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If You Think You Thought of Everything, Ask Your Patient
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If You Think You Thought of Everything, Ask Your Patient

Edges of anterior teeth are chipped and broken on a regular basis. They are broken during playground accidents, chipped while drinking from a glass...

| 10 years ago
Let the Answer be the Answer
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Let the Answer be the Answer

Ask 10 people what life is about and you'll likely get 10 different answers. For one person it's about achieving transcending enlightenment,...

| 10 years ago
To Renew Or Replace?
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To Renew Or Replace?

In my early years of practice, I remember when there was a heavy push for resin-based indirect restorations, like ArtGlass, belleGlass and Targus. While...

| 10 years ago
The Five Kinds of Energy You Need
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The Five Kinds of Energy You Need

Accomplishing our goals in life often requires having the right energy – but what is the right energy? In my experience, not all energy is created...

| 10 years ago
Best of Spear Review: Esthetics

Best of Spear Review: Esthetics

As we continue to offer insightful content by the Spear faculty and guest writers, we want to make certain that you don't miss any of it. The following...

| 10 years ago
Keep Your Higher Purpose in Mind
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Keep Your Higher Purpose in Mind

If a Genie granted you three wishes, what would you wish for? Given the chance, many of us would wish for an escape from everyday things we are responsible...

| 10 years ago
Occlusal Reduction for Indirect Restorations: Is 1.5 mm Enough?

Occlusal Reduction for Indirect Restorations: Is 1.5 mm Enough?

Are the posterior indirect restorations you receive back from your laboratory, relatively flat compared to your expectations? Is it your laboratory's...

| 10 years ago
Three Ways to Fast Track an Associate to Success

Three Ways to Fast Track an Associate to Success

Previously, I wrote about how it is the responsibility of the senior dentist to give a new associate every opportunity to flourish when that new person...

| 10 years ago
New Lesson Announcement: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough

New Lesson Announcement: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough

We are excited to introduce our new Lunch + Learn Team Development module for Digital Suite: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough....

| 10 years ago
How to Make Someone 'The Right Person for the Job'

How to Make Someone 'The Right Person for the Job'

I call it 'Cinderella Syndrome.' It's that stage that a lot of dentists go through when it is time to bring an associate aboard. They wait, like the prince with...

| 10 years ago
Being a Dentist in a Digital World
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Being a Dentist in a Digital World

It is an astonishing but easily overlooked fact that almost all of us are carrying around in our pockets devices far more sophisticated in computing power...

| 10 years ago
Understanding Screw-Retained Implant Restorations
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Understanding Screw-Retained Implant Restorations

In a previous article, I discussed the pros and cons of both screw-retained and cement-retained implant restorations. In my own practice I have been increasing...

| 10 years ago