We’re thrilled to announce Associate Faculty Member Dr. Zachary Sisler as an credentialed Accredited Member in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD). Dr. Sisler joins an elite groups of dental professionals who have successfully completed the Accreditation process in the AACD.
Due in part to interest created by popular television series promoting “the smile make-over”, as well as numerous magazine articles and advertisements about smile design, increased patient awareness of cosmetic dental procedures has significantly increased production revenues of dental practices. According to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, many patients today are willing to spend […]
Read this article about the struggle between mastering principles and procedures and how dental continuing education can help.
Review this case study using the philosophy of The Dawson Academy’s dental courses and using Lithium Discilicate.
In this video featured by Dental Products Report, Dr. Andrew Cobb goes over how dental treatment planning can sometimes be more complicated than expected. He shares the secret to avoiding failed treatment plans and to providing beautiful, predictable restorations.
Our dental labs should be an integral part of our dental treatment planning process so that we are able to provide the highest quality dental solutions to our patients. A top-end dental lab will welcome as much information from the dentist as possible. In turn, it is also important for the doctor to have input […]
Provisional restorations play a far more important role than just a transitional role while the laboratory fabricates the definitive restoration. Of course they function to protect the dentin and pulp from thermal, chemical, mechanical and bacterial damage, but there is much more.
I had the pleasure of being the teaching assistant to Glenn DuPont this fall as he led the dental treatment planning course in St. Petersburg. I really appreciated his candor in sharing with us some of his “research.” Like many of us, Glenn has done “research” on occasion on how not to treat a case. […]
As more patients are saving their teeth into their golden years, the desire for a more beautiful smile has become one of the most powerful incentives for a visit to the dentist. The essential ingredient to success in dental esthetics is the commitment to the best interests of the patient. It is our responsibility therefore […]
Read this article by Dr. Laura Wittenaeur on the importance of teeth positioning for proper phonetics.
I wanted to share with you some traditional principles of crown preparation as well as some esthetic and functional techniques that I have found to be useful in my practice. For all types of crown preparations the key principles still apply including retention form or parallel walls to prevent displacement of the crown along its […]
Read this article by Dr. Stephen Hoard on assessing prototypes for final restorations.
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