I’ve always had a special relationship with laboratory technicians because of the way I was brought up in Dentistry. My story begins way before dental school. When I was a …
This week I attended a continuing education course at the dental association that was truly upsetting. The course took the form of a professionally designed video. As the course unfolded, …
I always emphasize in any course how important it is to evaluate new technology through the lens of basic principles. The basic principles that I teach have an unmatchable track …
When it comes to full coverage restorative dentistry, there really is no such thing as “one size fits all.” If you have a variety of tools in your armamentarium, you …
Precision Quality for Longevity is the ONWARD credo. Living by this credo has resulted in a high percentage of cases that have lasted in the mouth for decades. Considering that …
Over the course of my career, I have seen several disturbing trends in my area of dentistry—full coverage restorative dentistry (this is not true for other disciplines within dentistry like …
“Doctors like to think they’re doing their job as well as it can be done.,” says Atul Gawande, a noted author of medical best-sellers [“The Bell Curve,” New Yorker Magazine, …
I was at a study group meeting last week affiliated with a well-known institute. A case was shown, and everyone agreed with the instructor that teeth with no clinical crowns …
It is my observation that most dentists do not appreciate the tremendous benefits of full coverage restorative dentistry can offer—both to their dental practices and to their patients. Last week’s …
This week’s blog is about a trend in our profession that has disturbed me for quite some time. There are less dentists today who are critical thinkers than ever before. …