You may be thinking about leadership as a way to better manage your dental team. I believe that leadership and becoming the best leader you can be is the key to changing your practice and implementing your learning and any changes you want for your practice and yourself. In this video I will profile the characteristics and the journey of one of dentistry's Read More
Edwin "Mac" McDonald DDS
Comparing Universal Dental Adhesives - Time to Switch?
At my office we have recently added a new universal dental adhesive system to our materials armamentarium. It caused us to reexamine the other two universal adhesive systems that we have been using for the last four years. This presentation gives a brief overview of the three systems and their unique features and differences. Read More
Using a Tooth Preparation Matrix in a Smile Design
This is a case where my patient has become more class III over time due to the use of a sleep appliance. Here I use a tooth preparation matrix to help with the preps, a simple idea that has helped me alot. This technique is probably most helpful in a veneer case where dimensions are small and there is no room for error in the facial reduction. Read More
Local Anesthesia Strategies – Part Two
Click Here For Local Anesthesia Strategies – Part One In this second part of my curator's journal on local anesthesia I will look at the strategies to give injections from two point of view. The first is to maximize the effectiveness of anesthesia and help take some of the stress out of wondering if the patient will become profoundly numb. The second Read More