I've been working on a case with my world-class ceramist, Matt Roberts, for the past month. It is a case that will require some pink porcelain or composite...
Steve Ratcliff | 9 years ago ›
Impression Materials: Pesky Air-inhibited Layer!
Here's a tip I learned the hard way—twice! Before I used preparation guides and reduction guides for veneer and crown preparations I would make my provisionals before...
Steve Ratcliff | 10 years ago ›
Dental Implants: What Implant is That?
Since I am a restorative dentist, I usually rely on my surgeons to tell me what implant system they used if they refer a case to me. Sometimes, however,...
Steve Ratcliff | 10 years ago ›
We all know that providing our lab with images of shade tabs against adjacent teeth helps them to produce the best possible results for our patients....
Steve Ratcliff | 10 years ago ›
So You Hated Setting Denture Teeth?
For many of us, removable pros lab was a pain in the elbow. Yet everything we need to know about esthetics can be demonstrated in a denture setup....
Steve Ratcliff | 10 years ago ›![Treat or Extract? [Part II]](https://assets.speareducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Treat-or-Extract-1.png)
In Part 1 of this series, I asked if you would treat #14 or extract it. We saw both sides of the fence in this discussion. As...
Steve Ratcliff | 10 years ago ›
Sometimes efforts at saving an implant make things worse. This case showed signs of recession shortly after the final crown was placed. Tissue...
Steve Ratcliff | 11 years ago ›![Pesky Screw Access for Implants [Ed.]](https://assets.speareducation.com/www/uploads/blog/images/featured/25480.jpg)
Pesky Screw Access for Implants [Ed.]
This article, originally published 2/5/13, is one of our most widely read regarding tips about implants. Hate stuffing cotton pellets...
Steve Ratcliff | 11 years ago ›
The Myth of the Angled Abutment
Implant position is critical to esthetic success, especially when the patient has a high smile line and is esthetically aware. At times, using an angled...
Steve Ratcliff | 11 years ago ›
Pesky Screw Access for Implants
Hate stuffing cotton pellets into implant screw access? Tired of squirting light bodied impression material into those same openings and then trying to...
Steve Ratcliff | 11 years ago ›
Here are a couple of photos from a patient who was referred to me for an upper implant supported restoration. She was not happy with...
Steve Ratcliff | 12 years ago ›
We look at how cone beam CT helped better prepare a dentist and surgeon for implant placement surgery.
Steve Ratcliff | 12 years ago ›