Using a Leaf Gauge With Intention: Part I
Isn't it amazing how a bunch of skinny pieces of plastic that provide so much useful, if not critical, information in everyday practice, can also...
Kevin Kwiecien | 9 years ago ›
Flipping the Triangle for Dental Patients: Part II
You can access Part I of this series by clicking on the link. A 2010 article by Margolius and Bodenheimer notes that, 'Somehow, there must be...
Kevin Kwiecien | 9 years ago ›
Flipping the Triangle for Dental Patients: Part I
In a recent post, I shared an article that resonates with me regarding dentists shifting the paradigm from tooth fixers to a business of giving patients...
Kevin Kwiecien | 9 years ago ›
Dental Patients: Another Identity Crisis?!
Is your livelihood based on your income from doing dentistry for your work? In other words, are you dependent on money that you make from restoring teeth...
Kevin Kwiecien | 9 years ago ›
Implementation: Is it Reality?
In a previous article, we looked at the common dilemma of implementation of concepts, techniques and philosophies after a quality learning experience....
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
At a recent Facially Generated Treatment Planning workshop, I was having lunch with a group of dentists with a wide range of experience and age–from one year...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
The Appliance as a Diagnostic Tool
The oral orthotic appliance has almost as many uses as a diagnostic aid and for treatment as it has names – splint, bite splint, guard, night guard,...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
Just Blame It on Your Dental Assistant
Remember the last time you were preparing a tooth for a crown and couldn't see at all because your mirror was soaked? And your patient's head was turned...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
How many times have we heard the phrase, this course will change the way you do dentistry on Monday – or when you go back to the office on Monday…...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
Condylar Inclination? I'm Just Restoring the Front Teeth...
Most of us are doing diagnostic wax-ups before restoring front teeth – we might even be using the wax-up to make a stent for our provisional...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
During a recent Facially Generated Treatment Planning workshop I was talking to a participant about how much of an impact the routine use of Facially...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
Is the Staining 'Triple-Threat' Working Against You?
Would you be open to the possibility that most conditions that we see in dentistry are multi-factorial and ambiguous? I thought so.
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›