A patient presents with a tooth damaged by disease or injury, and it now becomes your decision whether to perform a restoration or an extraction; it’s a common situation up and down the world of dentistry. Making this decision is not always a straightforward process, and many clinical factors must be weighed while avoiding, but…
The hazards to general health posed by smoking are well-documented in numerous studies, yet they are being debated and even ignored by a great many people who continue to smoke. While it is true that other studies indicate that the number of smokers has declined in recent years, a very large number of people, many…
It doesn’t matter if it is called aesthetic dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, restorative dentistry, or even elective dentistry, in the past few years the talk about, and demand for this type of service has exploded. Television talk-shows, Internet pop-ups, advertising for over-the-counter products in every media have raised the awareness of the general public to this…
The Post-Cosmetic Dentistry Advice factor The decision by your patient to get aesthetic dentistry is, quite often, a difficult one to make. It demonstrates faith in you, their practitioner, as well as committing to a substantial financial cost for the procedure. This should engender in the aesthetic dental practitioner the commitment to advising the patient…
Triple tray use it at your peril!! It’s quick and cost effective but will cost heavily when fitting your restoration. It sounds like a great idea!! Because you can take both upper and lower impressions and a bite registration all at the same time! Sounds like a great idea! Right? But is it? As the…
Dental veneers were invented in the 1930s by Charles Pincus, founder of the American Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry, and were introduced in “Building mouth personality”, a paper presented to the California State Dental Association at its1937 meeting in San Jose, California. Despite the fact that these early veneers quite often, and quite quickly fell off,…
IPS e.max press custom implant abutments IPS e.max cement retained implant crowns IPS e.max screw retained implant crowns. ( single units only) Implant-retained hybrid restorations can now be produced in the press technology – thanks to IPS e.max Press Implant Solutions from Ivoclar Vivadent. Two different solutions involving lithium disilicate glass-ceramics in conjunction with a…
Implant Tip: If you are a Noble Replace or branemark user a great prosthetic option is to use Sothern Implants prosthetic components, they are extremely high quality and 1/3 of the cost of Noble Biocare prosthetic parts, plus there passive abutment system is great for screw retained implant bridge work as it guarantees… a passive…
IPS e.max v zirconia based posterior single units, So many users prescribe a zirconia Substructure based single unit thinking that it is stronger than an IPS e.max crown. The zirconia coping maybe 900-1200 Mpa depending on the brand of zirconia, however the porcelain layered onto the coping will have a maximum strength of around 60-120Mpa plus…
