Can I Cantilever Off That?
I often get asked, “Is it okay to cantilever one tooth off of an implant? How about 2?” Up until now, my advice has been…
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Is Angled Tissue Level Better?
There is a lot of talk about Implant Neck designs recently. Some are saying that smooth is better. Others say that rough all the way…
Practice Start-up Update 12/27/22
Well, I can officially say the practice is up and running. We were able to modernize the old office from the retiring seller. We did…
To Splint or Not to Splint?
So, we all want our impressions to be as accurate as possible.
And something that I’ve taken for granted up until now, is that for bridges open t…
Is Zirc CLEANER than Ti?
So we all know that biofilm is a contributor to peri-implantitis. The higher the propensity of a material to accumulate bacteria, the more likely you…
CBCT Course Takeaways
Some time ago, I attended a course titled, “Cone Beam Radiography: A Certification Program for Dentists” at UNLV taught by James Mah and Robert Danforth.…
Insertion Torque
If you’re like most dentists, you’d like to implement evidenced-based dental techniques in your practice, but don’t have any time to go searching through and…
Socket Grafting: Valuable or Voodoo?
Maybe you’ve been there. Your patient needs an extraction and you also tell them that they also need bone grafting in the socket because “it…
But what if I have to take an implant out? (My favorite tools)
Learning and feeling comfortable placing implants can be a fun process, but what happens if you have an implant fail? Or you just see a…
The Decompression Technique
Hey guys I want to share this thing called the Decompression Technique. My friend, @dr_mataria_dds brought it to my attention and there is a great…