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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 Is the Point of Having a Periodontal Examination for Recurrent Bad Breath?｜證據鏈
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｜證據鏈
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｜證據鏈
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｜證據鏈
Implants, bridges and removable dentures can all take part in restoring missing teeth, but they deal with the problem …
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Replacing an Old Metal Crown with All-Ceramic: Colour Is Not the Only Consideration｜證據鏈
A dark margin or unnatural colour around an old metal crown may understandably make you want to replace it with an all…
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Is Root Canal Treatment Really That Painful? Pulp Status and Anaesthetic Success Rates Behind the Myth That "Taking the Nerve Out Always Hurts"｜證據鏈
If you are afraid of root canal treatment, what you are afraid of is usually the same thing: lying back in the chair, …
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Insufficient bone in the posterior maxilla: short implants or sinus augmentation? Implant length is not the only consideration｜證據鏈
Short implants and maxillary sinus augmentation are both approaches that may be discussed when there is insufficient b…
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Why Do Smoking and Glycaemic Control Change a Periodontal Treatment Plan?｜證據鏈
Smoking and glycaemic status are worth disclosing proactively before periodontal treatment because both are related to…
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How Should an Implant Plan Be Adjusted If You Smoke or Have Recently Stopped?｜證據鏈
Smoking is not an absolute exclusion criterion for every course of implant treatment, but systematic reviews consisten…
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Why Implant Treatment Is Often Staged: Making Sense of How Extraction, Grafting, the Implant and the Restoration Depend on One Another｜證據鏈
Implant treatment is often broken down into extraction, ridge preservation or bone grafting, implant placement, osseoi…
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What Does a Surgical Guide Do in Implant Surgery? It Supports a Pre-planned Angle and Position, Not the Removal of Risk｜證據鏈
A surgical guide is a device designed from your imaging data and worn in the mouth during surgery. Its task is straigh…
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Which Types of Deep Discolouration Can Be Considered for Veneers? Tetracycline-Related Grey-Black Discolouration as an Example｜證據鏈
This article discusses just one discolouration scenario: deep discolouration caused by tetracycline during tooth devel…
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If Teeth Are Very Yellow or Discoloured, How Much Can All-ceramic Veneers Mask?｜證據鏈
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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Why Is Strict Moisture Control Needed before Placing All-Ceramic Veneers?｜證據鏈
All-ceramic veneers are thin. What actually bears daily occlusal loading and temperature changes is not just a sheet o…
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Veneer or all-ceramic crown: the key is how much healthy enamel remains｜證據鏈
An all-ceramic veneer mainly covers the visible surface of a front tooth, whereas an all-ceramic crown surrounds more …
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For Slightly Uneven Teeth, Veneers or Orthodontics? First Distinguish ‘Looking Straight’ from ‘Actually Moving the Teeth’｜證據鏈
Slightly crowded front teeth, a little crookedness or one tooth rotated by a small amount—this degree of irregularity …
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Which Situations Require Root Canal Treatment? Pulpitis, Pulp Necrosis, Periapical Lesions and Traumatic Fracture｜證據鏈
"Needing a root canal" is not a single situation. It covers at least four different scenarios: pulp inflammation that …
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What Types of Teeth Whitening Are There? How Air Polishing, Light-Assisted Whitening and At-Home Whitening Work — and the Different Problems They Address｜證據鏈
In the dental surgery, the term ‘teeth whitening’ actually refers to two things with entirely different mechanisms: Th…
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Improving the appearance of front teeth: whitening, veneers, or waiting first?｜證據鏈
Front teeth that look insufficiently bright or even do not mean that veneers should be the first step. If the main con…
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Who Needs Full-Mouth Rehabilitation? What Decides It Is Not How Many Teeth Are Missing, but Whether the Whole Occlusal System Can Still Hold Up｜證據鏈
Many people assume that full-mouth rehabilitation is "the major undertaking reserved for those who have lost a great m…
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