“Evaluate for broken tooth.” A simple note all too common at the urgent care dental clinic. You go in hoping it’s a small chip on an incisor and are greeted with a patient, tooth in hand, expectantly looking to you as if to say, “Can you save it?”
Where Sci-Fi meets reality: How augmented reality is reforming dental training
From the automotive industry using augmented reality to provide information of road conditions to the gaming industry allowing gamers to capture Pokémon, augmented reality is impacting nearly every industry. Dentistry is no exception. AR uses interactive digital elements and sensory projections to combine the virtual and real world. By superimposing …
What you should know about endodontic microsurgery
Microsurgeries in endodontic treatment are surgical procedures performed under magnification following failure of a non-surgical root canal, also known simply as a root canal. Root canal treatment can fail for many reasons. In order to decide whether surgery is the proper treatment approach, it is important to establish the etiology …
A brief introduction to intraoral piercings
Throughout the millennia, people around the world have modified their bodies with piercings and tattoos. In recent years, the dental profession has seen a rise in modifications in the oral cavity, especially among young people. Though on the surface these piercings may seem decorative, they come with myriad side effects.
Dental photography basics
The ability to take good dental photographs is not only helpful to dentists for treatment planning or creating laboratory prescriptions, but it is helpful for the patient to see what you are seeing.
Talking to your patients about consumer oral care products
The patient interview is one of the most critical parts of treatment planning and developing a rapport with our patients. Listening to our patients is a skill we should master, especially when they are telling us about the oral hygiene products they’re using at home.
Train like a gamer: How video games could benefit the future of dentistry
The Entertainment Software Association estimated in 2018 that over 166 million adults in the United States play video games. The popularity of gaming is so vast that eSports, competitive, organized video gaming, reached $906 million in revenue worldwide in 2018, according to a global market report by Newzoo.