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Preparation Design: Beginning with the End in Mind

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. […]

Why Dental Photography is Important to an Accurate Diagnosis

By: Dr. Neeraj Khanna The importance of photography in dentistry cannot be underestimated. It has many purposes, like internal & external marketing or communication with specialists and laboratories. Its greatest […]

Protocol of the Functional-Esthetic Matrix

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 Secret to Avoiding Mistakes During Treatment Planning

How do you avoid mistakes during dental treatment planning? It’s not a new question, but it is one that is asked often. A simple way to answer this question in […]

Signs of Occlusal Instability

By Dr. Shannon Johnson Good Vibrations? As clinicians, the very purpose of our dental exam is to thoroughly evaluate each patient for any sign of instability that will lead to […]

Signs of Occlusal Instability Continued

Due to our recent blog on Signs of Occlusal Instability, we’ve received a great comment from one of our followers.  The reader asked for a more detailed discussion on checking […]

Tips for Perfect Wax Bite Records

By Dr. Shannon Johnson Obtaining an accurate bite record that will allow a precise mounting is crucial for treatment planning.  Many products exist that are very accurate, yet they do […]

When You Don’t Yet Know How to Comprehensively Treatment Plan

When you are still going through the Dawson curriculum, do you wait to treat or do you try anything immediately? This is an important question for anyone still learning occlusion […]

Vertical Dimension & Severely Worn Teeth: Where Do You Start?

I’m not sure where to start when vertical dimension is over closed and the teeth are all severely worn. If you’ve ever thought something along these lines, there are a […]

Dawson Quick Tips: Customizing The Envelope of Function

Hello, everybody. Welcome to Quick Tips. In this edition, we’re going to be talking about customizing your patient’s envelope of function, which is a very important part of getting the anterior […]