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FIGURE 15--Three all-ceramic Procera crown restorations.
March 1, 2006 Feature General Practice

Critical Thinking and Reasoning: The Key to Achieving Long-term Clinical Success with Complex Dental Problems

by Ira Schecter, DDS

A combination of modern medicine, increased patient awareness, and proven, evidence-based solutions has resulted in a population whose median age is older than ever before in history. This in turn has created a challenge for the dental profession. The dental…
March 1, 2006 Feature General Practice

MI Paste

by Robert Margeas, DDS

In order for the caries process to begin, there must be a series of demineralization/remineralization events involving enamel and dentin. The process is initiated by the dissolution of tooth mineral (demineralization) by organic acids (lactic and acetic) produced by the…

 FIGURE 17--Root sensitivity due to recession eliminated using a 20 second treatment with erbium YAAG laser (Biolase Corp).
March 1, 2006 Feature General Practice

Minimally Invasive Dentistry and Restorative Techniques — “Using Technology to Improve Your MInD”

by Ron Goodlin, DDS

The days of GV Black’s “extension for prevention” have long passed us by, and the watchword now is “Enamel is sacred”. Of course this has only become a possibility due to the development of modern techniques and materials. STRUCTURAL INTEGRITYAdvertisement…

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March 1, 2006 Feature General Practice

Focus on Dental Caries Management – Beyond Extension for Prevention to Minimal Intervention

by Stephen H. Abrams, DDS, FADI (Hon.), FPFA (Hon.) ; Margaret I. Scarlett, DMD and Lori Trost, DMD

Dr. G.V. Black would be pleased about today’s new techniques, as he would be in his place of honor at the National Museum of Dentistry. Faced with limited choices, he had to design cavity preparations in an era where carious…
March 1, 2006 Feature General Practice

Lighten Up! Clean Up Your Clutter!!

by Janice Goodman, DDS

Everyone has some aspect of their life that tends to gather clutter and clearing up the clutter can be a first step towards improving one’s life. Clutter on a physical level is defined as “a crowded and untidy collection of…

 FIGURE 1--Demetron Research Corporation.
March 1, 2005 Feature General Practice

The Light, The Blue Light, and Nothing But The Blue Light, So Help Me Hanna

by Scott Dudley

Points to consider when purchasing an LED curing light

 FIGURE 13--Free-hand resin mock-up. Functional and esthetic trial prior to wax-up.
March 1, 2005 Feature General Practice

Biofunctional Esthetics: The Comprehensive Approach to Esthetic Treatment

by Michael Soloway, DMD and Robert M. Sorin, DMD

Jane Doe makes an appointment in your office as a new patient. She is a 51-year-old business professional. She has had the same dentist, Dr. Smith, since she was 28-years-old. She has had a pot-pouri of dentistry over the years:…

 FIGURE 2--Pre-Operative view of existing amalgam restorations on 4.6 and 4.7.
March 1, 2005 Feature General Practice

Gripper it and Rip it – A Dual Arch Tray Technique for a Single Posterior All-Ceramic Crown

by Edward Lowe, BSc., DMD, Kobus Steyn, RDT

Whether you call them triple trays, check bite trays or dual arch trays, the use of these quadrant posterior trays to take definitive impressions are a vital element of a dentist’s armametarium. The advantages include ease of use, convenience, comfortable…