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Am I Alone? I’ve Had Problems With Contacts My Entire Career. This Townie asks for advice on seating crowns
Am I Alone? I’ve Had Problems With Contacts My Entire Career.
This Townie asks for advice on seating crowns
April 2022
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Product Profile: Voco Retraction Paste An essential element for precision impressions
Product Profile: Voco Retraction Paste
An essential element for precision impressions
April 2022
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What’s the Best Margin Style for Zirconia? Shoulder, Chamfer, Modified Chamfer? Which Bur? Townies trade tips and tool recommendations for creating optimal results in crown creation.
What’s the Best Margin Style for Zirconia? Shoulder, Chamfer, Modified Chamfer? Which Bur?
Townies trade tips and tool recommendations for creating optimal results in crown creation.
February 2022
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2021 Townie Choice Awards After Townies cast their ballots for their favorite dental services and products, we tallied the results. Now it’s time to announce the winners of the 2021 Townie Choice Awards!
2021 Townie Choice Awards
After Townies cast their ballots for their favorite dental services and products, we tallied the results. Now it’s time to announce the winners of the 2021 Townie Choice Awards!
December 2021
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Taking It In-House Dr. Joe Westbury walks readers through the research, planning and effort that was involved in building a lab for his practice, including a milling machine. He also shares case studies that illustrate what he’s been able to create with this technology. (“The ability to control everything from start to finish is priceless,” he says.)
Taking It In-House
by Dr. Joe Westbury
Dr. Joe Westbury walks readers through the research, planning and effort that was involved in building a lab for his practice, including a milling machine. He also shares case studies that illustrate what he’s been able to create with this technology. (“The ability to control everything from start to finish is priceless,” he says.)
January 2022
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Face Forward One of our most-followed Townies, Dr. Arthur R. Volker, and two colleagues explain matrixing strategies for anterior and facial surfaces, discuss the indications and pros and cons of each option, and share case studies that illustrate the principles involved.
Face Forward
by Drs. Arthur R. Volker, Pantelis Kouros and Serhat Köken
One of our most-followed Townies, Dr. Arthur R. Volker, and two colleagues explain matrixing strategies for anterior and facial surfaces, discuss the indications and pros and cons of each option, and share case studies that illustrate the principles involved.
March 2022
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Dental Continuing Education: Occlusal Equilibration—Technique and Rationalization In this dental continuing education course, Dr. Mike Racich illustrates how to achieve mutually protective occlusal schemes and stabilize interarch relationships, often needed before periodontal surgery or after orthodontic treatment. This course explains the subtractive occlusal equilibration technique, which employs inclined-plane odontoplasty.
Dental Continuing Education: Occlusal Equilibration—Technique and Rationalization
by Dr. Mike Racich
In this dental continuing education course, Dr. Mike Racich illustrates how to achieve mutually protective occlusal schemes and stabilize interarch relationships, often needed before periodontal surgery or after orthodontic treatment. This course explains the subtractive occlusal equilibration technique, which employs inclined-plane odontoplasty.
October 2020
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Stacked for Success Drs. Isaias Íñiguez and Laiza Íñiguez Smith demonstrate two different composite restoration techniques using bulk fill restorative and polyethylene fibers that can be used as an interim treatment for cracked tooth syndrome. These restorations have lasted eight and 10 years—and counting!
Stacked for Success
by Drs. Isaias Íñiguez and Laiza Íñiguez Smith
Drs. Isaias Íñiguez and Laiza Íñiguez Smith demonstrate two different composite restoration techniques using bulk fill restorative and polyethylene fibers that can be used as an interim treatment for cracked tooth syndrome. These restorations have lasted eight and 10 years—and counting!
November 2020
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Reversing the Grind One of our most-followed Townies, Dr. Terry Shaw, shares a case in which he treated a well-known Canadian tenor’s severely worn dentition over two visits by rebuilding the patient’s upper and lower teeth with composite.
Reversing the Grind
by Dr. Terry Shaw
One of our most-followed Townies, Dr. Terry Shaw, shares a case in which he treated a well-known Canadian tenor’s severely worn dentition over two visits by rebuilding the patient’s upper and lower teeth with composite.
November 2020
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'My Worst Mouth' Contest On Dentaltown’s message boards, we asked Townies to submit photos of the most challenging mouths they’d ever treated. From the more than 75 posts, we selected eight cases to vie for top honors in the “My Worst Mouth” Contest.
'My Worst Mouth' Contest
by Sam Mittelsteadt, editor
On Dentaltown’s message boards, we asked Townies to submit photos of the most challenging mouths they’d ever treated. From the more than 75 posts, we selected eight cases to vie for top honors in the “My Worst Mouth” Contest.
January 2021
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Show Your Work: Dental Restorations — Building Better Bonds Dr. Hemali Ajmera recaps the options available for aesthetic dental restoration of malformed, misshapen or underdeveloped lateral incisors, and shares the step and details behind a same-day chairside treatment she performed for a patient who wanted a painless option to treat her short incisors.
Show Your Work: Dental Restorations — Building Better Bonds
by Dr. Hemali Ajmera
Dr. Hemali Ajmera recaps the options available for aesthetic dental restoration of malformed, misshapen or underdeveloped lateral incisors, and shares the step and details behind a same-day chairside treatment she performed for a patient who wanted a painless option to treat her short incisors.
