Are You Delivering an Exceptional Experience?
What makes a person choose one dentist instead of another? What makes them loyal to a practice once they're in it? These are the kinds of questions that...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
Restorations: Do They Need to Be Redone?
I have distinct memories of hearing lectures on the rationale for redoing restorations that included marginal leakage and stain as an indication to redo...
Steve Ratcliff | 9 years ago ›
Composite for Managing Wear and Altering VDO
In general, the use of composite is significantly more common in Europe than the United States. Let me clarify that by saying that although composite...
Greggory Kinzer | 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 ›
Incisal Edge Position: Planning for an Overdenture
Have you been through the experience of constructing an immediate denture where the patient returned from surgery with an overly prominent display of...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
Lab putty is the dental material's version of baseball's utility player. In the lab, it can be used for a variety of applications like restorative space...
Darin Dichter | 9 years ago ›
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 ›
Limitations: Know When to Fold 'Em
I got my pilot's license 42 years ago. I learned to fly in an airplane that had only five basic instruments and no electrical system. It was one of...
Glen Doyon | 9 years ago ›
As we all know, we have a lot of new materials to pick from – and yet sometimes 'old friends' are the best thing for us to remember. Two of those...
John Carson | 9 years ago ›
Composite Restorations vs. Ceramic Restorations
Imagine that this patient presented to your office for the treatment of the left central and lateral that were fractured in a biking accident. What...
Greggory Kinzer | 10 years ago ›
Bite Registration Material Setting Too FAST? Chillax…
When selecting bite registration materials to be used for interocclusal records, some characteristics that we'd like to see are: Accuracy No resistance...
Darin Dichter | 10 years ago ›
Individual Dental Implant Supported Restorations for Maxillary Incisors
This patient has decided to have his upper maxillary incisors removed following a significant dental history that includes endodontic treatment, clinical...
Doug Benting | 10 years ago ›