Oral Health

Creating Natural-Looking Composite Restorations Using Different Layering Techniques, Materials and the Erbium YAG Laser

Composite Restorations

Introduction Improved materials and instruments help us to produce restorations that are natural looking. Composite systems have been developed that have optical qualities similar to the tooth structure they are replacing. 1 Composite materials with dark opacity and fluorescence are useful to recreate dentin. 2 Enamel replacing materials with added translucency and opalescence give the … Read more

No Prep Ceramic Laminates for a Beauty Queen

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Introduction Each year I have the honor of performing a smile makeover for the winner of the Mrs. North Carolina America and Mrs. South Carolina America beauty pageants. Each of these women go on to participate in the Mrs. America Pageant and each would like for her smile to be the best it can be … Read more

Overcoming Deficiencies to Create an Aesthetic Smile: A Case Study

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Abstract Providing patients with a great aesthetic outcome along with the need for full mouth reconstruction can be very challenging. Full mouth reconstruction is one of the more demanding procedures in dentistry. It draws upon the knowledge and experience of the clinician and relies on the input from a talented laboratory ceramist. The challenges can … Read more

Planification numérique 3D du sourire: Quelles sont les avantages pour le patient et le dentiste?

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RÉSUMÉ La dentisterie numérique existe depuis plus de 30 ans, mais plusieurs dentistes hésitent encore à intégrer cette technologie dans leur pratique. Pour plusieurs collègues, le numérique n’est qu’un instrument de marketing servant à impressionner leur patient. Pourtant, le numérique est un instrument nous permettant d’améliorer et faciliter nos traitements dentaires. Les laboratoires dentaires, de … Read more

3D Digital Smile Treatment Plan: What are Advantages for Patient and Dentist?

3D Digital Smile Treatment Plan

Abstract Digital dentistry has existed for over 30 years, but many dentists are still reluctant to incorporate this technology into their practice. To many colleagues, digital techniques are only a marketing tool to impress patients. Yet, digital technology provides us with ways and means to improve and facilitate our dental procedures. Dental laboratories, for their … Read more

Esthetics and the Mixed Dentition – A Responsible Solution

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Introduction The growth and development of the adult dentition is a sequential process that can be a cause for increased self-consciousness in some children. Children are well aware of when they exfoliate their first baby tooth, and are often critical of their appearance and that of their peers during the time they exhibit mixed dentition. … Read more

Beyond the Teeth

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It’s easy for us dentists to minimize our own significance in overall patient health. We drill holes, we fill holes. We grind, we restore. We clean, we re-clean. Rewarding work but often becomes just routine for some of us. Instead of “just” filling and restoring, we need to understand that we provide therapy. Don’t minimize … Read more

The Use of Digital Smile Design for Everyday Dentistry

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The use of a diagnostic wax-up has always been beneficial in the planning and execution of restorative and surgical procedures. It serves multiple purposes from treatment planning, communication with the interdisciplinary team and showing patients what possibilities exist for treatment. Traditionally, impressions and a bite record are taken and sent to the lab. Information is … Read more

Treatment of Tetracycline Discoloured Teeth with Full Ceramic Restorations

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Tetracylines were introduced in 1948 and are broad-spectrum antibiotics that may be used in very different cases of infections. Every dental practitioner has seen several cases of tetracycline stained teeth. The effects of Tetracycline antibiotics on teeth are well documented. There are four categories of tetracycline stained teeth (Feinman et al. 1989): 1. Mild Tetracycline … Read more

White to Black

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“If you look you up the word experience in the dictionary, it says see mistakes” and at 60 years old you, feel that you have mastered a lot over the years. Consequently, at this stage in life most of us will succeed because of the “experience” we will have gone through. As a dentist I … Read more

April is National Facial Protection Month

April is National Facial Protection Month, and five dental organizations are teaming up to educate the public about how to protect against facial injuries while participating in sports. According to a study in the journal Sports Health, more than 5 million teeth are injured or knocked out every year, costing the American public $500 million. … Read more

Oral Cancer Awareness Month Hopes to Educate Public on Risks

According to a recent survey released today from Vigilant Biosciences, in collaboration with the Oral Cancer Foundation, HNCA and SPOHNC, more than 60% of consumers know very little or nothing about oral cancer – a disease that nearly 50,000 people are diagnosed with in the US every year. What’s more – while 81% of people … Read more

Oral Health’s Dr. Gary Glassman Spreading Smiles in Jamaica

If many people in Jamaica are smiling easier today, it’s thanks, in no small part, to Dr. Gary Glassman, a Jewish endodontist in Toronto whose philanthropic work has raised the level of oral health significantly in the Caribbean nation. Each year, Jamaica attracts some 300,000 Canadian visitors, most seeking a sunbaked respite from their notoriously … Read more

Children with Type 2 Diabetes Proven to Have Poorer Oral Health

The first study of oral health in children with Type 2 diabetes, including those who are obese, has found that these children tend to have poorer oral health than children who do not have Type 2 diabetes. Published earlier this month in PLOS One, the study of three groups of children – 19 normal weight … Read more

Patients with Inflammatory Diseases Need Education in Medicinal Options

2.25 million Canadians are living with inflammatory diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis. And as a new report released today makes clear, many of them lack the critical information necessary to be able to properly understand and evaluate their treatment options. The Biosimilar Focus Group Project Report, … Read more

“Oral Health for Total Health” Focused During Dental Hygienists Week

National Dental Hygienists Week™ (NDHW™) takes place from April 8‒14 as part of oral health month in Canada.  During that week, which emphasizes “Oral Health for Total Health,” dental hygienists remind us all that taking care of our mouth, teeth, and gums benefits our overall physical and mental well-being. Dental hygienists are primary health care … Read more