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Ceramic instead of composite

Dr Tobias Otto, a dentist in private practice in Aarau in Switzerland, witnessed the ‘death’ of amalgam as a student at the University of ...

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Customised abutments for long-term aesthetics

Replacing missing single teeth with dental implants has become routine, yet restoring anterior teeth with implant-supported restorations is a ...

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Smile Design Wheel: A simplified protocol for smile design

Modern trends in cosmetic dentistry and media coverage of smile makeovers have increased public awareness of dental aesthetics. People now know that smile ...

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Management of full mouth prosthodontic rehabilitation using high-strength CAD/CAM zirconium-oxide crowns

Prudent clinical judgement and careful consideration of the risks and benefits of various treatment options are essential for the treatment planning and ...

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Anatomic stratification technique for lifelike anterior composites

Direct composite resin restoration is a viable treatment option for an aesthetic restoration with minimal tooth reduction, especially in the case of ...

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Oral Health Month in Singapore starts at FDI congress

The annual Oral Health Month in Singapore was launched yesterday at the FDI Annual World Dental Congress. Joined by the guest of honour Prof. K. Satku, ...

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Top 10 causes of tooth discoloration

NEW YORK, NY, USA: Your job as a dental hygienist is to help your patients maintain healthy teeth and gums. They also want to leave your chair with whiter ...

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Top 5 Internet marketing tips to promote your practice on YouTube

Video is the most powerful Internet marketing tool available today to market your practice. With the rise of YouTube and other video sites, any size ...

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Cosmetic periodontal surgery: pre-prosthetic soft-tissue ridge augmentation (Part 1)

Dentists understand that patients demand outstanding esthetic, as well as physiological, results in all phases of dentistry today. This places an onus on ...

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Informatics and IT in dentistry: a look forward (part one)

Recently, Dr John O’Keefe, the editor of the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, interviewed Dr Titus Schleyer, associate professor and ...

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Leadership essentials for the ‘rookie’

Upon entering your first ‘real’ dental practice either as an associate or as an owner, with the dental degree in hand and requisite experience ...

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Minimally invasive and biomimetic endodontics: The final evolution?

Traditional endodontics has been based on feel, not sight. Tactile proprioreception was the only guide as burs and files were blindly inserted into pulp ...

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The age of digital imaging (Part 1)

Orthodontics is moving into the 21st century with digital and 3-D imaging. However, advancing one’s mindset and practice into the 21st century can be ...

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Video marketing do or die ... to build your dental practice

I know this subject is scary and most of you don’t even want to think about producing video as part of your Internet marketing program. It’s ...

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The business of hygiene

The title of this article inevitably bothers some hygienists. After all, hygiene school does not teach anything about the ‘business’ of hygiene,...

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Cutaneous sinus tracts: An endodontic approach

Misdiagnosis of an extra-oral sinus tract usually leads to a destructive invasive treatment of the local skin lesions that is not curative and often ...

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