Post By Dr. Mark Kleive One of the things that I’ve discovered in my career is the importance of the contributions that the hygiene department makes my practice both in patient services and patient Read More
Fabricating An Anatomic Appliance: Trimming The Shell
In this segment Dr, Mark Kleive demonstrates trimming the acrylic shell using a Scotchbrite wheel on a lathe. The lathe is an efficient and effective way to not only remove the gross excess of Read More
Fabricating An Anatomic Appliance: Shell Fabrication
The next step in our series of videos on fabrication of an anatomic appliance is fabricating the acrylic shell. In last week's segment Dr. Mark Kleive demonstrated mixing the acrylic to achieve a Read More
Fabricating an Anatomic Appliance-Mixing The Acrylic
In the second part to this video series, Dr, Mark Kleive demonstrates a technique for mixing acrylic to fabricate an anatomic appliance. I utilize this exact technique for both anatomic and flat plane Read More
Fabricating An Anatomic Appliance-Setting Up The Articulator
I use anatomic appliances, sometimes known as Tanner Style appliances, very commonly in my practice. They are the appliance design that allows me to test alterations to the patient's functional Read More
What Could You Learn About Your Practice From a Focus Group?
The blog post below was written by a dear friend Dr. Mark Kleive. Mark and I have studied and taught together for eight years and I consider him one of my closest advisors. He was the first dentist I Read More
