Should you do a residency after dental school? Should non-specialists do residencies like an AEGD or a GPR after dental school? And if you aren’t specializing in an area of dentistry like orthodontics, endodontics, or oral surgery, should you do a residency like an AEGD or AGPR or go straight into private practise? The answer is, …
How best to help patients with TMD What tips and strategies can we use when we’re treating patients that come in with TMJ or temporomandibular joint disorders? After doing a head and neck exam and determining that the patient is having some pops or clicks or sore muscles related to the jaw, then first briefly explain to …
An efficient technique for crown preparations The reverse crown technique is a faster more efficient way of preparing crowns. By preparing the margin first, you will be able to prepare the tooth quicker, easier, and with better margins. Typically, we feel like the most important part of the crown preparation is the crown margin because …
Tips for managing multiple exam rooms, and patient communication What follows are tips for managing multiple rooms of dental patients and helping to keep the flow with your hygienist and assistants in various rooms using their help to organize notes and communicate with patients. First tip: use index cards If you have multiple rooms, it’s …
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Pediatric restorative dentistry tips What follows is a brief overview of the Hall technique for stainless steel crowns and the Forte strip crown using glass ionomer on the anterior teeth. The key to managing child patients is to do minimally invasive dental techniques. Doing so is going to help avoid traumatizing them and help maintain trust. You …
Easy Tips for Dentists: dry tooth isolation Here are some handy tips and tricks if you’re looking for more efficient ways of isolating a dry tooth. Applying topical with a Q-tip When you put the topical on the Q-tip put a cotton roll on top of the Q-tip and let the patient bite on the …
