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How many drills does it take to create an osteotomy, burs to prep a veneer, an inlay-onlay, a crown?

How many files does it take to sculpt a root canal space if: (Illogical logic of dangerous dichotomies – PART DEUX) A root canal space is an arborizational, anastomotic, labyrinthine complexity, morphologically comparable to the pathways of a maze. http://endodontiafobusp.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/apical-delta/apical-delta1/ http://endodontiafobusp.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/apical-delta/apical-delta2/ http://endodontiafobusp.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/apical-delta/apical-delta3/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keVqnGbo5Pc[/youtube]

Illogical Logic of Dangerous Dichotomies

http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/wave-one-jan2012 http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/dentinal-tubule-infection-as-the-cause-of-recurrent-disease-and-late-endodontic-treatment-failure-a-case-report-12270277 If you read both these articles, you have to be left with a sense of the “dangerous dichotomies” in their relative perspective. If one were to consider all possibilities suggested “in a step by step linear manner” and then formulate a solution that is best for all contingencies, you are left with a disparate fait … Read more

What you talkin’ ’bout Willis?!

Fluorescence mainly an adjunct for occlusal caries detection By Kathy Kincade, Editor in Chief DrBicuspid – April 2, 2012 — While fluorescence-based caries detection devices have been shown to offer clinical decision-making support, visual inspection should continue to be the primary detection method for occlusal caries, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Visual … Read more

Once more into the breach mes enfants – ENCRYPTION IN ONTARIO!

I’ve forgotten how many times an entry has asked for clarity, transparency, openness from the members of the committee appointed by the RCDSO to address this issue, however, the GUIDELINES are out and in all candour, frankfurterness, I haven’t a clue where to begin………..They have Internet for Dummies, I’ll gladly pay for Encryption for Dummies … Read more

Confirmation Overload Causes Cancellations

Confirmation overload is actually creating an opportunity for your patients to cancel, so the process has the opposite effect of what you would like to accomplish. An ineffective process can actually create holes in your schedule. Think about it, you are really telling your patient that you don’t trust them and you are certain that they are … Read more

Drill – Fill – and Please Pay the Bill!

Do you go to your hairdresser or grocery store and leave without paying? Would you go to a restaurant, enjoy your meal and leave without paying? Does any business do this, other than dentistry? Collecting money at the time of service is mandatory to keep your business running. All of your team members must to be … Read more

5 non-dental APPS that will put your practice into the stratosphere for better forever!

GorillaPod, 360Panorama, Card Munch, Photofunia and Zite – 4 are free, one will cost you .99 cents http://photofunia.com/ – this one should be self explanatory once you visit the site. It is a photo editing APP that enables you to take an image of anything in your office, anyone in your office and put it … Read more

Resorption CBCT Mapping

This was gifted to us by Terry Pannkuk of Santa Barbara, CA. He is one of the most unique endodontic educators in the world and he brings to his efforts, the other gods of the endodontic pantheon. It’s unfortunate that my primary “gold mine” is endodontic, because this exists in all fields of dentistry. Folks … Read more

New mode of oral sedation

Dental anxiety keeps millions of people from seeing the dentist as often as they should. Our sources indicate that sedation dentistry will soon offer a new way of relieving dental fear: medical marijuana. With an increased tolerance of medicinal marijuana, early reports suggest that British Columbia may add dental anxiety to the list of disorders that can … Read more

Separated at Girth – REDUX

No one bit re; an answer to how to remove the separated instrument from a blog entry a few entries back………..thus, not to leave ya hangin’…….. Comment from dentist performing the procedure asking for assistance: “The tooth was necrotic, the referring dentist said he got to the apex with a #20 K file and then … Read more

Acellular dermal matrix allograft – David Wong

In much the same way as Pat Allen is identified with Alloderm, David Wong of Tulsa Oklahoma – strange state, they have to have a song to remember how to spell it – is the avatar of Perioderm….click on links below (for those not getting the image – Route 66 ring a bell) http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/perioderm1-fortreatmentofrecession http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/perioderm-totreatrecessionineverydayperiorestorativesituations … Read more

Zest Anchors locator pivoting technology available on the MIS SEVEN and Mistral Implants

Uploaded by MISimplantsCanada on Mar 30, 2012 LOCATOR Attachments are designed with customizable levels of retention and a low vertical profile. Most important, however, is its innovative ability to pivot, which increases the attachment’s resiliency and tolerance for the high mastication forces an attachment must withstand, allows it to compensate for the path of insertion even with up … Read more

Are the implant claims re; treatment outcome success subjected to the same analyses….nuh uh!

Implants work almost 100% of the time, yet in reviewing the last 6 months of topics on the podium, those webinared and in the literature, the concerns are about trouble shooting, peri-implantitis and peri-mucositis. Below are two articles from the endodontic literature demonstrating how intense the critique truly is in terms of outcomes studies and one … Read more

Separated at Girth

Fracture, separation, rupture, splinter – a rose by any other name is still a broken file, separated at girth. In yet another attempt to get some interactivity on this forum, I’m going to ask that those who wish to have the answer to the question – how do I retrieve the file from the canal … Read more

The screw is the clue

Uploaded by AshleyMarkDMD1 on Feb 2, 2012 A great technique and real life experience of having an abutment screw strip while trying to remove the screw retained crown. Dr. Kaep was on the ball as he dove into make a groove into the head of the screw w/ a small round highspeed bur, and then, use a philips-esque … Read more

Tissue is the issue

http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/prd-32-3degidi11 http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/pouch-roll-technique http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/gingival-papilla-dimensions Uploaded by quintpub on Jan 16, 2012 The Dental Video Journal provides a unique approach to dental education and training. High-quality recordings of live surgeries, supplemented by comprehensive background information, allow you to experience a wide range of clinical scenarios as if you were really there. Each volume contains four professionally filmed video segments featuring … Read more

The Mighty Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of

This entry has nothing whatsoever to do with mathematics. It has everything to do with women in dentistry. With more than 50% of today’s dental classes being represented by the fairer sex in N. America (the numbers are MUCH MUCH higher in many other countries), how is it that this percentage is not demonstrated on … Read more

Implant Microsurgery: Periimplant Repair of Implant Overdenture Abutment

Push technology – you have to love it. RSS feeds, YOUTUBE, Follow, all the social media sites that “push” information to you through alerts………this one’s from YOUTUBE. Uploaded by perieau on Mar 29, 2012 Dental Implants can become infected but just as teeth with gum and bone problems can be treated so can dental implants. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a73r7jMRuY[/youtube]