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CAD/CAM Update - Technologies and Materials and Clinical Perspectives
Because of the growing confusion as to what these technologies are, what they will do, and, more importantly, what the clinical and laboratory guidelines for using these materials and techniques are, this article will address the important points of the CAD/CAM market and technology.
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Porcelain Veneers Articles |
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Bleaching Articles |
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The Status of Tooth Whitening Techniques 1999
Tooth whitening of vital teeth continues to have a major impact on the practice of dentistry. The growing public interest in having whiter, brighter teeth is clearly evident in the advertisements from toothpaste manufacturers on "whitening" formulations of their products and by the number of individuals seeking whitening procedures from their dentists. In addition, new over-the-counter whitening products continue to emerge in a marketplace that cannot seem to get teeth white enough, bright enough, fast enough.
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Ronald Goldstein, DDS; Van Haywood, DMD, Richard Blankenau, DDS |
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Power Tooth Whitening
In the contemporary dental practice, tooth whitening is one of the first discretionary therapies selected by patients who request aesthetic enhancement. Since this noninvasive treatment achieves immediate. visible results, it provides clinicians and their teams with the opportunity to promote further consideration of aesthetic restorative procedures. In addition, when advanced techniques and materials that can be utilized through the collaboration of the dentist and a dental team member are developed,…
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Ronald Goldstein, DDS; Jill Rethman, RDH, BA |
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Other Restorative Articles |
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Intraoral Autogenous Block Onlay Bone Grafting for ExtensiveReconstruction of Atrophic Maxillary Alveolar Ridges
Autologous bone grafting used with dental implants was originally described by Bränemarketal in 1975, and is now a well-accepted procedure in oral and maxillofacial rehabilitation.Placement of an endosseous implant requires sufficient bone volume for complete bone coverage. Furthermore, the pattern of ridge resorption contributes to an unfavorable maxillomandibular relationship, requires angulations of the implants and/or angled abutments, and affects the proximity of adjacent facial concavities(maxillary sinus, nasal cavity) and vital structures(mandibular nerve).
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Devorah Schwartz-Arad, DMD, PhD; Liran Levin |
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Immediate Custom Implant Provisionalization: A Prosthetic Technique
This article outlines a provisionalization technique that can be performed after traditional healing of the implant site. Upon reading this article, the reader should:
Realize that this technique is also effective when immediate implant loading is not possible.
Become familiar with the benefits of an immediate customized provisional, including duplicating the emergence profile of the extracted tooth.
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