rehabilitation

#TBT Case of the Month: On the Road to Rehabilitation

A full-mouth rehabilitation involves the entire dental team. That means coordination through a variety of different communication channels, including lab scripts, phone calls, digital scans, etc. Getting it right is all about how well you can clarify your case expectations. On the blog, we’ve talked at length about patient communication and lab communication. Both are essential […]

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#TBT Case of the Month: Phasing Treatment to Meet Patient Goals While Establishing Function

As clinicians we are obligated to diagnose and present clinical findings to our patients that address decay, disease, degeneration, function; pathology of all kinds. It’s our job to present a path of treatment and therapy to prevent, cure, or treat the issues that we encounter. However, oftentimes the options we give our patients don’t meet their current […]

How smile design has evolved over time.

The Evolution of Smile Design

Smile design has evolved quite a bit over the years in dentistry. by Dr. Lee Ann Brady How Smile Design Has Evolved in Dentistry In truth, esthetic dentistry is relatively new compared to the age of modern dentistry. When I first learned to treatment plan esthetics and start with tooth position, we would take a printed […]

Treatment plan for successful tooth preparation.

Why You Should Treatment Plan for Desirable Clinical Outcomes

The first step of any successful anterior tooth preparation is to treatment plan. by Dr. Lee Ann Brady In my last post, I delved into the differences between aggressive, minimal, and “in the middle” tooth preparation approaches. It’s important to acknowledge this spectrum so that we don’t minimize the important differences between each patient’s preparation. For […]