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58
You Should Know:
Orofacial
Therapeutics

94 | THE CONE BEAM CONVERSATION

74 | Special Section
CAVITY SEARCHES
We shine a spotlight on products designed to aid
in caries detection.

83 | CAN WE FIX IT?

Ad Index

Dr. Isaias Íñiguez shares a case of direct cusp
reconstruction using composite pins.

104
Dentally Incorrect

90 | HIRE A CONSULTANT
WITH CONFIDENCE
Jay Geier of the Scheduling Institute provides
seven essential questions you should be asking to
ﬁ nd a good practice management consultant.

Townie endodontist Dr. Sonia Chopra shares
the top ﬁve reasons she believes it's well worth
a dental professional's effort to add cone beam
technology (and invest the time it takes to learn it).

100 | ADVANCED FULL-ARCH
IMPLANT SURGERY
Drs. Cory Glenn and Danny Domingue discuss a
full-arch implant case that used a surgical guide
3D printed in the dental practice, and compare
the case's accuracy to a similar one performed
without such a guide.

MESSAGE
BOARDS

WHAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK FROM PLACING
IMPLANTS IN YOUR GENERAL PRACTICE?

ANY TIPS FOR WORKING ON CARIES
ON THE LINGUAL OF #31?

FIFTY PERCENT OF IMPLANT CROWNS
DEVELOP OPEN CONTACT?

Townies discuss when and whether placing implants is worth it.

Townie "Noolie" is having trouble treating a hard-to-isolate molar in
an older patient. Docs chime in with what works for them.

Townie "likeaduck" has questions, and Townies discuss frequency
and etiology.

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