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General Dentistry Articles
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Systematic Treatment Using a Direct Deprogrammer to Resolve Long-Standing Problems in a Phobic Patient
Through the use of a Kois deprogrammer, which was immediately fabricated chairside, the patient experienced rapid relief from long-standing discomfort, then proceeded to accept a comprehensive solutio...
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Assessing Treatment Options Based on Expected Long-Term Results: Case Report Demonstrates 6-Year Outcomes
restorative dentistry, esthetics, implants, crowns, orthodontics, veneers
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The Dental Handpiece: Technology Continues to Impact Everyday Practice
One of the most fundamental devices used in dentistry, the handpiece can enhance the efficiency of everyday dental tasks. Through the years, handpieces have gradually been redesigned and upgraded to b...
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Today’s CAD/CAM: Flexible Digital Technologies Expanding Workflow Options
CAD/CAM and digital scanning technologies have become essential components of dentistry. Digital impression scanning, restoration design, and manufacturing techniques yield greater treatment predictab...
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The Caries Conundrum
How we continue to fail the patients who need us most.
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Dental Unit Waterline Contamination: A Review of Research and Findings from a Clinic Setting
The authors' research compares three DUWL cleaners—an alkaline peroxide product, a freshly mixed chlorine dioxide product, and a buffer-stabilized chlorine dioxide product—in 16 dental units with ...
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Safety of a Water Flosser: A Literature Review
Since their introduction more than 50 years ago, water flossers (also known as oral irrigators) have been subject to numerous studies on their safety, efficacy, and delivery of antimicrobial agents, p...
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Post-Traumatic Treatment of Maxillary Incisors By Immediate Dentoalveolar Restoration with Long-Term Follow-Up
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Clinical Management of Acute Orofacial Infections
Management of acute dental infections requires an understanding of microbiology, anatomy, pharmacology, wound healing, and oral surgery. Recognizing early signs of inflammation and differentiating the...
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Dental Laser Utility Expanding As Research Supports Innovation
While lasers have been used in the delivery of oral healthcare for more than a quarter of a century, recent technological developments and ongoing research are helping generate a multitude of innovati...
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Adhesive Dentistry: 50+ Years of Progress
Material advances and promising new approaches to restorative challenges
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Digital Technology: Dentistry Must Not Overlook the Big Picture
While the influx of digital technology has dramatically impacted dentistry, clinicians have a responsibility to promote safety, efficacy, and efficiency. Maintaining a dynamic approach to oral healthc...
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Principles of Adhesion and Bonding
Considerations for making best clinical choices
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The Effect of Prophylactic Powders on the Surface Roughness of Enamel
Both types of prophylactic dental cleaning have an effect on surface roughness. The abrasiveness of APs depends upon the length of treatment and the type of powder used.
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Effectiveness of a Combined In-Office and Take-Home Whitening System for Teeth Shades A3.5 to A4
This study examined nine subjects with baseline shades of A3.5 to A4 on four to six of their maxillary anterior teeth with the VITA Classical (VC) shade guide.
