Implant-assisted Removable Partials: Highlighting the Advantages in 2 Cases
We review two cases that highlight the advantages of implant-assisted partial dentures.
Doug Benting | 8 years ago ›
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.
Doug Benting | 8 years ago ›
Dental Organizations Release Clinical Practice Guidelines for 2016
We break down the findings from the recently-published Clinical Practice Guidelines...
Doug Benting | 8 years ago ›
Do Patients Need Dental Implants?
In restoration cases, some prefer to maintain the natural teeth while others consider implants right away. Is there a correct answer? We discuss.
Doug Benting | 8 years ago ›
BULL Rule - Or Is It a Guideline?
According to the BULL rule, modification should be made to the buccal cusps of the upper posterior teeth and the lingual cusps of the lower posterior...
Doug Benting | 8 years ago ›
Defining Space for a CAD/CAM Structure
Dental implant supported prostheses were traditionally designed for mal-adaptive denture patients with significant alveolar bone loss in the mandibular...
Doug Benting | 8 years ago ›
Edentulous Jaw Flexure: Guidelines for the Mandible?
Flexure of the edentulous mandible has been connected to increased stress in splinted full-arch restorations that cross the midline. This may result in...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
How Many Implants in the Edentulous Mandible?
Fig. 1 How many dental implants would you like to see in the edentulous mandible? Certainly there are many questions: Fixed or...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
Maintaining Edentulous Spaces … Are There Consequences?
Patients that value dental health are motivated by the consequences of not taking an appropriate action. Taking a tooth or perhaps several teeth out...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
Quality of Life … and Complete Dentures … Really?
Is anyone thinking of complete dentures when evaluating quality of life? For those in the 50-64 age group, about 15 percent are missing all of...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
Facebows … Optimizing the Data
It is nearly impossible to find a textbook related to prosthodontics or restorative dentistry that does not mention the facebow as a technique to orient...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
A phased restorative treatment strategy can provide the opportunity for many of our patients to proceed with a plan requiring a significant financial...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›