I’m sitting in the airport on my way home thinking about what has happened over the past few days in Las Vegas at the Townie meeting. A few things stand out. The presentations I went to were really good, great quality across...

One of the keys to a successful CEREC restoration is the prep. There is no doubt in my mind that if your prep is not adequate, you will be disappointed with your final margins. The difference between a good restoration and a...

Let’s talk about documentation – there are lots of different ways to get to the end result, but the main way we document cases is either through photography or video. Both work, and obviously both will give you great results if...

One of the things that helped me build a successful practice is a "painless" injection technique. I did not develop it; I learned it from my mentor, Gerry Loewe, when I first started in practice more than 30 years ago. Most...

One question I get very often from people is, "How do I design my preps for CEREC restorations?” When I hear this question, my mind immediately goes back to dental school – how we are programmed to think a certain way... an...

One of the questions I get asked frequently is what’s the best instrument to remove the sprue from the restoration when it comes out of the milling chamber? Well, there are a lot of good ways, but I thought I’d share something...

I get lots of questions over the years about CEREC. I honestly think that one of the biggest misconceptions that we have had to deal with is that the margins are not good. The margins are what makes me love doing CEREC. 3M has...