Zev Kaufman, Klenise S Paranhos, Ludovic F de Carle, Mary Kang
{"title":"Combining Digital Technology and Traditional Principles to Optimize Complete Removable Denture Treatment.","authors":"Zev Kaufman, Klenise S Paranhos, Ludovic F de Carle, Mary Kang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The conventional denture fabrication process normally requires at least five visits, taking up considerable chairtime, encompassing multiple laboratory steps, and demanding that patients return to the office every time for treatment. Furthermore, if the denture breaks or gets lost, the fabrication process to make a new one will likely need to be started from the beginning. Today, providers can incorporate digital technology into many of the clinical steps to minimize the number of visits and procedure time needed to fabricate a complete denture. In addition, the materials are more patient friendly as there is less residual monomer in CAD/CAM milled resins. This article presents case studies that exemplify the combination of traditional clinical practices and digital methodologies to maximize efficiency in the denture fabrication process. Intraoral scanning was used to produce a denture prototype, and a traditional myofunctional impression technique was employed with the generated prototype, which was then scanned before a new, properly fitted denture was milled using 3D technology. This process is expedited in a predictable workflow that minimizes laboratory steps and chairtime, offers improved infection control, and leads to higher patient satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 3","pages":"140-145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dental Impressions: The Continued Expansion of Digital Technologies.","authors":"Macarena Rivera","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Precision is key to the success of indirect dental restorations. Accurate impressions that capture complex hard- and soft-tissue details are paramount to ensure optimal anatomical shape, marginal fit, and overall restoration success. Impression-making techniques have continuously evolved from basic physical casts to the sophisticated digital scans of today.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 3","pages":"146-147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew Ma, Brian Chan, Ian Yip, Chung Kwai Hung, Gregori M Kurtzman, Dennis P Tarnow
{"title":"A Novel Method to Pick-up Prefabricated CAD/CAM-Designed Screw-Retained Provisional Prostheses for Immediate Full-Arch Rehabilitations: Liquid Pin Technique.","authors":"Andrew Ma, Brian Chan, Ian Yip, Chung Kwai Hung, Gregori M Kurtzman, Dennis P Tarnow","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Full-arch implant therapy with immediate provisionalization is a popular procedure. Conventionally, chairside conversion of a prefabricated prosthesis or an abutment-level impression is usually required. This case report describes a novel approach to picking up a prefabricated full-arch prosthesis utilizing various digital techniques. After implant placement and bone reduction was performed using a customized surgical guide, a provisional restoration was seated on a stackable guide and relined with a lightcured material (the \"liquid pin\"). This material is strong enough to hold the titanium bases in place during the relining procedure yet can be quickly and completely removed from the titanium bases and multi-unit abutments following the pick-up. The liquid pin technique enables the provisional prosthesis to maintain its structural integrity, eliminates the need for a postoperative impression, and allows for minimal adjustment before delivery. Together with digital preplanning of the prosthesis, this technique streamlines the workflow for immediate full-arc provisionalization.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 2","pages":"77-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcel Firlej, Charles Schwimer, Richard Martin, Howard Gluckman, Arndt Guentsch, Rodrigo Neiva
{"title":"Guided Selective Preservation of Tooth (SPOT) Protocol: Fully Guided Socket-Shield Technique.","authors":"Marcel Firlej, Charles Schwimer, Richard Martin, Howard Gluckman, Arndt Guentsch, Rodrigo Neiva","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The socket-shield procedure focuses on soft- and hard-tissue preservation of the extraction socket in an immediate implant procedure. Selective preservation of tooth (SPOT) is a tooth-guided protocol for socket-shield preparation for both anterior and posterior teeth. It allows for consistent apex removal as well as shield preparation, implant site preparation, and immediate implant placement. The use of osseodensification burs in the guided SPOT protocol allows the clinician to incorporate a sequential clockwise rotation for simultaneous precise apex removal with shield preparation. In addition, a counterclockwise operation is implemented for implant site preparation with compaction-autografting of bone and dentin into the alveolus trabecular bone to improve implant primary stability and, subsequently, early healing. Guided SPOT enables improved drilling accuracy, enhances reproducibility, and reduces chairside time through the implementation of two static surgical guides to produce two separate trajectories: one for guided apex removal and shield preparation and the other for guided implant site preparation. This facilitates the prefabrication of a provisional restoration or custom anatomical healing abutment. This article presents a fully guided protocol for the SPOT procedure and immediate implant placement for a single-rooted tooth.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 2","pages":"84-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143573800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barbie Vartanian, Steve Perlman, Rick Rader, Vanessa Rastovic, Matt Holder
