

Many dentists equate 'improve case acceptance' with 'sell dentistry.' What they should equate it with is improved oral health for their patients.

| 8 years ago
Considerations for Preparation Design and Facial Margin Placement: Part V

Considerations for Preparation Design and Facial Margin Placement: Part V

In this case presentation, we break down possible solutions for restoring a discolored single central incisor.

| 8 years ago
Spear Releases “Orthodontic Extrusion” Study Club Module

Spear Releases “Orthodontic Extrusion” Study Club Module

In this Study Club module, we focus on a patient who has a fractured anterior FPD and non-restorable abutment tooth. Learn about treatment from an orthodontist's...

| 8 years ago
Are Your Blindsiding Patients with Your Treatment Presentation?

Are Your Blindsiding Patients with Your Treatment Presentation?

Dentists must know their patients before their present treatment plans. Here's why.

| 8 years ago
Caries Detection Tools: Select the Best for Your Practice

Caries Detection Tools: Select the Best for Your Practice

We break down the different caries detection tools on the market to help dentists choose what's best for their practice.

| 8 years ago
Spear Releases ‘Technology in the Restorative Practice’ Pathway

Spear Releases ‘Technology in the Restorative Practice’ Pathway

In this new dental team meeting training pathway, practice teams will get overviews on technology and materials as well as best practices for selecting...

| 8 years ago
Periodontal Disease: Is It Just Bacteria vs. Host, Host vs. Bacteria or ...

Periodontal Disease: Is It Just Bacteria vs. Host, Host vs. Bacteria or ...

Even after doing all of the right things, sometimes our periodontal patients do not get better and, in some cases, are getting worse. Is it their lack...

| 8 years ago
The Value of Dentistry in a Consumer-Driven World
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The Value of Dentistry in a Consumer-Driven World

What can dentists do when patients say they can't afford dentistry - but they can afford gourmet coffee every day?

| 8 years ago