Things I Look for before Doing My Anterior Crowns and Veneers
Often when I participate in dental related events, whether it is participating in a study club, getting together with my dental colleagues, or teaching at the dental school, people I interact with know that I am a prosthodontist and they will come ask me about their cases. Often, they come ask me with similar cases: […]
Corporate Responsibility of the Milling Centers in the Overall Digital Workflow
Corporate Responsibility of the Milling Centers in the Overall Digital Workflow As a prosthodontist trained almost twenty years ago, I have witnessed the shift from cast restorations from the lost wax technique to milled restoration using digital dentistry. Honestly, everywhere I go, I am being bombarded by the message of how great digital dentistry is, […]
Catering to your patients’ needs
Behind every full mouth reconstruction that I planned and treated with a patient is a story that only the patient and I can understand. As a prosthodontist, I don’t always have the luxury of a built in trust or rapport with the patient that a general dentist may […]
A Review of Implant Screw Fractures: Causes and Their Methods of Retrieval
Please visit the following link for the article that was published in the Oral Health Journal Nov 2017 A Review of Implant Screw Fractures- Causes and Their Methods of Retrieval Please check out my other posts too. Thanks for reading!
Grateful To Have This Mentor In My Life
Being in the spirit of the upcoming American Thanksgiving, I want to dedicate this post to one of the people who have inspired me professionally and made me the prosthodontist I am today. This person is Professor John (Yahia) Ismail. Dr. John Ismail was the head of the department and the program director of […]
What is the Phase 1 of Your Prosthodontic Treatment Plan?
In treatment planning, the concept of phasing your treatment is not new. For example, in periodontics, after the initial examination and diagnosis, phase 1 therapy often involves a sanative phase of basic scaling and root planning, a review of oral hygiene and an identification and modification of risks factors. The goal is to remove all […]
