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Microcavities: Does Earliest Decay Need Filling?

Lotta chatter about dentistry on the news shows these days…this from ABC news By the time a dentist finds a cavity, that tooth has been through several stages of a chronic infectious disease called dental caries, where acids dissolve tooth enamel, letting bacteria inside. Unchecked, the tooth can die. Dentistry today focuses on early intervention to … Read more

Just when you thought the chatter about cbCT had died down

Something to share with you from ROOTS –  I encourage anyone doing expansive and comprehensive treatment plans to evaluate endodontic needs PRIOR of the non-Richard kind as a component of the critical thinking using cbCT. Remove the existing restorative and prosthetic work and construct provisionals for the patient and then assess the endodontic situation.  Identify … Read more