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The Influence of Age and Gender on Smile Design

By Lee Ann Brady on 03.14.12

I had a request to write a post about the relationship between anterior tooth form and incisal enbrasure size and shape and a patient's gender. I personally associate more rounded open incisal Read More

Curing Dentin Adhesive When Seating Indirect Restorations

By Lee Ann Brady on 03.13.12

There are two schools of thought about dentin adhesive when seating indirect restorations. One school of thought treats the technique much like a direct resin and places and cures the dentin adhesive Read More

Upper Second Molar Decay

Tissue Management for Class Five Composites

By Lee Ann Brady on 03.12.12

[/caption] One of the challenges in successfully placing class five composite restorations is tissue management. Composite requires a clean dry field to achieve optimal bond strengths and ensure Read More

Plumbers Tape: The Matrix You Get At The Hardware Store

By Lee Ann Brady on 03.08.12

There are a variety of techniques for seating veneers. Some people like to do 6-10 all at once, while others seat them two at a time. I am in the group that likes to seat restorations a small number Read More

Anterior Veneer Try-In

By Lee Ann Brady on 03.07.12

Trying in Anterior Veneers and confirming the fit, contacts and color can be challenging as they do not stay in place well. The use of try in paste is an important tool in overcoming the challenges. Read More

Lips At Rest Pre-Op

Testing Esthetic Changes to Provisionals Without a Handpiece

By Lee Ann Brady on 02.23.12

[/caption] I am a strong believer in patient approved provisionals in cases where we are making esthetic changes to anterior teeth. I have  patients back a week or two after placing anterior Read More

S sound

Adjusting the “S” sound

By Lee Ann Brady on 02.01.12

[/caption] Often when we alter the length and position of anterior teeth we inadvertently make changes to the patient's phonetics. One of these sounds is the ability to say "s". Patients produce Read More

Treatment Planning for Peri-Implant Esthetics

By Lee Ann Brady on 01.30.12

As I complete the series on soft tissue esthetics around anterior implants we have worked our way back to assessing the existing architecture and planning for success. John Kois has simplified the Read More

Anterior Implant Tissue Response

By Lee Ann Brady on 01.27.12

One of the most challenging pieces of anterior implant esthetics is anticipating and controlling the tissue response. In the early days of implant dentistry we were cautious of loading implants due to Read More

Healing Cap

Anterior Implant Abutment Design

By Lee Ann Brady on 01.26.12

Another piece of learning for me out of this week's symposium was about the design of implant abutments in the esthetic zone. A common challenge with implant restorations is that the interface between Read More

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