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Prophy Paste Abrasiveness

By Lee Ann Brady on 01.02.18

As a follow-up to the recent post on the abrasiveness of toothpaste, I thought we would look at prophy paste. Prophy paste, even the fine is generally more abrasive then over the counter toothpastes. Read More

Toothpaste Abrasiveness

By Lee Ann Brady on 12.28.17

I'll admit that the abrasiveness of over the counter toothpastes has not been something I have always thought about. The increasing use of monolithic ceramic restorations that get their esthetics from Read More

A Nightguard Your Patients Will Wear

By Lee Ann Brady on 10.04.13

Any of you who regularly read my blog know I regularly treat TMD in my practice, both occluso-muscle disorders and joint issues. The first line of defense for many of these patients is an occlusal Read More

Diagnosing Attrition

By Lee Ann Brady on 06.05.13

As a follow up to last week's video on diagnosing wear, this video looks specifically at the signs of attrition. Attrition is the loss of tooth structure from rubbing the teeth together. Understanding Read More

Common Causes of Tooth Wear

By Lee Ann Brady on 05.31.13

In this video I discuss the common causes of tooth wear. Although attrition, or grinding, is prevalent, it is not the only cause of tooth wear. In order to understand the risks the patient presents Read More

Do Patients Para-Function in Centric Relation?

By Lee Ann Brady on 04.03.13

I know even the mention of the words centric relation probably has some readers bristling, as this is a much argued over topic. With that said the research by Lundeen and Gibbs at the University of Read More

Incisal Edge Tooth Wear

Is Tooth Wear Normal?

By Lee Ann Brady on 05.07.12

[/caption] I ask the question "Is Wear Normal?" at almost every lecture I do on occlusion. Usually the response is a small number of mumbled replies. A good follow up question is " How many Read More

Acid Erosion of Teeth

Diagnosing Wear: Attrition or Erosion

By Lee Ann Brady on 02.20.12

[/caption] Patients who have worn teeth can be some of the most disconcerting. Often we are unsure of when to talk to patients about wear and uncertain about how we treat it and how predictable the Read More

Fractured Lower Incisor

Fractured Lower Incisors, How???

By Lee Ann Brady on 06.12.11

[/caption] I had a new patient come in for an emergency appointment with a fractured lower incisor. This is probably the best example I have seen yet of someone shearing off tooth structure down Read More

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