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Overcoming Deficiencies to Create an Aesthetic Smile: A Case Study
April 5, 2017 Richard S. Bernstein, DDS, FAGDAbstract Providing patients with a great aesthetic outcome along with the need for full mouth reconstruction can be very challenging. Full mouth reconstruction is one of the more demanding procedures in dentistry. It draws upon the knowledge and experience of…
Laser-Assisted Aesthetic Osseous Crown Lengthening During the Crown Preparation Appointment
April 5, 2017 Marina Polonsky, DDS, MSc. Laser DentistryIntroduction Once you have been in private practice long enough, you can pretty much expect the unexpected. We become very good at not allowing planning and scheduling mistakes to disrupt our office or inconvenience the patient. In cases of complicated…
Aesthetic Restoration of the Primary Anterior Dentition
January 5, 2017 Lawrence Yanover, DDS, PhD, FRCD(C)One of the greatest challenges in paediatric dentistry is aesthetic restoration of the primary maxillary dentition. We are faced with both a restorative and behaviour management challenge due to the lack of cooperation often exhibited by young children. These patients…
Synergy of Aesthetics and Biomechanics
November 23, 2016 Mark Lin, BSc, DDS, MSc (Prosthodontics), FRCD(C); Goth Siu, BHSc, DMD, MS, Cert. Prostho., FRCD(C), FACPThe following article will illustrate a comprehensive full mouth reconstruction therapy with treatment objectives for Aesthetics and Biomechanics. Our patient (N.B.) presented to the office with the pre-existing dental treatment done from another country as illustrated in photos 1 and…
Dental Implant Market on the Rise Due to Injuries and Aesthetic Awareness
September 19, 2016 PRNewswireThe global dental implants market is expected to be USD 6.81 billion by 2024, based on a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Rising demand for tooth (or teeth) replacement has provided good growth potential to the market. Growing number of…
Quality Aesthetics in the Digital Age
July 8, 2016 Robert A. Lowe, DDSIntroduction Both chairside and laboratory digital technologies in dentistry are rapidly changing the way crown and bridge restorations are being fabricated for our patients. Traditional indirect techniques have always presented an opportunity to introduce inaccuracies into the fabrication process. Some…
Beautify Your Teeth with Ceramic Veneers – A Case Report From the Residency in Cosmetic Dentistry Program Held at University of Toronto
April 19, 2016 Kathryn Moore, DDS; Omar El-Mowafy, BDS, PhD, FADM; Antonio Mancuso, DDS; Dominic Belcastro, DDS, BSc, MSc; Mark Lin, BSc, DDS, MSc (Prostho), FRCD(C); Robert Carroll, DDSIntroduction In the academic year of 2014 to 2015, a new continuing education program, Residency in Cosmetic Dentistry, was introduced to the dental community. This program was meant to provide opportunity for practicing dentists who are interested in enhancing their…
Introducing The Simplus™ Denture System Precise, Aesthetic Complete Dentures in Only 3 Appointments!
February 17, 2016 by ejonesCalgary, AB – February 17, 2016 – Demand for Complete Dentures is rising exponentially! More than 35 million North Americans are edentulous – and almost 15 percent have dentures made each year! That’s a huge “new market” often sitting right…
ITI Education Week Bern: Evidence-Based Clinical Concepts in Implant Dentistry
February 8, 2016 by Oral HealthThis one-week course was established 15 years ago and was designed for clinicians with an interest in the field of implant dentistry. This basic course presents evidence-based treatment concepts for the rehabilitation of fully and partially edentulous patients. Besides more…
Oral Sedation in Pediatric Dentistry: The Growing Wave of Chemical Restraint
January 6, 2016 Gino Gizzarelli, BScPhm, DDS, MSc (Dental Anaesthesia); David Farkouh, Bsc, DMD, MSc (Pedo), FRCD(c)The following is a summary of the use if oral sedatives for pediatric dentistry. This information is not intended to present a comprehensive review, the reader is therefore encouraged to seek additional and confirmatory information. Sedation is used to increase…
ITI Education Week Melbourne: Current Perspectives in Implant Dentistry
January 6, 2016 by Oral HealthThe five-day Melbourne ITI Education Week is aimed at dental practitioners with some or little implant experience. The course includes lectures, case discussions, live surgical and restorative procedures as well as hands-on sessions. It is designed to provide a sound…
Bone Grafts For Implant Dentistry: The Basics
December 9, 2015 Dr. Fay Goldstep, DDS. FACD, FADFEThe implant restoration is an essential everyday treatment to replace missing teeth, advance function and enhance esthetics for patients in the general dental practice. An understanding of implant hardware design and placement for optimum clinical results is common knowledge for…
Safety concerns in dentistry?
November 11, 2015 by Kahaliah RichardsTwo reports crossed my desk recently, which raised some possible serious concerns about how we go about delivering dental care. First, a report suggests that anaesthetics are linked to permanent tooth failure in younger patients. The study authors concluded that…
Risk Management Advice And Guarantees In Dentistry An Interview With Ms. René Brewer
November 1, 2015 by Oral HealthAll practicing dentists should be armed with practical risk management knowledge to minimize exposures to patient lawsuits and or College complaints. As such, this article will highlight some of the important information in a question and answer interview format with…
Suturing in Medicine and Dentistry
October 1, 2015 Peter C. Fritz, BSc, DDS, FRCD(C), PhD (Perio), Certified Specialist in PeriodonticsThere is a fuzzy line between surgery in the mouth and the rest of the body. Many principles are the same, however, there are certain elements of suturing that we can take from medicine and apply to dentistry providing a…
Suturing in Medicine and Dentistry
October 1, 2015 Peter C. Fritz, BSc, DDS, FRCD(C), PhD (Perio), Certified Specialist in PeriodonticsThere is a fuzzy line between surgery in the mouth and the rest of the body. Many principles are the same, however, there are certain elements of suturing that we can take from medicine and apply to dentistry providing a…
Sirona’s C30 Extravaganza Designed to Provide Dental Professionals with the Most Advanced Educational Experience in Digital Dentistry
September 1, 2015 SironaSirona to Deliver CAD/CAM Users with a Comprehensive Learning Curriculum Across a Wide Diversity of Educational Tracks of Their Choosing Sirona Dental, Inc., the worldwide leader and pioneer of digital dentistry, will provide dental professionals with the highest level…
Surgical Risk Factors in Implant Dentistry: Influence on Failures and Bone Loss
August 1, 2015 Murray Arlin, DDS, Dip. Perio, FRCD(C)Implant failures, peri-implant bone loss and other complications do occur, so it is vital for dentists to be aware of the risk factors that may be significant. This article will be the first of a series to be published in…
Immediate Implant Placement and Temporization in the Maxillary Aesthetic Zone
March 1, 2015 Michael Pollak, DDSA Case Report Utilizing a Customized Transfer Abutment
Beautiful materials for aesthetic restorations – eye-catchers at IDS 2015
January 27, 2015 IDSOur teeth play a significant part in our appearance and our radiant smile. They affect our self-esteem and influence our social contacts. In dentistry, therefore, in addition to restoring the masticatoryfunction the aesthetic restoration result is also an important criterion…