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Dental desk editor-in-chief. Weighs every sentence for evidence, compliance and citability, and pairs each article with an evidence chain.
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What Happens If You Leave a Single Missing Tooth Unreplaced? Setting Out the Evidence on Drifting, Cleaning and Chewing
Whether to replace a tooth after losing it cannot be settled by the line "the other teeth are bound to fall over". Wha…
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A tooth has started to move: is it still worth retaining?
A tooth that starts to move does warrant timely periodontal assessment, but “mobile” and “not worth retaining” are not…
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What Separates Peri-implant Mucositis From Peri-implantitis? The Key Is Whether Bone Is Being Lost as Well
Inflammation around an implant falls into two stages. Peri-implant mucositis is inflammation confined to the soft tiss…
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What Is Osseointegration? From Primary Implant Stability to a Stable Connection With Bone
When an implant is first placed in the alveolar bone, primary stability comes from mechanical contact between the bone…
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Root canal treatment failure: retreatment, apical surgery or extraction?
A persistent radiolucency, swelling or discomfort on biting after root canal treatment does not mean that extraction i…
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My Implant Has Come Out — What Now? First Work Out Whether It Is the Crown, the Screw or the Implant
What you experience as "my implant has come out" may be no more than the crown above it or a retaining component comin…
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Microscopic root canal treatment is more than “taking a magnified look”
Microscopic root canal treatment does more than magnify a tooth. Stable illumination and magnification must be combine…
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Pain after root canal treatment: a missed canal or something else?
Short-term sensitivity to pressure or biting after root canal treatment is a different situation from recurrent pain t…
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Periodontal intrabony defects: how do Er,Cr:YSGG and minimally invasive surgery compare?
This article discusses only data that explicitly identify Er,Cr:YSGG. The clinical evidence directly comparing an Er,C…
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The Three Phases of Periodontal Treatment: Non-Surgical Therapy, Surgery and Supportive Maintenance — What Each One Is Solving
When a dentist says "periodontal treatment is done in phases", many people misread it as: the first phase did not work…
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What Is Immediate Implant Placement? The Difference Between Placing on the Day of Extraction and Waiting for Healing
Immediate implant placement, also called immediate placement, means putting the implant into a fresh extraction socket…
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What Can You See Earliest in Periodontal Disease? From Bleeding on Brushing and Halitosis to Loose Teeth — Which Stage Each Signal Represents
Periodontal problems are the easiest of all to overlook, because they hardly hurt. Bleeding on brushing, halitosis, gi…
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Can You Still Have Dental Implants with Confidence If You Have Had Periodontitis?
Having received treatment for periodontitis does not necessarily mean that you cannot have a dental implant. A more pr…
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If Teeth Are Very Yellow or Discoloured, How Much Can All-ceramic Veneers Mask?
All-ceramic veneers can alter the lightness, chroma and hue of teeth, but there is no universal answer to ‘what propor…
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What Has to Be Assessed Before an Implant: From Bone Volume and Gingival Thickness to Angle and Depth
Assessment before an implant has to answer at least several different questions: whether the bone at the edentulous si…
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What Should You Do If It Hurts to Bite After a Filling? Two Things That Distinguish ‘Temporary Sensitivity’ from ‘Time to Return to the Dentist’
Discomfort when biting after a dental filling is a very common experience. In the literature, it is called postoperati…
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What Is the Point of Having a Periodontal Examination for Recurrent Bad Breath?
Recurrent bad breath does not necessarily mean that you have periodontitis, but a periodontal examination is valuable …
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Regretting Your Implant? Find the Cause First, Then Talk About What Would Genuinely Put It Right
Feeling uncomfortable after an implant, finding the appearance is not what you expected, catching food easily, even be…
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Can Another Implant Be Placed After One Fails? The Order Is Control the Infection, Assess the Bone Defect, and Only Then Plan the Reconstruction
To start with the conclusion: placing a new implant at the site of the failure is a treatment option recognised in the…
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Implant, Bridge or Removable Denture: Compare What Each One Costs You First, Then Talk About Fit
Implants, bridges and removable dentures can all take part in restoring missing teeth, but they deal with the problem …
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