Pearls of Wisdom

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            TOPICS

• Dental Materials
• Endodontics
• Implantology
• Occlusion
• Operative Dentistry
• Oral Diagnosis/Radiology
• Oral Medicine
• Oral Surgery
• Orofacial Pain/TMD
• Periodontics
• Prosthodontics - Fixed
• Prosthodontics - Removable
• Treatment Planning 

• Dental Materials
  • Monomethacrylate Co-monomers for Dental Resins

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• Endodontics
  • Working Length Determination -- Tools and Methods (7/98)
  • Electronic Apex Locators (02/00)
  • Apicoectomy ( PowerPoint Presentation -12/98)
  • Bacterial Eradication from Root Dentin by Ultrasonic Irrigation with Sodium Hypochlorite (10/98
  • Electronic Apex Locators (PowerPoint Presentation - 02/00)

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• Implantology
  • The minimum number of implants required to satisfactorily support and retain a mandibular overdenture
  • Implant Lecture (9/99)
  • Implants (PowerPoint Presentation - 9/99)
    
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• Occlusion
  • FSBGD Occlusion Review (PowerPoint Presentation - 05/00)
    
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• Operative Dentistry
  • Diagnosing and Restoring the Cracked Tooth(4/98)
  • Achieving Tight Contacts in Class II Direct Resin Restorations
  • Marginal Integrity of Bonded Amalgam Restorations (6/00)
  • Bond Strength and Interfacial Micromorphology of Four Adhesive Systems in Primary and
    Permanent Molars (10/98)
  • Clinical Evaluation of  Two desensitizing Agents for use Under Class 5 Silver Amalgam Restorations (10/98)
  • Long-term Survival of Extensive Amalgam Restorations (10/98)
  • Enamel cracks. The Role of Enamel Lamellae in Caries Initiation (10/98)
  • Adhesion Between Collagen Depleted Dentin and Dentin Adhesives (10/98)
  • The Relationships Among Fluoride, Cariogenic Oral Flora and Salivary Flow Rate During Radiation Therapy (10/98)
  • Adhesive Dentistry --  Myth or Magic? (PowerPoint Presentation - 10/99)
  • Restoration of Endodonticaly Treated Teeth (PowerPoint Presentation - 11/99)
  • Update on Glass Ionomers (PowerPoint Presentation - 11/99)
  • Posterior Composite Restorations (PowerPoint Presentation - 05/00)
  • Packable Resin Composites (4/01)
  • Fluoride Facts
    
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• Oral Diagnosis/Radiology
  • Radiographic Skull Series (9/99)
    
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• Oral Medicine
  • Bleeding Disorders (6/99)
  • Seizure Disorders (6/99)
  • The Hypo/Hyperglycemic Patient (9/99)
  • Hepatitis Update (9/99)
  • Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis (02/00)
  • Mercury Concentrations in Urine and Whole Blood Associated with Amalgam Exposure in a
    U.S. Military Population (10/98)
  • SBE Prohylaxis ( Power Point Presentation - 1/99)
  • Bleeding Disorders ( Power Point Presentation - 1/99)
  • Seizure Disorders ( PowerPoint Presentation - 6/99)
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (PowerPoint Presentation - 9/99)
  • The Hypo/Hyperglycemic Patient (PowerPoint Presentation - 9/99)
  • Hepatitis Update (PowerPoint Presentation - 9/99)
  • Malignant Hyperthermia (PowerPoint Presentation - 02/00)
  • Debunking the Mercury Myth (PowerPoint Presentation - 6/00)
  • Fibromyalgia Syndrome (4/01)
  • New Drug Update (4/01)
  • Sleep Disturbances (4/01)
    
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• Oral Surgery
  • Pharmokinetics of ibuprofen in postoperative pain after third molar surgery
  • Dental Space Infections (4/98)
  • Tissue Empysema  (7/98)
  • Displaced Root Tips and Sinus Perforations (8/99)
  • Local Anesthetics (4/01)
    
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• Orofacial Pain
  • Triazolam Improves Sleep but Fails to Alter Pain in TMD Patients (10/98)
    
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• Periodontics
  • Toothpastes (9/99)
  • Toothpastes (PowerPoint Presentation - 9/99)
  • Cardiac Implications of Periodontal Disease (06/00)
  • Cardiac Implications of Periodontal Disease (PowerPoint Pre6/00)
  • Oral Microbiota in Smokers and Non-Smokers in Natural and Experimentally-induced Gingivitis (10/98)
  • Antibiotic Adjuncts to Periodontal Treatment (PowerPoint Presentation - 12/99)
    
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• Prosthodontics - Fixed
  • A Crash Course in Ceramics (8/99)
  • Provisional Restorations (9/99)
  • Provisional Restorations (PowerPoint Presentation - 9/99)
  • Empress Restorations (12/99)
    
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• Prosthodontics - Removable
  • Removable Partial Dentures (PowerPoint Presentation - 9/99)
  • Combination Syndrome (4/01)
    
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• Treatment Planning
  
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