Clinical

Ankur Gupta, DDS, after completing a 1-year GPR in Cleveland, Ohio, started a practice from scratch in 2005. Armed with what he considered adequate knowledge, hand skills, and a personable demeanor, he watched as his practice floundered, finances became unpredictable, and his lower back and spirit toward life became worrisome. Rather than continue the trend, he made a guinea pig out of his office, family, and self, attempting any and all personal and professional “experiments” in self-improvement. More than a decade later, he enjoys enviable new patient numbers and case acceptance, a solution- oriented dental team, and, most importantly, a meaningful and positive identity. He happily shares the failures and successes with dental and community groups throughout the country, always ending his presentations with practical, implementable, step-by-step ways to be better.

Articles

[Sponsored] In part 2 of this article, one clinician explains the benefits of self-cure bulk fill flowable composite.

Part 2: SDI’s Stela Self-Cure Bulk Fill Flowable Self Cure Restorative Delivers Stress-Free Bulk-Fill Restorations

Kellie Nock is the assistant editor for Dental Products Report. She graduated from Kent State University in 2018 with a Bachelor's in Journalism. Kellie enjoys multimedia content creation with a focus on audio and video storytelling. 

VOCO’s V-Print c&b temporary material prioritizes both flexural strength and esthetics to ensure patients receive a strong provisional that they can be pleased with.

Strength and Esthetics Take Center Stage With This 3D Printing Temporary Material

Videos

Robert Marus, DDS, AAACD, FICD, discusses the benefits of G-ænial A’CHORD from GC America in this video interview at the Greater New York Dental Meeting. [1 minute]

GNYDM24 Product Focus: Robert Marus, DDS, AAACD, FICD talks about G-ænial A’CHORD and why he recommends clinicians give the simplified unishade composite a try

BISCO's Rolando Nunez, DDS, MSc, gives a presentation on zirconia bonding at the Greater New York Dental Meeting. He explains the benefits of using ZirClean and Z-Prime to achieve optimal bonds.

GNYDM24 Product Focus: Rolando Nunez, DDS, MSc, gives a presentation on zirconia bonding that includes using BISCO products ZirClean and Z-Prime

In this video at the Dental Products Report booth at the Greater New York Dental Meeting, Ankur Gupta, DDS, talks about why he likes SDI's Stela dental restorative and what makes the material special. [1.5 minutes]

GNYDM24 Product Focus: Ankur Gupta, DDS, talks about why he likes SDI's Stela dental restorative and what makes the material special

Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.  

Next-generation bulk-fill dental restorative raises the standard of care for bulk-fill procedures by providing natural remineralization support, while also overcoming current bulk-fill limitations.

 ACTIVA BioACTIVE Bulk Flow Marks Pulpdent’s First Major Product Release in 4 Years

[Sponsored] Invented by a dentist, Xpanders atraumatic elevators are designed to enable clinicians to avoid breaking root tips in their practice.

5Ws: Xpanders

Frank J. Milnar, DDS, AAACD, is a graduate from the University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry in 1976. He is an Accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Board Examiner for the Accreditation process. Dr Milnar maintains a full-time practice in St. Paul, Minnesota emphasizing Minimally Invasive and appearance related dentistry. He has published over 50 peer reviewed articles about the direct placement of composites, shade selection and porcelain materials and is on editorial review boards for dental journals. Dr Milnar has received the BIOCLEAR Mastership Award.

Clinicians should embrace new restorative solutions, including Tokuyama Dental America’s OMNICHROMA, to provide better patient care and more successful management of tooth wear. 

Conservative Treatment of Noncarious Class V Lesions

John Flucke, DDS, is in private practice in Lee’s Summit, Mo. He also serves as chief clinical editor and technology editor for 

® and keeps an active blog filled with thoughts and tidbits on the world of technology at blog.denticle.com.

The way we practice minimally invasive dentistry and how we define it have changed greatly over dentistry’s history.

The Maximum Advantages of Being Minimally Invasive

Riva Cem Automix features SDI’s revolutionary ionglass technology. This unique blend of different sized reactive glass particles harnesses ion-release to cross-link polycarboxylic acid chains. [4 minutes]

Restorative Dentistry