Clinical experience, misunderstood concepts and frequently asked questions. Notes from many years of practice.
Pooled across 29 clinical studies, ceramic veneer survival at 10.4 years ranged from 93.70% to 96.81% by material. What actually decides the result is preparation depth, ceramic choice and case selection.
Implant brand matters because the system is one of the variables behind the result ten years later. Systems differ in surface, connection and published data.
A review of 15 trials with 1,084 patients found no significant difference in treatment quality between aligners and fixed appliances in non-extraction cases.
After tooth preparation, vital crown and bridge abutments kept pulp vitality in 92% to 98% of cases over 5 to 20 years across 20 studies. What to do while the temporary is on, and what to report.
A dental filling restores a child's decayed or broken tooth using composite, amalgam or glass ionomer; the child should not eat for the first 2 hours.
In 580 porcelain laminate veneers followed up to 12 years, survival was 99 percent where preparation stayed in enamel and 94 percent where only margins did.
Membrane perforation is the common intraoperative event, with a weighted incidence of 23.5 percent across 1,652 surgeries. Why a sinus lift is needed.
Dental implants are usually still possible with sinus prolapse: a sinus lift first raises the membrane and builds graft bone under the dropped sinus floor.
In a two-year randomised trial of 66 patients, relapse appeared in 68.2% of those wearing only a removable retainer. Which retainer to use, and for how long.
