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Dental News
Using microscopes to provide better patient care
Dr Donato Napoletano started his general dental practice in 1988 in his hometown of Middletown, NY, USA. From the very beginning, his practice has focused ...
Eight essentials to marketing cosmetic dentistry
Ever since the Extreme Makeover phenomenon, public awareness of cosmetic dentistry has skyrocketed. The typical dental patient is more aware, and educated, ...
Shading technique in direct aesthetic restorations
Natural teeth are complex in structure and difficult to imitate because many colours are distributed through the enamel and dentin.1 The structural ...
Root recession: Aesthetic and predictable elimination
The world today wants an aesthetic, youthful appearance as well as good oral health. The 'dreaded recession,' showing exposed roots of a tooth, immediately ...
CAD/CAM pulls ahead
CAD/CAM restorations made chairside with CEREC are among the most intensively studied restorations in dentistry. Numerous studies show that the clinical ...
Functional reconstruction and aesthetic management of the anterior maxillary segment
Porcelain-fused to metal crowns have been commonly used since their introduction in the 1960s.1 The presence of a metallic substructure confers certain ...
Immediate implant placement and immediate loading after a complicated tooth extraction
As implant dentistry continues to evolve to meet our patient’s demands for aesthetic tooth replacements with minimal downtime or inconvenience, the ...
A worldly journey
With a life path that took him from the military to the orthodontic office, and numerous places in between, Dr Ed Beatty says it’s his family and ...
Cone beam CT-based imaging for evaluation of supernumeraries
In recent years, new developments in Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and 3-D Volume Rendering (3-DVR) software have been designed specifically for ...
Efficiency is the key to a prosperous and fulfilling orthodontic practice
While growing up, I always enjoyed brain teasers. When my career in orthodontics began, I was intrigued because everything seemed like a puzzle. While ...
Accurate orthognathic surgery predictions for the obstructive sleep apnea patient
Orthognathic surgery has been performed routinely since the mid- 1970s to correct severe skeletal malocclusion. Since its inception, various forms of ...
Adolescent Hypodontia: Management
Teamwork is essential in the management of hypodontia. Multidisciplinary consultation at the treatment planning stage and coordination and appropriate ...
Biomechanics in the orthodontic treatment of complex multidisciplinary problems
In recent years, the purview of orthodontics has grown to include an increasing number of adult patients, many of whom present with complex malocclusions ...
Effects of professional oral care on oral infection in the elderly
The population is ageing rapidly because of the prolonged life expectancy evident in most industrialised countries in the world. Accordingly, the number of ...
An introduction to oral biofilms
Bacteria in nature usually exist in the form of biofilms. The dense accumulation of bacteria was first reported by Black in 1898.1 Biofilms are an ...
Child abuse—Are we powerless to help?
Whilst you are reading this article, somewhere in the world a child is suffering deliberate harm, inflicted by someone who is supposed to care about them. ...
Staff promotion: Is ‘potential’ enough?
Anyone who has managed employees for any length of time has seen it. The rising star with all the potential to succeed is promoted to a new position and ...
Relationship-based dentistry: The 21st century formula for success
The 21st century is such an amazing time to be in our wonderful profession. From a technical standpoint we’ve got better diagnostic tools, better ...
Nobody cares for your money like you and RG Capital
Robert Graham, founder and owner of RG Capital, had a vision: to create an atmosphere where businesses and individuals would be able to prosper in the ...
The Ankylos-SynCone Overdenture System: The biology, diagnosis and treatment
The SynCone Over Denture System is one restorative implant-supported removable option within the Ankylos Dental Implant System. The SynCone Over Denture ...
A simple, esthetic & inexpensive technique for a custom implant abutment
In implant reconstruction, the dimension from the implant platform to the crest of tissue, especially in esthetically critical areas, is often more than 2 ...
The ‘All-on-4’ implant concept for edentulous jaws
The efficacy of dental implant treatment is well-documented and its further development includes protocols for simplifying the procedures. The immediate ...
The importance of gingival health in a functional cosmetic case
Complete dentistry is the aesthetic and occlusal harmonisation of the teeth with the gingiva, lips, and face. As dentists, we can directly affect the ...
New smile, new life—innovative technologies and techniques can transform a smile
An actor-turned-director came to our practice from www.denturewearers.com. He was seeking a solution to enhance and reconstruct his smile. Over the past ...
The DownPak device: Obturation with heat and vibration
Achieving successful endodontic treatment requires an accurate diagnosis and appropriate cleaning, shaping and three-dimensional obturation of the canals. ...
BioRaCe—Efficient, safe and biological based sequence files
Endodontics is the prevention or elimination of apical periodontitis. Apical periodontitis is caused by microbes in a necrotic pulp.1-3 If the pulp is ...
The ProTaper technique: Shaping the future of endodontics
There are enormous differences in opinion regarding the best methods for shaping root canals. A review of the literature reveals virtually no agreement on a...
Evaluating instrumentation techniques
With the continuous introductions of endodontic rotary files, recommended techniques for their use seem to proliferate even more rapidly. Although a desired...
Endodontic success: It’s all about the apical third
It goes without saying that as professionals we should strive for the highest success possible. Yet, defining and determining long-term success isn’t ...
New possibilities for managing severe curvature: The Twisted File
Definitive competent management of apical third anatomy, especially severe curvature, is the net result of performing all the previous steps (beginning with...