A Fully Digital Workflow to Achieve Predictable Esthetic and Functional Outcomes: A Case Series.

Various types of digital dental technologies have been successfully implemented as a part of dental treatment to improve predictability and efficiency of dental procedures. Virtual smile design can be used to enhance predictability from an esthetic perspective, and the virtual articulator can be a useful tool to create a desired occlusal scheme. This case series describes a fully digital workflow that can predictably achieve desired esthetic and functional outcomes.

Assessing readiness to manage medical emergencies among dental students at four dental schools.

Background And Purpose: Dentists treat a wide range of patients, including patients with compromised health conditions. While rendering treatment, various medical emergencies can and do occur. To help increase the knowledge required to manage such emergencies, dental students must be trained while in dental school.

Precision and trueness of implant placement with and without static surgical guides: An in vitro study.

Statement Of Problem: Malpositioning of implants is one of the main factors leading to hard- and soft-tissue deficiencies. Whether static computer-guided implant placement increases accuracy and prevents malpositioning is unclear.

Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to determine accuracy defined by trueness and precision (according to International Organization for Standardization 5725) of computer-assisted implant surgery (fully guided and partially guided) in comparison with freehand single implant placement.

Treatment of a Periodontic-Endodontic Lesion in a Patient with Aggressive Periodontitis.

Case Description. This case report describes the successful management of a left mandibular first molar with a combined periodontic-endodontic lesion in a 35-year-old Caucasian woman with aggressive periodontitis using a concerted approach including endodontic treatment, periodontal therapy, and a periodontal regenerative procedure using an enamel matrix derivate. In spite of anticipated poor prognosis, the tooth lesion healed.