This Week in Perio Archive

Changing the habits of nervous patients

Dentistry may continue during this lockdown, but how will the “new normal” impact our more nervous patients? Here, Karon Priestman shares her thoughts on behavior change and oral health.

source: Dentistry Online

Human resources questions for dentists: How to offer signing bonuses during staff shortages

The human resources landscape is constantly changing. Dentists have ongoing questions about how to handle staff issues. The HR experts at Bent Ericksen & Associates have seen it all, and they're here to help.

source: Dentistry iQ

7 ways to improve your family's dental health in the new year

The new year is the perfect time to hit “reset” and start over with fresh dental habits that can help improve your health. “As we move into the new year, so many of us are looking at our health and wellness through a new...

source: The Philadelphia Tribune

What you need to know about a dental bone graft

A dental bone graft is a procedure performed to increase the amount of bone in a part of the jaw where bone has been lost or where additional support is needed. Bone may be taken from elsewhere in the body and surgically fused to existing bone in the jaw. Sometimes, synthetic...

source: Healthline

Despite pandemic, dental care for children must continue

Organizers of the Give Kids A Smile event in St. Louis had long been looking forward to 2021 — the birthplace of GKAS was set to celebrate the program’s 20th anniversary — when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. It quickly became clear that the 2021 event was not...

source: ADA News

New 2021 CDT codes for the New Year

We are all hoping for an improved climate and maybe a little “normal” in the coming year. In dentistry, 2021 will bring some new dental insurance codes, revise some existing codes, and delete a few from use. We can look forward to changes that will help us more...

source: RDH

Lateral incisor replacement following failed endodontics

With ceramic dental implants offering a metal-free, esthetically white option, clinicians may want to investigate incorporating them into their implant practices. Although ceramic implants have historically had a one-piece design, improvements in the technology used to fabricate...

source: Inside Dentistry

Driving medical-dental integration with telehealth technology

Numerous studies show that having separate healthcare systems treating the same patients results in poor healthcare outcomes and high healthcare costs. Colocation can be a good start, but some big problems still need to be addressed.

source: Dental Economics

What the future of dental education might look like

Global interconnection is improving everyone’s access to knowledge. Within the world of dentistry, the opportunities for shared learning across continents, between leading seats of learning and within research communities has been without boundaries.

source: Dentistry

Despite what dentists may be hearing, now is a great time to buy a practice

If you’ve caught yourself worrying about negative headlines as they relate to your career prospects in dentistry, let me explain what’s happening. Not a day goes by that I don’t read about the upcoming disaster in private practice dentistry.

source: Dentistry iQ

12 causes of bad breath — and how to get rid of each one

Bad breath is one of those nuisances that always seems to pop up at the most inconvenient times. And with most of us wearing masks right now, many people are picking up more on their bad breath issues. And the first step to getting rid...

source: Women's Health

Should you rinse your mouth after brushing your teeth?

If you've been rinsing your mouth after every brush, now is the time to change that habit. According to dental experts, you should only spit the toothpaste out but not rinse your mouth every after brushing your teeth.

source: Science Times

How technology can help patients understand their health status and buy in to the solution

With modern advances in technology, many industries are seeing a change in how they operate. Certain concepts that many could not have fathomed in years prior are now becoming realities for medical professionals everywhere....

source: Dental Economics

Dental experts discover biological imbalance is the link between gum and kidney disease

An imbalance of the body's oxygen producing free radicals and its antioxidant cells could be the reason why gum disease and chronic kidney disease affect each other, a new study led by the University of Birmingham has found.

source: Eurek Alert

There's no I in case acceptance

Practice ownership inspired me to focus on the art of improved case acceptance and treatment outcomes. I pursued various forms of education, including multiple courses in case presentation and countless books. I would implement some of the strategies that I learned, but...

source: Dental Economics

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Changing the habits of nervous patients

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What you need to know about a dental bone graft

Despite pandemic, dental care for children must continue

New 2021 CDT codes for the New Year

Lateral incisor replacement following failed endodontics

Driving medical-dental integration with telehealth technology

What the future of dental education might look like

Despite what dentists may be hearing, now is a great time to buy a practice

12 causes of bad breath — and how to get rid of each one

Should you rinse your mouth after brushing your teeth?

How technology can help patients understand their health status and buy in to the solution

Dental experts discover biological imbalance is the link between gum and kidney disease

There's no I in case acceptance

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