Screw Retained – Anytime & All The Time!
I’m always talking about technology and how implant dentistry has gone digital. This time I am going to take us back in time to an original technique – the screw […]
Who Says CEREC Doesn’t Fit?
I love my CEREC! And nothing irritates me more than when a fellow clinician makes the assumption that CEREC is substandard dentistry when it comes to marginal integrity. I actually […]
Another Amazing Power of 3D Imaging Example
Many of you know that I am a major proponent and champion of 3D imaging in the general dentist practice. My original driving factor was purely dental implants. But more […]
Building Your Implant Practice – Lateral Grafting and Orthodontic TADs
Our practice has managed to grow from basically zero implants to more than many surgeons in our area. How have we done this? The answer is pretty simple – I […]
Excuse My Venting – Dealing With Restorative-Surgeon Implant Error
Please excuse my rant and don’t misunderstand my intention. Also, I am not saying that this is ALL relationships, but this is reflective of quite a few relationships between general […]
A Critical Factor in Surgical Guide Accuracy
Guided implant surgery is only as accurate as the surgical guide. Unfortunately, not all surgical guides are created equal. I wanted to share a quick example of the precision and […]
You Should Be Doing This on Every Implant Impression
Once again I want to focus on idealizing the implant restoration. This time I want to focus on the inter proximal contact. During the integration period patients are typically without […]
Preparation Blockout – Conservatism and Pulp Protection
One of the challenges with onlay preparations is dealing with undercuts. Our choices are to either prep away the undercut, leave the undercut and allow the lab or CEREC to […]
Implant Restoration Emergence Idealization
Those who have heard me speak know my disdain for traditional healing abutments. In fact, I have written on my blog several times about custom healing abutments. This time I […]
CEREC Efficiency Tip
One of the greatest advantages of CEREC is the level of efficiency it creates. This efficiency can be tested in certain clinical situations. A specific example of this is the […]
