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Using a 'Liquid Dam' in Your Restorative Practice
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Using a 'Liquid Dam' in Your Restorative Practice

The first time I used a 'liquid dam' in dentistry was when I started doing in-office whitening. A liquid dam is a flowable, light cured material that...

| 10 years ago
Elements of Treatment Planning Will Transform Your Team

Elements of Treatment Planning Will Transform Your Team

Confidence in creating a treatment plan that truly 'restores' a patient as close as possible to the original condition or ideal form and function can...

| 10 years ago
Research: Bacteria Preserved on 1,000-Year-Old Plaque

Research: Bacteria Preserved on 1,000-Year-Old Plaque

According to a news release, a research team recently discovered 1,000-year-old dental calculus preserved on the teeth of skeletons. This discovery...

| 10 years ago
Completing Class IV Restorations: Finishing and Polishing

Completing Class IV Restorations: Finishing and Polishing

Once you have your resin/composite in place, it's time to begin finishing your Class IV restoration. It begins with doing your gross contours and using your...

| 10 years ago
Help Your Team Understand the Articulator in Your Practice

Help Your Team Understand the Articulator in Your Practice

Mounted diagnostic casts enable treatment planning, patient discussions and the ability to see what the therapy will or will not accomplish before we...

| 10 years ago
Research: Sequencing Harmless Oral Bacterium May Help to Unravel a Mystery

Research: Sequencing Harmless Oral Bacterium May Help to Unravel a Mystery

According to a recent news release, scientists have pieced together sections of DNA from 12 individual cells to sequence the genome of a bacterium...

| 10 years ago
Drive Time: Why Implant Drivers Are So Important
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Drive Time: Why Implant Drivers Are So Important

In implant dentistry hand drivers are used to turn the attachment or abutment screws that secure different components to implant fixtures. Hand drivers...

| 10 years ago
Announcement: Train Your Staff With Spear

Announcement: Train Your Staff With Spear

Spear is excited to announce a vital new component to Spear Digital Suite's menu of online learning tools: Staff Training. 'Creating the Staff Training...

| 10 years ago
Best of Spear Review: Esthetics

Best of Spear Review: Esthetics

As we continue to offer insightful content by the Spear faculty and guest writers, we want to make certain that you don't miss any of it. The following...

| 10 years ago
New Lesson Announcement: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough

New Lesson Announcement: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough

We are excited to introduce our new Lunch + Learn Team Development module for Digital Suite: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough....

| 10 years ago
Spear Weekly Announcements 1/27 - 1/31

Spear Weekly Announcements 1/27 - 1/31

With all the new additions and innovations Spear continues to provide each week to benefit restorative dentists, we want to ensure that everyone is aware...

| 10 years ago
Spear Weekly Announcements 1/20-1/24

Spear Weekly Announcements 1/20-1/24

With all the new additions and innovations Spear continues to provide each week to benefit restorative dentists, we want to ensure that everyone is aware...

| 10 years ago