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  • ​​A Transitional Full-Mouth Rehabilitation Using Injection-Molded Composite: A 6-Year Clinical Follow-up
  • The Lesion That Many of Our Patients Have
  • How Will Periodontitis Impact US Adults in 2050? 
  • Does Dentistry Need to Change Its Methods for Bite Analysis?
  • ​New Year’s Resolutions: Creating Healthy Habits for a Lifetime
  • ​One Dentist’s New Cranial Release Technique to Relieve Patient Discomfort
  • New ADS Antibiotic Stewardship Guidelines Aim to Curb Overprescribing in Dentistry
  • Asking for a Friend: How Can I Explain to My Patient That a Small Cavity is a Big Deal?
  • ​Asking for a Friend: Should I Be Treating Patients with Hypertensive Crisis Readings?
  • Wellness Corner: 5 Steps to Neck Preservation
  • Rethinking Periodontal Care: A Medical Condition with a Dental Solution
  • How to Support Patients Before and After Wisdom Teeth Removal
  • Thick vs. Thin Periodontal Phenotype: The Impact on Oral Health Outcomes 
  • Niacin and Dentistry: When a Simple Vitamin Becomes a Clinical Concern
  • Collaborating with Confidence by Dr. Jared R. Robbins, Dr. J. Brett Mangum and Riley M. Goldsmith
  • When Patients Contradict What They Documented in Their Medical History
  • Innovative Approach to Oral Health in Sjögren's Syndrome: New Study on Antibacterial Treatment Starts in May
  • 3 Reasons Dentists Should Offer Oral Appliance Therapy, Not Night Guards, for Sleep Apnea
  • What is Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF) in Dental Surgery?
  • Eating Disorders: A Brief Overview of the Dentist’s Role in Diagnosis and Management
  • Ouch! Why Fall Precautions Matter in Dental Offices
  • The Key to Dentin Hypersensitivity May Be in Your Kitchen
  • What Cancer Patients Need to Know About Dental Implants
  • Effectiveness of Oral Rinse as an Adjunct to Toothbrushing: A 6-Week Clinical Trial Management of Plaque and Gingivitis With Daily Oral Rinsing​
  • Ortho Protect Debuts as a Professional Rinse Engineered for Braces and Aligners
  • Not Worth the Buzz? Energy Drinks Can Cause Significant Oral Health Damage
  • The 3 C Medications Causing Gingival Hyperplasia
  • Fighting Biofilm with Oral Rinses
  • ​Workplace Violence and Challenging Patient Personalities: Solutions for the Dental Professional
  • Oral Pathology Reference: Cases 1-6
  • Risk of Serious Head and Neck Infections Related to Lack of Dental Care and Poor Oral Hygiene
  • The Systemic Oral Health Connection: Biofilms
  • How Oral Health Influences Brain Health and Stroke Risk: Exploring the Connection
  • When Perio Patients Only Want Whiter Teeth
  • Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound: What's the Difference?
  • Interprofessional Relationships: Connections that Strengthen the Dental Profession
  • How the Black Death Affected Today’s Oral Microbiome
  • OraCare's Science Makes Sense for More Effective Oral Care
  • In Brief: A Novel Replacement for Root Canals
  • Get Comfortable Firing Troublesome Patients
  • More Dentists Taking On Hygiene, Admin Duties
  • The Hidden Complication of Full-Arch Implant Prostheses
  • Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen: Still the Pain Control Combo of Choice?
  • 7 Dentists Share the Most Horrifying Things They've Ever Seen at Work
  • Is Fluoride All Its's Cracked Up to Be?
  • Cost from Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions from Dentists Top $30M
  • Overcoming Sleep Dentists' Diagnostic Obstacles
  • How to Overcome the Hurdles of Restoring Adjacent Class II Composites
  • Matrixing Strategies for the Anterior and Facial Surfaces
  • How to Treat Dental Patients Who Don't Know They Have Occlusal Instability
  • Digitally Guided Implant Placement ​
  • Periodontitis Linked to Atrial Fibrosis
  • A Partially Analog Approach by Dr. Emil M. Verban Jr.
  • Full-Mouth Reconstruction of High-Risk Patient
  • Common Oral Bacteria Tied to Brain Microbleeds, Stroke Risk
  • Do You Have DDS or DMD?
