General Dentistry Articles

• Efficacy of the Use of a Water Flosser in Addition to an Electric Toothbrush on Clinical Signs of Inflammation: 4-Week Randomized Controlled Trial

  Deborah M. Lyle, RDH, MS, Jimmy G. Qaqish, BSc, C. Ram Goyal, BDS, Reinhard Schuller, MSc
  Compendium - March 2020

• Influence of Implant–Tooth Proximity on Incidence of Caries in Teeth Adjacent to Implants in Molar Sites: A Retrospective Radiographic Analysis of 300 Consecutive Implants

  Richard B. Smith, DDS, Samantha B. Rawdin, DMD, Victor Kagan, DDS
  Compendium - January 2020

• Laser Dentistry in 2020: Technology Excels While Training Has Flaws

  Robert A. Convissar, DDS
  Compendium - January 2020

• Rehabilitation of a Head and Neck Cancer Survivor With a Functionally and Biomechanically Challenged Dentition

  Dane Avondoglio, DMD
  Compendium - January 2020

• Dentin Hypersensitivity: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management

  Justin Felix, Aviv Ouanounou, BSc, MSc, DDS
  Compendium - November/December 2019

• Diagnosis and Management of Oral Allergy Syndrome, the Itchy Tongue Allergic Reaction

  Heba Hussein, BDS, PhD, Robert K. Mensah, DDS, Ronald S. Brown, DDS, MS
  Compendium - September 2019

• Online Purchasing: How to Avoid “Gray-Market” Dental Products

  Scott Drucker, DMD, MS, Shawn M. Gregg, MBA
  Compendium - September 2019

• A Successful Solo Dental Practice Really Isn’t Solo at All

  Louis Kaufman, DDS, MBA
  Compendium - June 2019

  Read on to see a number of strategies involving others that can be used to create a successful dental practice.

• When is it appropriate to integrate a new device, technique, or material into clinical dentistry?

  James Bahcall, DMD, MS, David Cohen, DDS, MS, Rena Vakay, DDS
  Compendium - June 2019

• Middle Superior Alveolar Technique: Efficacy in the Premolar Maxillary Region

  Adel Martínez Martínez, DDS, MS, Andres Romero Blanquicett, DDS, Isabella Manzur Villalobos, DDS
  Compendium - May 2019

• Adroit Utilization of Dental Hygienist Key to Promoting Long-term Restorative Outcomes

  Compendium - May 2019

  In this article we discuss how, by properly utilizing the dental hygienist to enhance maintenance of the health of restorative patients, dentists can improve their restorative outcomes and increase pr...

• Value-Based Dentistry: Putting Patients First

  Sreenivas Koka, DDS, PhD, MBA, Wayne D. Gonzales, Sai Vishnu Pokala, Marc Hayashi, DMD
  Compendium - April 2019

• The “Thing” That’s Changing Everything in Dentistry

  Stephanie Zeller, DDS, MS
  Compendium - April 2019

  Take a look at how dentistry is changing and young dentists are taking education and business into their own hands thanks to education becoming more interactive and fun.

• Strategies to Scrutinize Opioid Prescribing for Dental Pain Management

  David A. Hamlin, DMD, MBA
  Compendium - April 2019

  In this article, we show how dental professionals have the opportunity to combat the opioid epidemic and improve quality of care for patients taking opioids.

• Making Dental Insurance Work in Your Practice

  Roger P. Levin, DDS
  Compendium - April 2019

  In this article, we explore how, with a slight change in mindset, a dental practice can learn to effectively manage the insurance process to allow the practice and insurance companies to work together...