Our co-worker Lodovico is used to taking advantage of me, in the Clinic halls, to solve all the doubts he has after attending courses, as if I were Morla the “ancient one” turtle from the The Neverending Story. About one…
You must never ever harvest bone from the mandibular ramus. Never! Got it?
Sometimes I find myself posting pics showing rehabilitations of mine on social media, or taking part in some discussions among collegues and I always find a tipical Italian attitude, also widespred abroad: “Well, it seems a little bit too invasive…
REASON WHY THE CORONALLY ADVANCED FLAP DOESN’T SHORTEN THE BUCCAL SULCUS. OR RATHER: WHY IS IT THAT PERIODONTOLOGIST AND IMPLANTOLOGIST DON’T UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER
Let’s go on with the fundamentals of soft tissue management in oral surgery. In the previous article we went through the vertical incision in the posterior mandible and now you are ready to know what comes out when you…
A canals leads to another: if you know what to search and you see it, you can do it
I’d like to share with you an interesting case of a 3.6 with six canals. In addition to the pleasure you can get from a free demonstration of the phases and procedures of such a retreatment, I think I can…
VERTICAL INCISION IN THE POSTERIOR MANDIBLE. THE LIE THEY TOLD ME AT UNIVERSITY.
I’m afraid nobody will read this article because the headline sucks… I’ve thought about it over and over but ain’t found anything better. The problem is: inside MASTERING DENTISTRY there’s a sort of in-fighting between Stefano and me.…
THERMAFIL: THE 4 BIG LIES!
In the fourth year of university, in 2003, during the course of conservative and endodontic department, students were asked to deal with three canals. I was assigned 3 monocanals. I remember that because of the thousands of protocols…
THE THREE SECRETS OF BONE REGENERATION
Here we are talking about boring biology. But don’t lose heart: try to reach the end of the article, down there you’ll find a great 4k surgical video! Something like a month ago I went to the Italian Accademy of…
MY FOUR RULES IN MANAGING COMPLEX DENTAL IMPLANT CASES
There are mainly two aspects that can characterize an implant case as complex: When the lack of a bone prevents you from placing the implant. When the elements that need rehabilitation have relevant aesthetic implications. Having to deal…
SLOW MEDICINE… WITH FAST SURGERY (ONLY SLOW PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE THAT BEING FAST IS NOT IMPORTANT)
Slow food, slow medicine, slow dentist… I think this is the order they showed up. All these trends were born in Italy in the latest years and propose a sort of ethical approach to their respective fields. The Slowmedicine…
THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE OF CLINICAL CROWN LENGHTENING: ACT 2
THE PURELY PALATINE APPROACH. I’ve already talked about the clinical crown lenghtening but I want to talk about that again, since it’s a kind of surgery that happens in a dental practice on a daily basis. Today I want to…