  • The Bliss that Incorporating Sedation Dentistry Can Bring to Your Practice 
  • Oral Germs Show Bacterial Resistance to Common Antiseptics
  • Getting Dental Treatment Plan Acceptance Starts with These 7 Tips
  • Better Chairside Communication for Better Case Acceptance
  • A New Day for Dentistry: There's Room for Everyone
  • How Oral Bacteria Suppress Protection Against Viral Growth
  • The Science Behind How Light Affects Color When Shade Matching 
  • How to Get Your Composite Restorations to Last Longer
  • Giving and Receiving: The Benefits of an Altruistic Dental Practice
  • How Dentists Can Use Instagram Reels to Attract New Patients 
  • The Dangers of Chlorhexidine
  • Baby Teeth May One Day Help Identify Kids at Risk for Mental Disorders Later in Life
  • Is Dentistry's Holy Trinity Enough?
  • 5 Must-Read Dental Magazines in 2021 and 2022
  • Dry Socket Treatment and Prevention: What to Tell Your Patients
  • TMJ Arthralgia: Methylprednisolone Injection May Be No Better Than Saline for Relief
  • Setting Up a Symmetrical Smile: The Anterior Midline Critical Zone
  • Teach Your Team This Four-Letter Word If You Want to Grow
  • Do You Know What Your Dental Patients Want?
  • Digital Clinical-Laboratory Workflows for Full-Arch Implantology
  • Top 6 Articles a Dentist Should Read Every Month
  • Internal Bleaching Versus Crowns: Conservative for the Win
  • How Clean Are the Waterlines In Your Operatory?
  • 3 Reasons You Should Be a Sedation Dentist
  • Dental Lasers Provide Advantages Over Traditional Devices in Pediatric Dentistry
  • Why Oral Health Care is Vital to a Long-Term Covid-19 Strategy
  • Comfort is Not the Answer with Shakila Angadi
  • Art Helps Beat Dental Fear in Nervous Patients
  • Study Links Gum Disease- Causing Bacteria to Alzheimer's
  • Do Your Patients Understand What You Are Doing?
  • Integrating Sleep Medicine Into Your Practice with Vivos
  • The Top 10 Things Pediatric Dentists Want General Dentists to Know
  • Demystifying Comprehensive Orthodontics for the GP
  • Most Dentists Have Experienced Aggressions from Patients
  • All About Character: What My Time With The Army Taught Me About Being a Dentist
  • Oral Cancer Rates May Get Worse As Pandemic Limits Dental Appointments
  • Adasri Manuscript Wins 2020 William J. Gies Award 
  • 5 Ways to Improve the Culture of Your Practice 
  • Free Guide Explains New Safety Protocols to Dental Patients
  • 5 SIGNS YOUR PATIENT MIGHT NEED DENTAL IMPLANTS​
  • NEW STUDY: PRERINSE FOUND 99.9% EFFECTIVE AGAINST HUMAN CORONAVIRUS
  • THE TOP REASONS WHY YOUR DENTAL PRACTICE NEEDS AN APP​
  • DIARIES OF A DENTIST DURING COVID-19: FISHBOWL PERSPECTIVES​
  • THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ASTHMA AND ORAL HEALTH​
  • SUMMARY OF INFECTION PREVENTION PRACTICES IN DENTAL SETTINGS: BASIC EXPECTATIONS FOR SAFE CARE
  • HEADACHES, EXHAUSTION, ANXIETY: THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES OF RETURNING TO WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC​
  • DENTISTRY IS NOT NONESSENTIAL
  • 90% OF DENTAL PRACTICES NOW OPEN FOR ELECTIVE CARE​
  • FOCUS ON: LASER DENTISTRY FOR THE GENERAL PRACTICE​
  • NEBRASKA PEDIATRIC DENTIST SHARES EXPERIENCES OF REOPENING PRACTICE AFTER PANDEMIC SPURRED CLOSURE
  • TELEDENTISTRY: LIMITING PATIENT–PROVIDER ENCOUNTERS AND UPPING YOUR GAME AS A DENTAL PROVIDER POST–COVID-19​
  • CHANGES DENTISTS SHOULD MAKE BEFORE THEY REOPEN​
  • COMMONLY USED MOUTHWASH COULD MAKE SALIVA SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACIDIC, CHANGE MICROBES​
  • 3 WAYS DENTAL PRACTITIONERS CAN CALM STRESS​
  • PHYSICIAN REFERRALS AND THE NEW DENTAL MEDICINE
  • ADA PRESIDENT APPOINTS TASK FORCE FOR DENTAL PRACTICE RECOVERY AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC ​
  • PERIODONTITIS INCREASES THE RISK OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE MORTALITY IN OLDER PATIENTS​​
  • AS DENTAL OFFICES CLOSE, TRY NOT TO PANIC​​
  • LONG-TERM CASE REPORTS DEMONSTRATING USE OF PORCINE COLLAGEN MATRIX TO AUGMENT WIDTH AND THICKNESS OF KERATINIZED GINGIVABIOFILM FORMATION RESEMBLES URBAN GROWTH
  • HOW CAN DENTAL PRACTITIONERS JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST HPV-ASSOCIATED OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER?
