Improve the Overall Quality of your Composite Restorations
Improve the Overall Quality of your Composite Restorations Douglas, Harvey, B.Sc., D.D.S. Today’s composites have led to improved overall esthetics with direct composite restorations. However, these materials continue to rely on the effective polishing of the restoration to optimize the esthetic potential of the composite [...]
Choosing a Laser: What Features Should You Consider?
Choosing a Laser: What Features Should You Consider? Having the right technology in your office is essential for running an efficient, state-of-the-art dental practice. In some cases, it can mean the difference between referring a patient to a specialist and being able to [...]
Increasing Restorative Success Means Making Smarter Choices During Provisionalization
Increasing Restorative Success Means Making Smarter Choices During Provisionalization The scope of temporization goes beyond the protection of the prepared tooth. Maintenance of tooth position as well as gingival health and position surrounding the preparation during the provisional phase are just [...]
Impression Accuracy Goes Beyond the Perfect Margin
Impression Accuracy Goes Beyond the Perfect Margin Courtesy of Dr. Robert Lowe Courtesy of Dr. Brad Carson Courtesy of Dr. Robert Ramsey There is no doubt that precise models of the prepared [...]
Choosing an Adhesive That Really “Sticks”
Choosing an Adhesive That Really “Sticks” Adhesive dentistry has permeated into all aspects of direct and indirect restorative dentistry. This has marked a huge advance in dentistry from preservation of tooth structure with minimally invasive dentistry, to the ability to save a tooth [...]
Consistently Accurate Impressions Designed for You
Consistently Accurate Impressions Designed for You While the use of digital scanners and dental milling machines continue to rise, there is still the need for consistently accurate VPS impressions. The ability to precisely capture the prepared site and surrounding hard and soft tissue [...]
Demanding More from Your Sectional Matrix System
Demanding More from Your Sectional Matrix System There are many challenges to restoring a tooth back to its natural shape, contour, and shade using a direct composite technique. Fortunately, advances in composite restorative material and adhesion have enabled today’s dentist to [...]
Maxillary Anterior Aesthetic Reconstruction on Natural Teeth and Dental Implants – A Case Report
Dr. Lowe graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University School of Dentistry in 1982 and was a Clinical Professor in Restorative Dentistry until its closure in 1993. He maintains a private practice in Charlotte, NC, and Chicago, IL, lectures internationally and publishes in well-known dental [...]
Take Your Restorations to the Next Level With Evanesce
Take Your Restorations to the Next Level with Evanesce Was it Evanesce’s ability to disappear into the tooth and mask the margin on your Class III’s and IV’s? Was it the ease that Evanesce condenses and adapts into your Class [...]
Ceramic Adjustments
Ceramic Adjustments Simplified: There is Value in Efficiency Indirect restorations leave the laboratory with a smooth, highly polished finish but despite the clinician’s effort to provide the lab with an accurate impression and essential occlusal information, there is a high [...]