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Transferring Orthodontic Retention Plans Outside Your Referral Network

Transferring Orthodontic Retention Plans Outside Your Referral Network

When one of your patients is treated by an orthodontist outside your referral network, ensuring a smooth transfer of their retention plan is critical...

| 6 years ago
Dental CSI: A Miscommunication Journey With a Patient With an Eating Disorder

Dental CSI: A Miscommunication Journey With a Patient With an Eating Disorder

When you suspect a patient may be bulimic, how should you approach treatment with extra care and sensitivity?

| 6 years ago
A Protocol For Symptom-Free Direct Composites
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A Protocol For Symptom-Free Direct Composites

This article will help you analyze your protocol for placing composites and determine what you might need to change in order to minimize sensitivity and...

| 6 years ago
How To Cross-Mount a Case and Why It's Important To Do So
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How To Cross-Mount a Case and Why It's Important To Do So

Are you effectively using cross-mounting as a means of ensuring predictable restorations? Learn step-by-step instructions and better understand its value.

| 6 years ago
Conversion Prosthesis For an Implant-Supported Fixed Dental Prosthesis
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Conversion Prosthesis For an Implant-Supported Fixed Dental Prosthesis

This visual essay will walk you through an entire sequence for handling immediate loading of a full arch implant-supported dental prosthesis.

| 6 years ago
Simplified Treatment Planning For Outcome-Based Restorations

Simplified Treatment Planning For Outcome-Based Restorations

Check out the awesome results of this simplified treatment plan following the FGTP process.

| 6 years ago
Re-cementation of a Lithium Disilicate Restoration
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Re-cementation of a Lithium Disilicate Restoration

When an e.max restoration comes off of a prepared tooth, what's the cause and how should it be recemented?

| 6 years ago
A Treatment Alternative for Retained Primary Molars
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A Treatment Alternative for Retained Primary Molars

Learn how to treat retained primary molars in a way that will ensure long-term stability.

| 6 years ago
Retention as a Starting Point for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Retention as a Starting Point for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

This article offers strategies for GPs who want to help patients avoid pitfalls that commonly lead to orthodontic relapse.

| 6 years ago
Orthodontic Anchorage: Is There a TAD In Your Future?
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Orthodontic Anchorage: Is There a TAD In Your Future?

Learn more about the features and benefits of temporary anchorage devices (TADs) for orthodontic treatment.

| 6 years ago
Increased Success With Single-Tooth Restorations
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Increased Success With Single-Tooth Restorations

This tool might be worth a try for your single-tooth restorations.

| 6 years ago
Diagnostic Wax-Up Fabrication: Pre-Restorative Treatment and Ortho

Diagnostic Wax-Up Fabrication: Pre-Restorative Treatment and Ortho

Dr. Bob Winter continues his diagnostic wax-up series with a discussion of fabrication before, after and during orthodontic treatment as well as pre-restorative...

| 6 years ago