  • ​​​​​​​EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTIBIOTICS TO REDUCE EARLY IMPLANT LOSS IN SYSTEMICALLY HEALTHY PATIENTS​
  • MENTORING IS KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF NEW DENTAL ASSOCIATES
  • MARCH IS SLEEP APNEA AWARENESS MONTH
  • ​FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH
  • FINANCIAL GUIDANCE IS ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE PRACTICE
  • ​​​FINANCIAL GUIDANCE IS ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE PRACTICE
  • A PATIENT’S BEST FRIEND
  • What's Trending in Dentistry for 2020
  • How to Manage Trigeminal Nerve Injuries in Dentistry
  • ​7/12 Patient Touch Point Strategy: A Novel Method to Increase Patient Attendance and Recommendation
  • Financial Wellbeing Pays Off​
  • Missing Lateral Incisor Agenesis: Aesthetic Challenges With Cuspids in the Lateral Positions
  • New Association Guideline Published in JADA Advises Against Prescribing Antibiotics for Most Dental Pain, Swelling
  • Scary Tales of a Dentist's Financial Troubles
  • Purple Goldfish- 12 Ways to Win Customers and Influence Word of Mouth
  • A New Method of Tooth Repair? Scientists Uncover Mechanisms to Inform Future Treatment
  • Great Patient Conversations: The Link Between Cost Concerns and Value Creation
  • Shaq Puts the Slam-Sunk on Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • ​Direct Anterior Composites: Practical and Predictable Aesthetics
  • A Prescription for Change
  • What is a Purple Goldfish?
  • Risk Factors for Bone Loss with Dental Prosthetics
  • Survey Reveals Worldwide Barriers to Endodontic Care
  • Plan Ahead for Amalgam Discharge Compliance: Are You Up To Date on Best Practice Management Practices?
  • Failing Dental Implants: Ascertaining the Etiology Behind a Sudden Increase 
  • Achieving  Interoperability While Maintaining Porfitability
  • Implant Restoration on Both Sides of the Maxillary Arch
  • The Importance of Patience in Today's Dental Industry with Dr. Randold Binns
  • Sugar Industry Strove to Counter Dentistry's Warnings
  • Clinical Tips for Instrumenting Calcified Canals
  • I Got a Gum Transplant So I Could Have a Younger Smile
  • Needle Free Anesthesia and Anesthesia Alternatives
  • Blood Clots and Stroke: How Oral Hygiene Can Affect Your Risk
  • The Blueprint for Successful Case Presentation
  • Human Trials of HPV Cancer Vaccine Expected to Begin by Year's End
  • Most Preventative Antibiotics Prescribed by Dentist's are Unnecessary
  • DIY Dentistry- It's a Don't
  • So You Want to be a Practice Management Consultant 
  • Dental Painkiller Prescriptions are Leading to Teenage Addiction: A Look at Alternatives to Treat Pain
  • ​Recognizing the Potential for Impacted Maxillary Canines
  • The Strange Things You See in Dental Sleep Medicine
  • ​Current Trends in Vaping: An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Larry Williams​
  • My Job Really Has the Best of Both Worlds​
  • ​Evolution and Revolution: Groundbreaking Changes in Composite Dentistry
  • ​Self-Esteem Dentistry: A Formula for Success
  • Diagnosis for BC Oral Pathology Case 40: The 'Empty' Lesion 
  • ​What Do You Use for Anterior Restorations?
  • #Woke Dentistry with Michael and Chad from Awaken2Sleep (DHD69)
  • How to Get Volunteer Opportunities as a Foreign-Trained Dentist
  • ​Airway Health: Understanding and Implementing the New Airway Imperative 
  • Are You Okay with Having a Robot Dentist?
