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    Figure 1: Site No. 29 was extracted one year prior to the photo, resulting in severe ridge resorption and the need for ridge augmentation prior to dental implant treatment.
    May 16, 2022
    Dr. Scott Froum discusses tooth extraction prevalence in the US and offers a decision matrix to clarify when bone grafting is needed and the best type of material for site preservation...
    Figure 1: Using the CS 9300 imaging system, multiple views are available with an extensive tools menu.
    Sept. 8, 2019
    These four truths have guided Dr. Ernest Cholakis in his successful dental practice.

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    Here’s how to implement a standard protocol for caries risk management in your dental practice.
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    July 1, 2019
    Meet Mike Meru, DDS, MS, an orthodontist, snowboard mountaineer, and member of the Dental Economics Editorial Advisory Board.
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    July 1, 2019
    It’s a big claim, but it’s true: Membership plan patients are loyal to your practice and will become your best patients.
    Figure 1: A preoperative photograph of occlusal caries in a left mandibular primary second molar
    July 1, 2019
    Jungyi Alexis Liu, DDS, MSKevin J. Donly, DDS, MSThere have been great strides in reducing the incidence of dental disease during the past seven decades. However, dental caries...
    Figure 1: Lateral smile view
    July 1, 2019
    Temporary cements can affect color shades of provisional restorative. Dr. Albert Ambriz presents a solution using TempoCem ID from DMG America.
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    When a wildfire struck in 2008, this dental practice was woefully unprepared. They moved to the cloud, and when wildfires struck recently in California, they did not panic. They...
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    Dr. Roy Shelburne found out the hard way what can happen when a dentist and dental practice does not meet all of the proper compliance standards. He shares what he learned so ...
    Figure 1: Comparison photo of a mother and daughter demonstrating facial aging.
    Let’s take a new look at facial aging and what we, as dental professionals, can do to reverse it, improve and create proper lip and smile lines, and accomplish total dentofacial...
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    July 1, 2019
    This dentist believes it’s to a practice’s advantage not to participate in insurance plans. If a dentist chooses not to participate, there are steps that can be taken through ...
    The reception area at the Pacific Dental Services Foundation Dentists for Special Needs clinic in Phoenix, Arizona
    July 1, 2019
    Jacob Dent, DDS, works with patients with special needs at the new Pacific Dental Services Foundation Dentists for Special Needs clinic in Phoenix, Arizona.
    Figure 1: A patient presented with tooth No. 21 fractured at the gumline. The tooth was traumatically extracted and walls were inspected for any bony defects.
    July 1, 2019
    Advances in immediate implants are improving patient outcomes and presenting business opportunities dental practices—particularly dentist-owned dental service organizations (DDSOs...
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    Cristian Pavel, DDSDanielle Cascioli, DDSYou know that feeling when everything seems perfect, and you feel with 100% conviction that you’re exactly where you need to be? Think...
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    Bringing on an associate dentist is a big change for a practice and its owner. It’s important for the owner to be properly prepared for the transition, and also to be prepared...