April 2021
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Show Your Work: Warm Up to Something New Dr. Ron Kaminer illustrates the use of a thermoviscous nanohybrid composite that was developed specifically to be heated for ease of placement in a bulk fashion.
Show Your Work: Warm Up to Something New
by Dr. Ron Kaminer
Dr. Ron Kaminer illustrates the use of a thermoviscous nanohybrid composite that was developed specifically to be heated for ease of placement in a bulk fashion.
September 2021
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Show Your Work: Don’t Slight Senior Care! Dr. Joe Whitehouse shares a case study in which he restored an elderly patient’s smile through a multicourse treatment that included CAMBRA, orthodontics, crowns and bridges.
Show Your Work: Don’t Slight Senior Care!
by Dr. Joe Whitehouse
Dr. Joe Whitehouse shares a case study in which he restored an elderly patient’s smile through a multicourse treatment that included CAMBRA, orthodontics, crowns and bridges.
October 2021
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Townie Poll: Materials With our monthly dental poll you can see how other practices operate, what works, what doesn’t and how dentistry is evolving. The information we gather each month helps us measure trends in the profession. Take a look at this month’s topic and results on materials.
Townie Poll: Materials
With our monthly dental poll you can see how other practices operate, what works, what doesn’t and how dentistry is evolving. The information we gather each month helps us measure trends in the profession. Take a look at this month’s topic and results on materials.
October 2021
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Managing Tooth Wear Through Effective Communication Professor Andrew Eder explores how to communicate effectively with patients about tooth wear.
Managing Tooth Wear Through Effective Communication
by Andrew Eder, dean and professor at the University of Buckingham Dental Institute
Professor Andrew Eder explores how to communicate effectively with patients about tooth wear.
June/July 2019 - UK Edition
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Message Board: Here Are Some Tricks for More Predictable Mylar Strip Use in the Anterior
A Townie shares a step-by-step on using greater band curves on challenging restorations
June/July 2019 - UK Edition
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Sudden IAN Block Troubles A Townie revives a helpful thread, which spurs new ideas.
Sudden IAN Block Troubles
A Townie revives a helpful thread, which spurs new ideas.
September 2019
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Why Proximators Rule Well-known “davidpalmer” shows how something as basic as a proximator can make for a better dentist when done right.
Why Proximators Rule
Well-known “davidpalmer” shows how something as basic as a proximator can make for a better dentist when done right.
August 2019
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Idiot Proof Crown Prep? Trying to Come Up With One. The Townie community comes to the rescue with tips to improve lab work.
Idiot Proof Crown Prep? Trying to Come Up With One.
The Townie community comes to the rescue with tips to improve lab work.
September 2019
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Show Your Work (Worn) Down But Not Out Dr. Terry Shaw, a Townie with hundreds of followers on the Dentaltown message boards, shares a case in which he rebuilt a patient’s dentition using composite material.
Show Your Work (Worn) Down But Not Out
by Dr. Terry Shaw
Dr. Terry Shaw, a Townie with hundreds of followers on the Dentaltown message boards, shares a case in which he rebuilt a patient’s dentition using composite material.
August 2019
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Show Your Work: Treating an Aging Population Dr. Raymond Kimsey shares a geriatric dentistry case in which he placed a direct restoration for a 94-year-old patient with Alzheimer’s disease, utilizing a crown form and composite.
Show Your Work: Treating an Aging Population
by Dr. Raymond Kimsey
Dr. Raymond Kimsey shares a geriatric dentistry case in which he placed a direct restoration for a 94-year-old patient with Alzheimer’s disease, utilizing a crown form and composite.
September 2019
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Show Your Work: A New Technique for New Patients Dr. Arthur Volker shares a direct composite case study in which he treated a patient’s lower anterior black triangles—a challenge because of the small area dentists need to get into.
Show Your Work: A New Technique for New Patients
by Dr. Arthur Volker
Dr. Arthur Volker shares a direct composite case study in which he treated a patient’s lower anterior black triangles—a challenge because of the small area dentists need to get into.
November 2019
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Show Your Work: Restoring Large Class III Cavities with a One-Shade Composite Dr. Jim Peyton shares a case involving a patient whose blood pressure medication led to dry mouth and significant tooth decay, which he restored with a one-shade universal composite.
Show Your Work: Restoring Large Class III Cavities with a One-Shade Composite
by Dr. Jim Peyton
Dr. Jim Peyton shares a case involving a patient whose blood pressure medication led to dry mouth and significant tooth decay, which he restored with a one-shade universal composite.
December 2019
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Show Your Work: Different Materials for Different Patients Dr. Richard Rosenblatt shares a case in which he created a zirconia crown in-house for a 60-year-old patient.
Show Your Work: Different Materials for Different Patients
by Dr. Richard Rosenblatt
Dr. Richard Rosenblatt shares a case in which he created a zirconia crown in-house for a 60-year-old patient.
January 2020
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Show Your Work: Age Is Just a Number Dr. Sanna Charlie and fourth-year dental student Christofer Hatzis share a case study in which they used minimally invasive dental measures to restore the aesthetics to the smile of a 92-year-old patient.
Show Your Work: Age Is Just a Number
by Christofer Hatzis and Dr. Sanna Charlie
Dr. Sanna Charlie and fourth-year dental student Christofer Hatzis share a case study in which they used minimally invasive dental measures to restore the aesthetics to the smile of a 92-year-old patient.
February 2020
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