Dentaltown Magazine - August 2003

Articles
By: Howard Farran, DDS, MBA, MAGD, Publisher, DentalTown Magazine
The importance of our Today’s Dental Insurance Breakdown Form
By: Deirdre Murdock, Marketing Manager
Sensible Implant Dentistry Since 1985
Is calcium hydroxide useful as an antibacterial agent? Townie general dentists and endodontists share their experiences and cite research
By: Glenn van As, BSc, DMD
Glenn van As, BSc, DMD, shares a cosmetic restoration clinical that incorporates many high-tech ‘tools’ such as lasers, loupes, microscopes and digital photos
By: Robert L. Ibsen, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert Ibsen, of Den-Mat, showcases a clinical follow-up that involved establishing cuspid and anterior-guided occlusion and the results 14 years after the restoration was completed
By: Geoffrey M. Knight, BDSc, MSc, MBA, FICD
While many dentists use implants as the preferred way of restoring a single missing tooth, a fiber reinforced resin bridge provides a similar outcome without the fiscal and time commitments of implants.
By: Robert Henkel, DDS
So what would you do if a good patient of record needed a major restoration to replace a failed amalgam and was leaving the country in two days? Dr. Robert Henkel explains how his CEREC and laser equipment saved the day
By: Tamas Szarvas, da Vinci Dental Studios
In an effort to understand dentists and their challenges, da Vinci Labs developed a survey to discover common practices of offices making over a million dollars each year. Find out what you can do to implement some of these ideas today
In This Issue
Message Boards
Excerpts from the message boards on Townies’ opinions and suggestions for using Fuji IX and the co-cure technique
Dentists share their emergency stories and what you can do to be prepared
Townies debate which is more important––an interior designer to ‘Wow’ patients with decorations or an efficient office layout when designing a new office or revamping an existing office
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