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Edwin "Mac" McDonald DDS

Becoming a Student of Leadership

Posted on: 02.12.20 | by Edwin "Mac" McDonald

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

Comparing Universal Dental Adhesives – Time to Switch?

Posted on: 08.19.18 | by Edwin "Mac" McDonald

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

Posted on: 04.07.18 | by Edwin "Mac" McDonald

Pretreatment photos of patients smile from the side

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

Posted on: 03.13.18 | by Edwin "Mac" McDonald

Closeup of dental patient mouth receiving injection

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

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