By Jeffrey Lineberry, DDS The dental profession is a commitment to lifelong learning. After years of school and finally graduating, many dental professionals begin practicing in the "real world", where they quickly learn that what they learned in dental school…
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By Marc Gottlieb, DDS I grew up anxious and afraid of the dentist. I never was a difficult or uncooperative patient but never comfortable in the chair as a child. That was the impetus for me to dedicate my 41…
By Kevin R. Suzuki DMD, MS Ridge atrophy is well documented and dramatic. This is well illustrated in the prospective study by Schropp et al. which demonstrated changes of an edentulous site after tooth extraction over the period of a…
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By Dianne Watterson, MBA, RDH, GC-C When I became a dental hygienist in 1978, I did not foresee the “love affair” that loomed in my future, a love affair in treating periodontal disease. Nothing gives me more professional gratification than…
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