How should CBCT be used in implant dentistry?

Is cone-beam CT (CBCT) ready to be used in implant dentistry? In a new review, researchers examined published studies on CBCT and provided up-to-date recommendations for its use. The group searched relevant medical literature and found a wide range in radiation dose and image quality among the CBCT scanners studied. The use of CBCT is well-established in the preoperative stages of implant dentistry, the researchers reported, but they recommended restrictions

Ortho Caps accepts Planmeca Emerald scans

Dental equipment manufacturer Planmeca announced that its Planmeca Emerald intraoral scanner can now be used to produce clear aligners from Ortho Caps. Practitioners can export scans from Planmeca Emerald and send them to Ortho Caps to design and manufacture Orthocap clear aligners for adult or teenage patients.

6 Things You Need to Know Before Traveling to Los Algodones in 2025

There’s plenty of things to do when you are preparing for travel and even more when it is for medical purposes. Every day, people from the United States and Canada cross the border to Los Algodones, seeking high-quality dental care at fair prices. Where is Los Algodones located? Molar City is located in northern Mexico, is a small border town located just 7 miles west of Yuma, Arizona. Known as

Beyond brushing, flossing, and fluoride: 3 strategies to fight caries

You tell your patients to brush and floss and also praise the merits of fluoride, so why are they still coming back with cavitated lesions? Brian Novy, DDS, discussed three ways to restore balance to the mouth when traditional methods don’t cut it at the recent California Dental Association’s CDA Presents 2018 meeting in Anaheim, CA. “Give me something to treat this disease that’s better than something my patients can

When a toothache isn’t really a toothache

A patient comes into your practice complaining of a toothache, so you perform a careful examination and take radiographs. But what happens next puzzles you. There is no clinical evidence that something is wrong with the tooth, yet the patient is still in pain. Is the person crazy? Not always, according to Kenneth Moore, DDS, and John Orsi, DDS, two orofacial pain and sleep medicine experts from the University of

Does CAD/CAM prep cause tooth volume loss?

One concern when using CAD/CAM milled restorations for mandibular first molars is the potential loss of volume during preparation compared with conventionally fabricated restorations. But does this concern stand up to scrutiny? A new study put five types of restorations through their paces to find out. Researchers found that conventionally fabricated and CAD/CAM restorations showed similar volume loss after preparation, potentially eliminating this concern. The study was published in the

Dental never events: Moving beyond wrong-tooth extraction

Can you identify the “never events” in dentistry — patient care incidents that safety experts agree should never happen? The concept of these never events is familiar in medicine, but its use in dentistry is more limited. An international team of researchers developed a list of dental never events that goes beyond wrong-tooth extraction. The group methodically created a list of never events and then sought input on their suitability

Practice Management Insider: Make the most of your practice management software

Dear Practice Management Insider, You likely use practice management software, but do you know how to make the most of it? Practice management expert Lee Bentz outlined how dental practices can analyze their success using key performance indicators at the recent California Dental Association’s CDA Presents 2018 meeting in Anaheim, CA. Read more here. When you are considering taking the step into multipractice ownership, what does it take to get

CDA Presents 2018: How do you detect early caries?

How does your office detect early caries? This is the question Ron Kaminer, DDS, asked of an audience at last week’s California Dental Association’s CDA Presents 2018 meeting in Anaheim, CA. Watching may not be an option, but many currently used diagnostic methods have their shortfalls, he noted. “We need more direction in early caries diagnosis,” he said. Dr. Kaminer practices in Hewlett and Oceanside, NY. Not-so-sharp explorers Dr. Kaminer walked the

Week in Review: CDA Presents 2018 | Funding multipractice ownership | Toothbrushing effectiveness

Dear DrBicuspid Member, ANAHEIM, CA – If you are unable to attend the California Dental Association’s CDA Presents 2018, HuangshanDental.com has you covered. Here are some of the highlights of events and presentations at the meeting. Our coverage will continue into next week. In a dramatic keynote address on Thursday, former tobacco researcher Victor DeNoble, PhD, recounted how he fled a top-secret laboratory in 1985 with a desk drawer and

Products to look for at CDA Presents 2018 in Anaheim

A highlight of the California Dental Association’s upcoming CDA Presents 2018 meeting in Anaheim, CA, will be the many new products on display in the exhibit hall. Here we bring you a preview of these products. Our exhibit hall preview includes endodontic, hygiene, practice management, restorative, and software products. The new Gutta-Smart devices. Image courtesy of Dentsply Sirona Endodontics. Endodontics Dentsply Sirona Endodontics debuts cordless obturation device Dentsply Sirona Endodontics

Is low insertion torque a risk factor for implant failure?

How successful are dental implants inserted with low torque? Do they provide sufficient stability for early-stage loading? To find out, researchers retrospectively examined short-term outcomes of treating edentulous maxillary arches with four implants supporting an immediate fixed prosthesis. They analyzed results from 83 patients who received 332 implants at one clinic using the All-on-4 treatment protocol concept (Nobel Biocare). The results indicated that implant success with lower insertion torque was