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Author: Kelley Brummett DMD

Dentistry Materials 

Temporary Crowns Are an Occasion for Dental Patient Education 

Kelley Brummett DMD 0 Comments Patient Care, Patient Education, TempoCem, Temporary Crowns

Another dentist asked me, “What temporary cement do you use so your temporary crowns actually stay on?” The cement I

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Practice Management 

3 Tips that Have Helped Me Manage Emergency Appointments

Kelley Brummett DMD 1 Comment Appointments, Emergency, Patient Care, Patient Communication

Here are three tips that have helped me in organizing my practice so we can best manage same-day emergency patients

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Dentistry Materials 

Two Tips for Placing Screw-Retained Implant Crowns

Kelley Brummett DMD 0 Comments Composite, Crown, Implant, Teflon Tape

Most of us are placing implant crowns, using screw retained crowns. If the crown needs to be recovered, or the screw needs to be

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Continuing Education Treatment Planning 

Many Don’t Realize Their Pain Is Abnormal

Kelley Brummett DMD 2 Comments Diagnose, Headaches, Patient Understanding, treatment planning

When working with participants at The Pankey Institute, I help them analyze dental cases to assess the risk for joint

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Dentistry Sleep 

Using Mallampati Scores

Kelley Brummett DMD 0 Comments AIrway, Dental Sleep, Mallampati Scores, Sleep Patterns

Screening our patients for airway and breathing issues is becoming a standard in dentistry. One of the things we have

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Communication Team 

Visit Your Dental Lab

Kelley Brummett DMD 2 Comments Communication, Dental Lab, Dental Laboratory, Dental Technician, Relationship-based

Recently I went and spent time at the lab of my dental lab technician. I had heard that this was

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Dentistry Treatment Planning 

Chew Test to Discover Functional Interference

Kelley Brummett DMD 1 Comment Chew Test, Dental Lab, Dental Laboratory

I had a patient in a provisional on tooth #7, and he called to tell me he ate the crown.

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Dentistry Materials 

Dental Anesthetic Needles

Kelley Brummett DMD 0 Comments Anesthetic Needles

In dental school most of us learned to use the same two sizes and lengths of dental anesthetic needles. Once

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Communication 

Case Study: Great Patient Expectations

Kelley Brummett DMD 0 Comments case acceptance, Communication, Ownership

Every successful dental case begins with a conversation.  A Case of Great Dental Expectations “So what should we do next?”

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Dentistry Practice Management 

Thoughts on Becoming Perfect: Part 2

Kelley Brummett DMD 0 Comments Know Yourself, Personal Growth, Self Discovery

Dental failure and being ‘perfect’ in patient care is a key stressor for dentists. In her first blog on this

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Dentistry Practice Management 

Thoughts on Becoming Perfect: Part 1

Kelley Brummett DMD 0 Comments Know Yourself, Personal Growth, Self Discovery

Failure is a hard thing to accept in dentistry. This is especially true because what constitutes ‘failure’ can mean different

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