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How Dental Professionals are Reaping the Rewards of Ultrasonic Technology
Many busy clinicians, regardless of specialty, are reaching for ultrasonic technology to improve their level of care. Today, dental practitioners need more than an explorer and a drill to provide patients with high-quality, efficient, minimally invasive, safe — not to mention comfortable — oral health care. So, it’s no wonder… Read More
Simple Steps for Adopting Dental Technology into Your Practice
Adopting new dental technology into your busy practice can be an exhausting endeavor. It can be a challenge to convince your team to invest the time and energy to get accustomed to something new and learn how to use it properly. It’s up to you to determine whether or… Read More
How to Overcome the 9 Most Challenging Obstacles in Dentistry
Dentistry is hard work. Clinicians are faced with the daunting tasks of ensuring patient safety, controlling moisture in an adverse environment, preventing infection, avoiding ergonomic pitfalls, keeping patients comfortable, and performing in a dark working field at light speed. Fortunately, Isolite mouthpieces offer a simple way to overcome these… Read More
Cosmetic Dentistry is on the Rise. Here’s Why.
Dental professionals and cosmetic dentistry practices should be feeling pretty good about the future. The global dental market is projected to grow from $28 billion in 2016 to $37 billion in 2021. And a 2017 jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted: “Overall employment of dentists is… Read More
How to Avoid This Common Dental Restoration Mistake
Providing occlusion that allows for efficient masticatory function is essential to sound dentistry. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for patients to experience occlusal dysfunction after dental restoration treatment. It’s important to understand the nuances of hard and soft tissue in order to create a protocol for predictable outcomes. One way… Read More
9 Reasons Your Wisdom Teeth Might Need to Come Out
Clinically known as third molars, wisdom teeth got their name because they come in between the ages of 17 and 21, when people are presumably “wiser.” These molars have long been a source of oral problems and continue to be the most commonly impacted (trapped) teeth in the human… Read More
Is Your Dental Practice Prepared for a Medical Emergency?
Although uncommon, a medical emergency can occur at any time in the dental office. Events such as foreign body aspiration, cardiac arrest, asthma, or an allergic reaction can pose a direct threat to the patient’s life. Train your team to recognize the signs of an emergency. Provide critical care… Read More
What Patients Want to Know About Their Cosmetic Dentist
More and more, patients are asking about cosmetic dentistry. “I want veneers,” they’ll say, even if they don’t quite know what veneers are. But what they’re really asking for is a smile makeover. They want to feel confident when they open their mouth in public. They want to be happy… Read More
Using Killer Visual Aids Can Help You Gain Case Acceptance
Seeing is believing. You can talk all day about all the great things you’d like to do for your patients, but for many of them, your words go in one ear and out the other without killer visual aids. Giving them something to look at or hold onto—a study model,… Read More
Easy Interventions That Can Help Fight Forward Head Posture
Dentistry involves a high level of finesse, precision and control in situations that require enormous amounts of concentration. In an effort to keep patients comfortable, practitioners often compromise their own comfort and posture. As a result, musculoskeletal disorders and chronic pain are common among dental clinicians. Text… Read More