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Dentistry

Dentistry Occlusion 

Functional Risk Part 3 – Occlusal Therapy 

Lee Ann Brady DMD 0 Comments Appliance Therapy, dentistry, equilibration, occlusion, Ortho, Posterior

Why Occlusal Appliance Therapy Is My First Step Prior to Ortho, Equilibration, or Restorative Occlusal changes on an appliance are

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Dentistry 

Functional Risk Part 2 – Why Does Changing Occlusion Work?

Lee Ann Brady DMD 0 Comments

High functional risk is evidenced in damage to the jaw joints, muscles, or teeth that exceeds what is normal for

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Dentistry 

Functional Risk Part 1 – What Causes It?

Lee Ann Brady DMD 0 Comments Essentials 1, Functional Risk, Occlusal Wear, Practice Management, risk assessment

I like to think that I have three things I provide to my dental patients: Risk assessment – helping them

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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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Dentistry Materials 

Understanding Bulk Fill Composites (Part 2)

Lee Ann Brady DMD 0 Comments Bulk Fill, Composite, EvoFlow, G-Aenial, SonicFill, Venus

Dentists love the handling of self-leveling bulk-fill composites because we do not need to move the tip around, which can

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Dentistry 

Understanding Bulk Fill Composites (Part 1)

Lee Ann Brady DMD 0 Comments Bulk Fill, Composite, Composite Repair, esthetic

For years and years, we were trained to not use bulk fill composites. We were well trained to layer composites

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Dentistry 

Go Green Dentistry

Kenneth E. Myers, DDS 0 Comments Energy Conservation, Green, Green Dentistry, Pollution Prevention, Waste Reduction, Water Conservation

At my Falmouth, Maine dental practice, we worked as an entire dental team in 2021 to identify the ways we

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Dentistry Oral Health 

Using Air Abrasion for Composite Repair

Lee Ann Brady DMD 0 Comments Air Abrasion, Composite, Composite Repair, EtchMaster, Restoration

A while ago, I had the opportunity to repair a small bubble in an old composite restoration, and I got

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Dentistry 

The Examination Is Sacred Time

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments Communication, dentistry, Examination

Here I share abridged excerpts from my newest book The Porch: A Dental Fable to illustrate why the new patient

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Dentistry 

Arc of Rotation & Heavy Posterior Contacts

Lee Ann Brady DMD 0 Comments Arc of Rotation, DFA, facebow, full arch, impression, Posterior

Have you ever had a night guard or other full coverage dental device come back with contact only in the

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Dentistry 

My Journey in Dental Ethics – Inspiration

Larry Cook, DMD, MSHCE, FACD 1 Comment Ethics, Knowledge, Professional

Excerpt from an essay first published in the Journal of the American College of Dentists, Fall 2011 The introduction to

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