  • Good News for Golden State Dentists 
  • How to Get Volunteer Opportunities as a Foreign-Trained Dentist
  • 8 Short Tips on How You Can Be a Better Leader in the Dental Office
  • Top 3 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Use Floss Around Dental Implants
  • A Dental Picture That's Worth Thousands of Dollars, Literally​
  • Dental Caries Affects Body Weight, Growth and Quality of Life in Pre-School Children
  • Introducing Yoga Dentist 
  • Millennial Dentist Podcast​​
  • Dental Pain: Predicting Postoperative Pain Prior to the Procedure
  • Dentists Under-diagnose When Faced with Time Pressure​
  • Study: Dental Painkillers May Put Young People at Risk of Opioid Addiction
  • 12 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became a Dentist
  • Speak the Patient's Language!​
  • Dr. Olya Banchik:  Part 1: Starting Over Mid Career
  • A Rationale for Fixed Restorations Supported by Mini Dental Implants: Case Reports and Practical Case Selection
  • 7 Dentists Share the Most Horrifying Things They've Ever Seen at Work
  • When Dentist Criticize This Online Braces Company, It Takes Them to Court
  • Working Relationship Between Dentist and Dental Hygienists: their Perceptions​
  • 3 Ways to Avoid Compromised Patient Care in the Operatory
  • Making the Case for 'Herodontics': Tips for Case Selection and Management of the Tooth with a Guarded Prognosis​
  • Dentist Arrested After Allegedly Pulling Patient's Tooth While Riding a Hoverboard
  • Ridge Preservation Technique: There's More than One Way to Fill the Hole!
  • Q&A: Overcoming Isolation in Private Practice
  • Expanding Your Dental Knowledge with Dr. Scott Pope
  • Dentist- 12 Ways to Build Patients Trust​
  • ​Start Early When Planning Your Dental Practice Exit Strategy
  • Immediate Placement of Dental Implants in Molar Extraction Sockets: An 11 Year Retrospective Analysis 
  • Are You Holding Your Hygienist Back?​
  • Modification of Cervico Healing Abutment for Implants Placed Deeper than Expected
  • ​Simplifying Regenerative Therapy 
  • Why They Don't Teach In Dental School with Jay White: Howard Speaks Podcast #141​
  • Want Better Dentist-Patient Relationships? Here's How to Get Them​
  • 6 Rules I Have Learned in My Life as a Dentist ​
  • Integrated Oral- Systemic Treatment: Is Dentistry Headed in the Right Direction?
  • Anti-Inflammatory Plant-Based Diet Helps Reduce Gingivitis
  • ​Dentist Under-diagnose when Faced with Time Pressure, Research Shows
  • Read Dental Practice Success for Tips on Acquiring a Practice​
  • Do Dentists Require Leadership Qualities? 
  • Local Anesthesia without the Needles?
  • Rachel Wall: Return on Hygiene
  • What are the Biggest Trends in Dental Technology in 2019?​
  • Dentist Self-Care
  • 6 Common Mistakes to Avoid when Planning Your Dental Practice Exit Strategy
  • Faster, Better Ways to Communicate with Your Patients
  • Nine Shades of Full-Mouth Whitening in 20 Minutes​
  • The Brain Trust Does Endo (DHP223) ​
  • This Amazing Dentist Performs Magic Tricks to Help Kids Feel Comfortable
  • Forensic Dentists Identify Victims of California Wildfires​
  • Being Proficient, Efficient and Financially Rewarded Doing Implant Dentistry ​
  • You're Only a Dentist... ​
  • Dentistry Needs Don Draper
  • Key Financial Strategies for Dental Entrepreneurs with Ben Bush ​
  • Dental Trends Set to Change How We Care for Our Teeth in 2019​
  • Dress Like a Dentist and Keep Your Patients Happy ​
  • No Amount of Research- Not Even Value​Penguin Research- Can Make Up for the Human Element
  • The Potential of Three Dimensional Printing Technologies to Unlock the Development of New 'Bio-Inspired' Dental Materials
  • General Dentist Earn $197K Annually- What do Specialists Earn?​
  • What I Learnt From Speaking to 300 Dentist this Year  
  • Dr. Mark Costes and Alastair MacDonald- Laughter and Being Present Correlate to Success

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