Category: Clinical Pearls

The glorious past and the road to a tremendous future. THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICAL ORAL IMPLANTOLOGY, Winter 2015

Throughout my dental career I have been taking CE. I’m a CE junkie! I have taken nearly everything out there. Early in this voyage I saw amazing cases on the podium, things I thought were clinical excellence and quite impossible to accomplish. I would be in awe looking at the photography and clinical skill needed […]

The intraoral camera was a big deal 15 years ago as it allowed patients to see inside their mouths during a hygiene visit. This was a game changer as we were able to show patients a broken amalgam on a posterior tooth and then the tarter hiding behind their mandibular incisors. They were amazed to […]

Titanium is considered to be one of the most biocompatible metals and is FDA approved to be used in medical and dental procedures as a component of many implantable devices. We as dentists use titanium and its alloys all the time as we place dental implants and abutments and substructures. I have faced scores of […]

Intraoral digital scanners have been around for nearly 2 decades in private practice. The technology was introduced as part of the CEREC system to create single indirect restorations on teeth. The scan was usually a segmental scan which was accurate enough to accommodate a milled restoration that had adequate marginal fit. The systems evolved and […]