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An Answer to the “Depth-of-Cure” Question With This Flowable CompositeSDI introduces an innovative flowable product with incredible marginal integrity. Catapult reviewers investigate Stela from SDI.
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Technique Touch-Ups 2023Experts from across the industry share their favorite tips, tricks, and solutions to make dental care better for patients and easier for you.
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Technique Touch-Ups 2023Experts from across the industry share their favorite tips, tricks, and solutions to make dental care better for patients and easier for you.
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The Middlesex College Teledentistry Program: One Year LaterIn May 2023, Dental Products Report featured Edison, New Jersey’s Middlesex College, and took a deep dive into how the college successfully incorporated teledentistry into its curriculum and community outreach efforts. One year later, Michelle Roman provides an update about the hygiene school’s progress in education and public health.
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Bench Mastery: A smile makeover ... with no tooth prep?For quite some time, we have been hearing about minimally invasive techniques for the esthetic rehabilitation of the oral cavity. Whether a patient wishes to have stains removed, teeth bleached or the tooth shape and general appearance improved, the range of treatment options is almost unlimited.
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How to use preliminary impression materials in anterior restorationsIn smile makeover cases, the provisional restorations take on a much greater level of importance than a typical crown case. These restorations serve as the patient’s first preview of what his or her new smile will look like and also help facilitate communication about the size, shape and shading for the final restorations. Of course, to create the provisionals, a preliminary impression material is necessary, and it is important to make the proper selection there, as well.
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How to Perform Minimally Invasive Cosmetic BondingDr. Ross Nash outlines how delivering esthetic results without causing discomfort is possible - with the right technique.
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Confessions of a dental dinosaur in a digital dental worldFirst, let me come clean: I am celebrating 30 years in dentistry this year and although I may refer to myself as a “dental dinosaur,” I’m not calling my fellow dental friends old. But, let’s face it: if we think about the treatment modalities, materials and technology we have today in dentistry, you may agree with my analogy.
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Technique: Scan a complex implant case more efficientlyHow one scanner enables this busy lab to improve its scanning speed and efficiency.
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The difference a day makesWhat a difference a day can make in your dental career. Here I was, like many of you-operating a very successful practice in a mid-size community-thinking I was keeping up with all of the advantages that modern dentistry could offer. I’d keep track of all that was new by reviewing publications like Dental Products Report and others on a monthly basis. I’d attend the regional tradeshows and attend CE courses.
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Going paperless increases efficiency and helps your practice become environmentally friendlyNext time you walk into your dental office, pretend you’re a new patient. If you’re greeted by a wall of paper charts and a reception area featuring a sliding glass window and a clipboard, think about what you are communicating. Impersonal reception areas, clipboards and paper charts scream “yesterday.” Now consider that, rightly or wrongly, patients form beliefs about the quality of your dentistry based upon these seemingly innocuous things.
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How to align teeth in six monthsFor all patients with malpositioned teeth, comprehensive orthodontics is the first recommendation to conservatively correct and enhance the appearance of their smile. Unfortunately, the large majority of adults aren’t willing to undergo the lengthy treatment that’s usually involved.
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Designing Software That Meets Dental Professionals’ NeedsEarn up to 1/2 Continuing Education Credit after reading this article about the necessary features to make dental imaging software more efficient and effective for dental practices.
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How technology can help boost your bottom linePractices are now taking advantage of all the technologies available to them.
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"I realized this implant was just what I needed"DPR talks to Dr. Peter Karsant about how his patients have been able to benefit from the ANEW narrow-diameter implant system.
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Teledentistry Meets Telemedicine: A Virtual CollaborationThe TeleDentists, MediOrbis work together to advance telehealth and improve care for patients of dental, medical providers.
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How dentistry changes more than just a smile [VIDEO]What do you do? Dentistry. Really? Dentistry? That’s what you do? What about the people you work with? What about the patients you serve? What about the family?
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Top 10 things no one tells you before investing in practice management softwareTen things to keep in mind before you make any big changes.
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The where, how and why of endo termination pointsThe minor constriction (MC) of the apical foramen is a critical landmark in endodontic treatment. If the clinician keeps the MC at its original position and size, properly shapes and disinfects the canal above this landmark and places a coronal seal, clinical success and healing are predictable. Maintaining the MC at its original position and size has numerous benefits that include:
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Dr. Michael McClure: Where I've seen the unexpected ROI of CAMBRACaries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA) has been something of interest to me for a few years. Last February, I decided to take the leap and give it a try in my office.
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Top 25 Women in DentistryAs the number of women in the industry continues to grow-in the practice, in the lab, in the schools and in the manufacturing sector-Dental Products Report wanted to develop an award that recognizes them for their many contributions. The publication received more than 200 outstanding nominations among the five categories: dentists, team members, dental lab, research and education, and industry.
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Dental practice efficiency starts at your front deskI’ve been working as office director for 16 years and have seen many changes in the dental administrative process from paper appointment books and photocopy billing to digital everything! My employer, Dr. Edward Chipps, runs a very busy general and restorative practice, and we all strive to make the best use of our time.
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Behind the Glow: Everything you need to know about dental curing lights in one infographicDid you know that LED bulbs were invented way back in 1955, right around the time the public was first introduced to fluoride toothpaste? Or that there’s a particular reason why curing lights always emit a blue-hued light?
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How to adjust and polish full-contour zirconia crowns using Komet USA's LD0707 system"The LD0707 proprietary system from Komet USA offers the instruments necessary for adjusting occlusion and reconfiguring the luster of zirconia restorations."
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How to ensure a high-quality impression on the first takeThe concept of taking an impression may be simple, but there are a number of factors that can cause a less than an ideal impression, resulting in a retake that requires more time, more product, and ultimately, a dent in profitability.
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Safety an emphasis with Bien-Air's EVO.15 contra-angleIn response to public health authorities’ growing concern over patient burns caused by electric dental handpieces, Swiss medical technologies company Bien-Air introduces EVO.15, the safest contra-angle on the market today.
