As a member of our clinical team, dental hygienists can often be exclusively focused on their arena. When you think about appropriate CE topics for your hygienists, do you consider restorative? In this video I will share my perspective and strategy for my team member's education and knowledge development. Read More

For years now we've had to chose between maintaining strength or optimizing esthetics when choosing between lithium disilicate and zirconia. When we stain and glaze we preserve the material strength. Cutting back and layering optimizes esthetics. In this video I will discuss newer cutback designs that allow us to have the best of both worlds. Read More

Years ago the dental community thought palatal expansion could only be done on small children. Our understanding of how the palatal sutures work has shifted. A new treatment option that helps facilitate palatal expansion in adults is to incorporate a surgical component; we refer to this combo treatment as Surgical Facilitated Orthodontics. The important Read More

Once of the things every dental practice struggles with is patients who aren't doing at home what we would hope to maintain their oral health. In this video I will talk about managing the frustration it can induce as a provider and some ways to approach it with your team and the patient. Read More

A very common cause of excessive gingival display is "Altered Eruption". It comes in two forms "passive" and "active". In this video I will discuss the clinical signs of altered eruption and how to differentiate between the two types. Read More

One of the most common questions i get asked by patients is whether I recommend waterpiks for oral hygiene. I know that there is a wide bell curve of opinions on this amongst dentist and hygienists. In this video I will share my answer to this question. Read More

We all have patients in our dental practices that despite all we try continue to get new areas of decay. Recently I have started using Cervitec Plus in a new protocol for my highest caries risk patients. In this video I will share the protocol and the clinical presentation of patients for whom I might recommend it. Read More

I recently learned of a great resource for understanding the safety and side effects of medications in our dental patients over the age of 65. Pharmacology changes significantly as our physiology changes with age. In this video I share some common examples and how the Beer's List works. Read More

There are many types of root resorption, each with different risks that affect the long term prognosis of the tooth. In this video I will discuss pressure resorption from an adjacent impacted tooth and what to think about when diagnosing these teeth. Read More

Sometimes we suspect that a dental patient has tooth wear or damage from attrition. We may want to help the patient understand what they do with their teeth while sleeping. We also might want to see for ourselves the patterns of wear. If you have not heard of Bruxchecker get ready, as you will want to add this diagnostic material to your clinical supplies. Read More