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Dental Mental Network

Dr. Brett E. Gilbert and Sue Jeffries discuss the importance of providing a safe space in support of dentists’ mental health “When we are looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, able to bend, and, most of all, we need someone who embraces us for our strengths and struggles. We need to …

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Into the unknown: emerging evidence regarding risks of aerosols in the dental office

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Dr. Maria L. Geisinger discusses likely modes of transmission for the virus that causes COVID-19 Aerosols created during dental procedures have been suggested as a risk for disease transmission for patients and practitioners in the dental office. The current worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 caused by the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 represents a novel disease and presents …

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Improving osseous graft handling by incorporation of PRP to create “gummy bone”

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Clinically, there are situations where osseous grafting needs to be performed. This can vary from socket preservation following extraction, repair of bone loss at the furcation, filling voids between the socket walls and implant when immediate implants are planned, and treatment of exposed implant threads to sinus augmentation. These are managed by use of osseous particles, which can be allografts, autografts, xenografts, or even synthetic materials.

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Single implant placement in the esthetic zone

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Dr. David Furze and Kerstin Kress demonstrate how they met challenging esthetic demands to wow their patient and the judges of the Aesthetic Dentistry Awards presented by FMC The survival of dental implants is well established with 10-year survival rates reported at 95%-98% (Torabinejad, et al., 2007). The success criteria of implants as stipulated by …

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Multidisciplinary reconstruction of maxillary missing teeth

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Drs. Chris Wood and Cemal Ucer look at the multidisciplinary demands of complex cases This case study demonstrates how a multidisciplinary and holistic approach is needed to provide a more satisfactory outcome to a complex restorative problem for the mutual benefit of both the patient and the treating dentist. As it is unusual for one …

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