Inflamed, bleeding tissue is one of the most frustrating parts of making dental impressions. Use this simple trick from Dr. Frank Spear to get reliable...
Frank Spear | 12 years ago ›
Alignment Showdown: Orthodontics Vs. Restorative Dentistry
Choosing between orthodontics or restorative dentistry can be difficult when evaluating esthetic patients. When treating patients who may not want orthodontics,...
Mark Fleming | 12 years ago ›
The factors you need to find out from your patient who is seeking esthetic treatment.
Mark Fleming | 12 years ago ›
How to Diagnose a Gummy Smile with Crown-Length Problems
In a recent article, we revealed the seven possible etiologies that can cause a gummy smile. In patients with short anterior teeth, only three of those...
Mark Fleming | 12 years ago ›
Three Key Tooth Positions for Your Orthodontist
When upper lateral incisors are missing and the treatment plan is to substitute the upper cuspids to replace the upper lateral incisors, when and how...
Straty Righellis | 12 years ago ›
The ingenius treatment planning template created by Frank Spear many years ago has been added to. The template gives the restorative dentist a visual...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
Thinking Outside the Box: Orthodontic Substitution
In certain cases with young patients, traditional therapy can be inadequate or even impossible. In a recent article, I discussed the autotransplantation...
Mark Fleming | 12 years ago ›
Thinking Outside the Box: Autotransplantation
Sometimes our job hands us tooth replacement cases in which traditional treatment therapy is either inadequate or impossible. For instance, young...
Mark Fleming | 12 years ago ›
Four Key Steps to Facial Crown Lengthening
When we think of an attractive smile, we are referring to one that lines up smoothly with the lower lip and displays even gingival levels. When a patient...
Frank Spear | 12 years ago ›
When Life Hands You Lemon-Suckers ...
Odds are you've seen a significant amount of tooth wear in your practice. They are all out there – the lemon-suckers and the night-grinders –...
Mark Fleming | 12 years ago ›
Four Easy Steps to Midline Inclination
Midline inclination isn't only noticed by dental professionals, anybody can notice an imperfect inclination even if it's as little as one millimeter...
Steve Ratcliff | 12 years ago ›
Our experiences in reconstructive dentistry have taught us that there are many instances in which the midline is not perfectly straight or centered on...
Mark Fleming | 12 years ago ›