In a recent Dawson Academy webinar, an important question emerged that challenges current trends in dentistry: Are we too quick to recommend full-mouth implant solutions for patients with worn dentition? As more patients present with severe dental wear, clinicians often face a critical decision point: save their natural teeth or move toward implant-supported restorations. Through […]
Speaker: Leonard A. Hess, DDS You have heard about centric relation your whole career, and yet most likely you don’t actually understand it. The good news is…..you are not alone. It is time for you to understand the true significance of one of the most important concepts in dentistry. It is time for you to […]
Hi, everybody. My name’s Dr. Leonard Hess. I’m one of the senior faculty members here at the Dawson Academy, and I’d like to spend a few minutes talking with you about where splints, or occlusal splints, work into a treatment plan when we’re talking about doing larger or more complicated treatment plans. Let’s really take […]
First developed to address the needs of fully edentulous patients, proper occlusal treatment now is used to prevent pain in the temporomandibular joints, excessive wear, tooth-loss, and a variety of other oral health conditions. Considered the foundation of a healthy masticatory system and long-lasting, esthetic, and functional restorations, occlusion is the basis for equilibrium or […]
Jennifer Noone, a student at BDS University of Sheffield in the UK, asks Dr. Peter Dawson, DDS some questions. The following are her questions and his responses. Q: Do you believe that after the orthodontic correction of a skeletal class i crowded dentition and subsequent retention period, if the dentition was occlusally equilibrated to conform […]
By Doug Willison, Senior Outside Sales Representative, Great Lakes Orthodontics, Ltd. When having conversations with customers or perspective clients who are frustrated with the amount of chair-side adjustment required to seat their full coverage occlusal splints, the problem most often can be pinpointed to two areas: face bow mounted casts and an accurate Centric Relation […]
One thing that becomes quickly apparent, when seeing many patients with unusual and difficult histories, is how often we must make decisions, based on scientifically based logic, when textbook answers are not available for each and every situation. I had an interesting case in point a couple of weeks ago. A patient I restored last […]
Download this illustration of Dr. Peter Dawson’s “Reasons Why Dentistry Fails.” This picture representation outlines the 10 factors of occlusion that can be the source of success or failure in your dentistry. Understand the factors illustrated in this download and you will never have to treat occlusal problems by guessing. Download this free whitepaper by […]
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