The ability to provide high-quality complete dentures has been a key skill for general dental practitioners throughout the history of dental care. The prevalence of edentulism is becoming increasingly concentrated in an older patient cohort and general dental practitioners may... Continue Reading →
Indirect restorative procedures are integral to clinical dentistry. Over the past 50 years however, minimally invasive, direct adhesive restorative techniques have gradually replaced many of the indications for traditional indirect restorations. While numerous indirect procedures are still carried out every... Continue Reading →
Distilling factors for success and failure of restorations for colleagues (and patients) to be able to appreciate is a constant requirement when discussing, consenting, providing and reviewing our work and those of colleagues. This editorial in Dental Update was written... Continue Reading →
In prosthodontics like in other dental disciplines there are many clinical procedures that lack support of good evidence, which means that the effect is unknown, and even worse, we do not know if they do more good than harm. It... Continue Reading →
The introduction of adhesive techniques in combination with translucent restorative materials has greatly influenced treatment concepts in fixed prosthodontics. Modern production technologies offer access to new polymer materials that provide innovative pre-treatment options for complex prosthetic rehabilitations. Additionally, computer-aided design... Continue Reading →
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This blog illustrates the use of optical scanning and digital work flow in providing an immediate denture for a patient due to the catastrophic failure of a bridge. Case presentation A patient attended a practice on a Wednesday afternoon. The patients... Continue Reading →
Soft tissue remodelling for implants