Category Archives: Prosthodontics

Treatment Planning Demystified

Reading time: 11 minutes

Imagine yourself as a beginning dental student. You attend your first restorative dentistry conference where you hear the term treatment planning. Intrigued and eager to learn how to develop a plan of care for your future patients, you pull out … Continue reading

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One Surgery, One Time: Revolutionizing Single-Tooth Implant Therapy

Reading time: 9 minutes

Implant dentistry has evolved significantly since Per-Ingvar Brånemark first introduced the idea of osseointegration to North America in the 1980s. This paradigm shift in treatment purpose has led to a transition from primarily integration and survival goals to prioritizing biologic … Continue reading

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Challenging Scientific Paradigms: Zero Bone Loss Concepts

Reading time: 8 minutes

With today’s scientific advancements, it’s hard to appreciate the hygiene practices that help us avoid life-threatening illnesses. We forget that for the majority of human history, lifespans weren’t nearly as long as they are now. It’s equally difficult to imagine … Continue reading

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Dental Photography Proficiency: A Standard of Care Issue

Reading time: 19 minutes

Dental photography is a hot topic right now. Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms, as well as dental journals and publications focused on esthetic and cosmetic dentistry, are flooded with artistic photographs where the teeth and restorations take on … Continue reading

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Kratochvil’s RPD Design Principles Five Decades Later: How Today’s Prosthodontists Continue to Build Upon His Legacy

Reading time: 12 minutes

Few technologic advancements in human history remain the same forever. As improvements are made, technology changes and evolves until, in some cases, the present-day technology looks nothing like its predecessor: compare the device you’re reading this on to the Z3 … Continue reading

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