Occlusal Wear Part 2: What is causing the wear?
I believe that some wear is normal. I base this on the fact that I have very few if any
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Occlusion
Occlusal Wear Part 1: Is it advancing? How fast?
I ask the question “Is wear normal?” at almost every lecture I do on occlusion. Usually the response is a
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Demystifying Occlusion
I’ll admit that for a portion of my professional career I didn’t think twice about occlusion. Today occlusion is as
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When Your Occlusal Clearance Disappears
It can be an incredibly frustrating clinical situation, when you have been meticulous about preparing a posterior tooth, (most commonly
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Do Patients Parafunction In Centric Relation?
Seated Condylar Position I know even the mention of the words centric relation probably has some readers bristling, as this
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Fleximount To Stabilize Lower Model
Learning from one another is one of the top benefits of dental continuing education. One of the things that I
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Master Wax Centric Relation Bite Record 2
Now that you have fabricated the platform, the next step is to capture the record with the patient. You will
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Master Wax Centric Relation Bite Record 1
Analyzing a patient’s occlusion is key to providing optimal care. There are multiple ways to take a centric relation bite
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Panadent Dento-Facial Analyzer Technique: Level Planes
Function and esthetics are the two primary goals of excellent treatment. Achieving them both simultaneously requires the right tools used
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Dento-Facial Analyzer Technique: Capturing Records
You can gather accurate functional and esthetic information using the Panadent Dento-Facial Analyzer for restorative cases. I’ve found this tool particularly
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Panadent Dento-Facial Analyzer Technique: Introduction
The Dento-Facial Analyzer is a marvelous tool I use in the practice to mount maxillary models. It has made a huge
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