If you think that providing clear aligners is a complex and unpredictable process, it’s time to get Candid with your patients – literally. CandidPro is a clear aligner platform that provides oversight and integrated orthodontic treatment planning with licensed orthodontists. The platform is simple to use, and the opportunity to obtain support from orthodontists brings … Read more
Bite changes have been a most exciting topic in dentistry over the last 20 years. We now know that our skulls are changing in shape as our brains have enlarged and our diets have softened. According to the research of Lieberman,1 Corrucini,2 Weston Price3 and Nestor,4 our midfaces are retruding due to epigenetic factors. The … Read more
Abstract This case report presents a novel intramuscular injection directed at the lateral pterygoid muscles as a potential treatment for Tinnitus in a TMD-related pain patient. The authors present a clinical case of a chronic TMD-related pain patient with chief complaints of jaw pain and tinnitus. The patient presented with additional symptoms, including ear pain, … Read more
Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammation of the paranasal sinuses lasting longer than 12 weeks and accompanied by pathologic symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, nasal congestion, and facial pain/pressure. Symptoms of nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, and hyposmia or anosmia become more prominent when CRS is complicated by nasal polyposis (NP).1 NP complicates a quarter to … Read more
We have all been there before, at some point in our career when we realize we are missing the right tool for the job. Whether it’s working on a house project, cooking a meal or, as dentists, operating on teeth. Lasers have been around for many years in medicine and dentistry however, we are now … Read more
Abstract Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are a broad term for pain and/or dysfunction in the masticatory musculature, temporomandibular joint (TMJ), and associated structures. Limitations in jaw mobility sound arising from the TMJ and orofacial pain are common reasons patients may seek dental care. While symptoms of TMD may be common, the pathophysiology of this condition is … Read more
In the recent years, and more so since the introduction of OpenAI’s Dall-E and ChatGPT, the terms “artificial intelligence” (AI) and “machine learning” (ML) have become commonplace. What was considered as science fiction for many years is slowly becoming a reality, and in fact, we are surrounded by artificial intelligence almost every moment of our … Read more
Letter to the Editor: What is palatal expansion? If you search it on the internet, a palate expander – also called an orthodontic or palatal expander – is an oral device used to widen a narrow upper jaw. The inference is that the upper jaw just widens in a two-dimensional or along an axial plane. … Read more
If you grew up in the ’70s and ’80s like me, “The Terminator” movies portrayed artificial intelligence (AI) and robots as something to be feared. We all rooted for Sarah and John Connor in the war for the survival of humanity against the rise of Skynet’s synthetic intelligence. These self-aware military machines, able to learn … Read more