31 August 2023
Full edentulism is a fairly common problem and is often treated will full removable dentures. Clinicians use different materials and techniques to take the final impression. Adopting the correct impression technique improves the quality of the restoration, and therefore improves the patient’s…
28 August 2023
Succeeding in obtaining a prefect impression is perhaps one of the most complex challenges facing dentists, especially when taking impressions on patients with fixed restorations (1).
It is interesting to note that a fairly high percentage of the impressions that leave dental practices and are …
2 August 2023
BOPT (Biologically Oriented Preparation Technique) involves the vertical preparation of the tooth stump to allow the mucosa to adapt to the prosthetic contours of crowns. [1.2]
It is a dental preparation protocol in which diamond burs are used to eliminate the emergence of the natural tooth at the…
2 August 2023
Impressions for edentulous patients are an extensively debated topic and the schools of thought among clinicians vary considerably [1].
In today’s scientific literature, several studies have compared digital and analogue impressions, focusing primarily on dentulous and implanted patients…
2 August 2023
A well-known chart in a New York Times[1] article published during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic provided a graphical presentation of the risk levels of various professions in the United States.
Each profession was represented by a bubble whose position…
2 August 2023
Impressions for edentulous patients are a much-debated topic, as there is still great diversity amongst clinicians, who use different techniques dictated by their personal school of thought rather that conclusive literature evidence [1].
Furthermore, within the scientific community there …
23 June 2023
Lingual orthodontics is one of the possible orthodontic practices that can be used to approach, treat and correct a malocclusion.
It is a variant of classic vestibular multibracket fixed orthodontics, in which the brackets, archwires, ligatures and all of the auxiliary devices are primarily managed…
14 June 2023
Dental laboratory technology is the main auxiliary trade for the dental profession and it supports dentistry both materially and technically. It is, by definition, the art and the science of fabricating devices to correct and/or replace natural teeth [1].
Dental laboratories are primarily concerned…
