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 deliver same-day-dentistry in the environment where your patient is most comfortable. [...]
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 with little remaining tooth structure. Improvements have been made from one [...]
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 control most of the esthetic variables and create results that closely [...]
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 journals on aesthetic and restorative dentistry. Dr. Lowe is a member [...]
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 II preparations without slumping or pull-back? Or was it the speed [...]
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 likelihood of minor occlusal adjustments and possibly refinement of proximal contacts [...]
Direct Composite Veneers vs. Porcelain Veneers: Which is Best for Your Patient? The porcelain veneer has evolved in the era of esthetic dentistry to represent the go-to restoration in transforming smiles. Compared to full crown coverage, the porcelain veneer preparation spares tooth structure while altering the shape and shade of the existing dentition, [...]
Optimizing Aesthetics and Predictability in the Placement of Posterior Composite Resin Restorations 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 [...]
