Every Dentist's Most Important Asset
What is the most valuable asset you own? It's not your house. It's not your practice, no matter how highly it may be appraised. In fact, it is not any...
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Treatment Planning and Sequencing in Patients With Severe Wear [Ed.]
Almost every restorative dentist I know has a set of models sitting on their desk they have looked at multiple times and yet...
Frank Spear | 11 years ago ›
Facts and Figures: The High-Speed Handpiece
1957: S.S. White Company introduced the Borden Airotor, the first successful air-driven handpiece. This instrument is regarded as the precursor...
Vivek Mehta | 11 years ago ›
Five Questions to Help You Stop the Insanity
You are probably familiar with the quotation, often attributed to Albert Einstein: 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
As stated in a recent EurekAlert! media release, there has been little research about how dairy products affect oral health. However, according to a...
Abigail Pfeiffer | 11 years ago ›
The First Thing to Say When a Patient Says No
What do you do when a patient says no to the dental problems you have shown them? If you're like many dentists, you consider your job done, accept their...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
How to Make a Custom Incisal Guide Table
Once the decision is made to make a custom incisal guide table, the following sequence of steps should be followed. Determine if you are going to restore...
Robert Winter | 11 years ago ›
One of our clients at Spear – someone we have been profiling as part of our effort to document and analyze the success our clients – said...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
Diagnose Your Practice in Five Simple Questions
It's true that a dental practice is a complex machine, and there are a lot of moving parts that go into making a smooth-running successful operation....
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
Report: Billions Suffer From Major Tooth Decay
A recent EurekAlert! press release states, billions of people across the globe are suffering from major untreated dental problems, according to a new...
Abigail Pfeiffer | 11 years ago ›
How to Create Reliable Team Alignment
'I wish I could get the right people on my team,' is right up there with 'I wish I could get the right patients,' among the most common dreams of dentists. Naturally, you...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
When to Use a Custom Incisal Guide Table?
A common question asked of me is: 'When should I make or prescribe a custom incisal guide table?' If there is no pathway wear, generally there is not a...
Robert Winter | 11 years ago ›