September 14, 2020 Feature Oral HealthOrthodontics

Facially Driven Treatment Planning to Manage the Adult Patient with Severe Wear: Virtual Smile Design and Key Diagnostic Components

by Robert Elliott, DDS, MCID

The adult patient with deep anterior overbite and extensive anterior tooth wear is especially challenging. Treatment involves many diagnostic questions to which correct answers must be found to ensure successful management and treatment. This type of case is a perplexing…

April 7, 2020 Feature Cosmetic / AestheticCosmetic DentistryOral Health

Principles of Smile Design Treatment Planning

by Jeffery W. Lineberry, DDS, FAGD, ICOI, AACD, AAID

Introduction When it comes to re-creating a patient’s smile, it is not as simple as placing veneers or crowns on teeth that are whiter and brighter than the patient’s existing dentition (Figs. 1 & 2). The smile is an important…

March 24, 2020 News

Treatment Planning the Full Arch

by Zimmer Biomet

Speaker: Carl Drago, DDS, MS, FACP Course Date: April 7, 2020 2:00 – 3:30 pm EDT (New York) 1:00 pm (CDT), 12:00 pm (MDT), 11:00 am (PDT) 7:00 – 8:30 pm EDT (New York) 6:00 pm (CDT), 5:00 pm (MDT), 4:00 pm…

April 3, 2019 Feature Cosmetic / AestheticOral Health

Health-Driven Goals With Esthetic Outcomes

by Amanda Seay

       Patients often present with the desire to maintain or improve their overall dental health and may state that their only goal is to have their teeth outlive them. They don’t desire a smile makeover or esthetic enhancement,…

March 9, 2012 News Endodonticsmicrosurgery

Root-end management: resection, cavity preparation, and material placement

by ken

JOHN J. STROPKO , GLEN E. DOYON  This is a sample concept of blended learning. The technical discussion for a specific area of treatment planning introduced as a component of the critical thinking and comprehensive reasoning that goes into a…

November 25, 2011 News Cosmetic DentistryPhotographyTreatment planning

Incoming AACD President, Dr. Ron Goodlin, featured on Labome.org and PubMed for his work, “Photographic-assisted diagnosis and treatment planning”

by ken

Good on ya Ronnie G: Dr. Goodlin’s paper–excerpted from his contribution to the textbook, Dental Clinics of North America, Vol 55 #2 entitled, “Esthetic and Cosmetic Dentistry for Modern Dental Practice“–describes recommended digital dental photographic equipment, how to produce the…

October 27, 2011 News EndodonticsImplantologyTreatment planning

Eh, what’s yer treatment plan doc?

by ken

Not going to say a word about this case, the images speak for themselves……….what I’d really like is to have the comments reflect treatment considerations……..if you’re having trouble with Moveable Type and the blog on www.oralhealthjournal.com – kendo@endosolns.com, I’ll post…

October 20, 2011 News BotoxComprehensive reasoningElearningEndodonticsTeam motivationTreatment planning

Teach your children well to “bridge the gap”

by ken

I have a fervent and long held belief in the power of the Internet for collegial mentorship. A recent email blast from the JCDA indicated that the editor wishes to create a collegial panel and forum for Canadian dentists to…

May 16, 2011 News ElearningEndodontics

What’s your diagnosis doctor?

by ken

2011-12-12 14:28:44

May 15, 2011 News EndodonticsPeriodontology

The vision behind the Clinical eChronicle – Endo Perio

by ken

From the ROOTS forum This forum is dedicated to an understanding of FOUNDATIONAL DENTISTRY and the Endodontic Implant Algorithm.  Ask yourself the obvious question before you view the treatment images…….are you “implant driven in your treatment planning perspective?”  Would you…

April 17, 2011 News General News

Fluff piece with a message

by ken

2011-12-12 14:22:38

February 24, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Certify me,certify you blues – it needs to be pervasively pandemic

by ken

2011-12-12 13:49:22

February 21, 2011 News Implantology

IDS 2011 – Wilkommen – Nobel Biocare

by ken

As the world leader in innovative restorative, and esthetic dental solutions, Nobel Biocare proudly offers the most comprehensive dental restorative and implant product lines in the world. Our latest innovation – NobelClinician™ software – the next generation of digital diagnostics…

February 13, 2011 News CAD/CAMCone beam computed tomographyDental LaboratoriesTradeshowsTrends in Dental Education

How to lose your volunteer job with one simple posting!

by ken

“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long…

November 3, 2010 News General News

Of Genesis, Morphogenesis and Blogogenesis

by ken

The Internet is barely fifteen years old and there remains a large contingent of folks who consider it a passing fad, let’s say 15% of the population – dentists make up 14.99% of that grouping….humour, arrh, arrh.  Where this blog…

October 20, 2010 News EndodonticsEvidence based dentistry

The horror, the horror

by ken

My vision for this blog in addition to sharing the important changes in all aspects of our profession is to provide the opportunity to share clinical cases and learn online and in time perhaps develop an Oral Health treatment planning…

September 4, 2010 News Cone beam computed tomography

Where or rather who is Waldo?

by ken

What’s your diagnosis doctor; what’s your treatment plan? Related articles by Zemanta Facebook Places knows where Waldo is! (scottpaterson.org)