Do you know why you should never ever speak with dental sellers? Because their goal is to get money out of your pockets and to do that they use the “scientific” information they get from their company. Therefore, they typically…
WHEN YOU PULL OUT A TOOTH, SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAPPENS… THAT’S WHY SOMEONE DOESN’T BELIEVE IT YET.
Speaking about delayed implant positioning, a scientific article says “…This delay, combined with ridge resorption following extraction, may contribute to several problems. Insufficient available bone for ideal implant placement and prolonged treatment time are two common difficulties… immediate placement of dental implants into extraction sockets… can…
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SOFT TISSUE MANAGEMENT? – ACT 2
Some time ago I submitted a poll in the biggest Italian dental Facebook group. I needed the results to prepare a lecture about SOFT TISSUE MANAGEMENT to be held some weeks later. I wanted to know how the colleagues…
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SOFT TISSUE MANAGEMENT?
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…