{"title":"Standing for Those With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities.","authors":"Barbie Vartanian, Steve Perlman, Rick Rader, Vanessa Rastovic, Matt Holder","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is time for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD), their families, the village that supports them, and the healthcare professionals that are responsible for their well-being to grab their pitchforks and storm the castle to end the purposeful exclusion by our government to designate them a medically underserved population (MUP). We (the authors) define IDD as people having a diagnosis of autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and hundreds of other genetic syndromes.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 2","pages":"102-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dental Management of Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Cancer Treatment.","authors":"Syed Salim Abdul-Wasay, Aviv Ouanounou","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients undergoing head and neck cancer treatment are prone to various orofacial complications, including immunosuppression, osteonecrosis of the jaw, mucositis, post-radiation caries, and xerostomia. Dental management can play a pivotal role in mitigating oral complications before, during, and after cancer treatment. This article identifies the most common neoplasms found in the head and neck region and their basic treatments as well as the sequalae of these treatments and the dental management of them.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 2","pages":"64-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143573787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resin Composite Restorations: Innovations and Technology Continue to Drive Success.","authors":"Macarena Rivera, Nikolaos Stefanos Kampanas","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current tendency towards \"minimally invasive dentistry,\" driven in part by a growing demand for overall esthetics, has established resin composites as the preferred material for anterior and posterior tooth restorations. Contemporary dentistry cannot be performed without resin-based restorative materials, light-curing units, and sectional matrix band systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 2","pages":"94-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Root Amputation/Root Resection: An Efficient, Effective Means to Save a Multirooted Tooth.","authors":"Garrett Guess, Sam Kratchman, Bekir Karabucak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Root amputation, or root resection, is a surgical procedure that can be used to remove a compromised root of a multirooted tooth, allowing the tooth to remain functional and disease-free. This technique offers an alternative to extraction with favorable long-term survival rates. Root resection involves removing the affected root, reshaping the tooth for cleansability, and, usually, restoring the underside of the tooth to prevent recurrent decay. Root resection provides patients a long-term solution with fewer surgical interventions and potential complications than implant therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 2","pages":"72-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Cracking\" the Code on Nitrous Oxide Safety in the Dental Setting.","authors":"Mark Donaldson, Jason H Goodchild","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation is typically regarded as the safest in-office inhalational sedation method dentists can employ when treating patients with dental fear and/or anxiety. Despite a considerable inherent margin of safety with nitrous oxide-oxygen administration as a means to provide analgesia and anxiolysis in the dental office, concerns among staff workers about potential harm from environmental exposure over time have led to efforts to mitigate occupational exposure. Concerns over nitrous oxide's high global warming potential have also emerged. Recent advancements in catalytic cracking technology present a promising solution for alleviating these concerns by converting exhaled nitrous oxide into harmless nitrogen and oxygen. This article discusses the effectiveness of this technology in clinical settings, highlighting its potential to significantly reduce ambient nitrous oxide levels. By integrating these innovations, oral healthcare providers can enhance safety protocols for staff while addressing environmental challenges associated with nitrous oxide emissions, reinforcing the need for sustainable practices in anesthesia management.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 1","pages":"16-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143505991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Systematic Approach to Altering Occlusal Vertical Dimension in a Patient With Functional and Esthetic Concerns.","authors":"Andrew Sweet","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This case involves the successful treatment of a patient who experienced repeated restorative failures due to an undiagnosed occlusal problem. Multiple unsuccessful attempts had been made in the past to restore the patient's mandibular incisors with direct composites, and she had become increasingly frustrated with having missing and broken anterior teeth. After a thorough records review and clinical examination were performed, an occlusal issue was diagnosed. A Kois deprogrammer was used to confirm the occlusal problem and locate a therapeutic treatment position for transitional bonding prior to placement of the final restorations. This article underscores the significance of comprehensive diagnosis and treatment planning to effectively address functional and cosmetic concerns.</p>","PeriodicalId":72651,"journal":{"name":"Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)","volume":"46 1","pages":"25-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143506052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}