Composite materials in dentistry have come of age during my career. When I was at Case Western Reserve Dental School in Cleveland we had Adaptic,...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
Dr. Spear shares his technique for removing permanent restorations that have been cemented temporarily.
Frank Spear | 12 years ago ›
The First Piece to the Puzzle in Shade Taking: The Light
In my last blog we discussed the four pieces to the shade-taking puzzle. Let's take the first piece: The light. There are two aspects to this variable...
Martin Mendelson | 12 years ago ›
Anytime I get all the preps in my impression, I'm ecstatic – even more so when it's this many preps. Alas, I must confess that the distal margin on...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
I had an interesting visit to a company here in Scottsdale that is fabricating 'digital' dentures. The technique is based on impressions that are stitched...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
I'm planning for a patient appointment shortly after New Year's, and part of my preparation is putting together the appropriate checklist. Do you use...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
'OK Mrs. Jones, I'm just going to run in the back and stain that restoration we tried in. It will only take a minute, and then we can cement it and get...
Gary DeWood | 12 years ago ›
Most dentists receive or purchase their shade guides in dental school and continue to use them throughout their careers. How old is your shade guide?...
Martin Mendelson | 12 years ago ›
Custom Styled and Fabricated by Hand
When my glasses suffered a unilateral fatality yesterday I anticipated several days of 'imbalance' as we complete 10 days packed with four...
Gary DeWood | 13 years ago ›
This young lady decided to try shooting a handgun that had considerable recoil. Without proper instruction, she pulled the trigger and the gun kicked...
Steve Ratcliff | 13 years ago ›
You learn to do by doing – that's something we come to understand as we get older. But remember when you were first discovering new capabilities,...
Imtiaz Manji | 13 years ago ›
Those blasted buccal shots! Hard to see and hard to be sure that the correct alignment and framing are in the image. Most of the time, I believe that...
Steve Ratcliff | 13 years ago ›