June 2025

Under the Microscope

By Markus B. Blatz, DMD, PhD

By enabling high magnification and maximum precision, these instruments allow practitioners to be more conservative with dental tissues.

Pivotal Patient Touchpoints: Maintaining a Healthy Patient–Practice Partnership

By Carrie Webber

Ultimately, it is about creating a consistent experience that helps educate patients, inspire them to make good oral health decisions, and activate them into treatment.

The Microscopic and Digital One-Day-Dentistry Concept: A Minimally Invasive Chairside Technique

Behnam Shakibaie, DMD, MSc; Markus B. Blatz, DMD, PhD; and Huthaifa Abdulqader, DDS

This article presents the microscopic and digital one-day-dentistry technique, a clinical approach that integrates the use of a dental operative microscope into a chairside digital workflow for single-unit prosthetic restorations.

Anodization of Implant Abutments to Improve the Color of Hard and Soft Tissue

Mohammed Hammamy, DDS; Silvia Rojas-Rueda, DDS; Jonathan Esquivel, DDS; and Nathaniel C. Lawson, DMD, PhD

This study compared the color of zirconia and lithium-disilicate specimens at varying thicknesses against different shades of titanium to a reference of dentin shade composite.

Survival of a Maxillary Incisor in an Adolescent Female Patient 10 Years After Delayed Replantation

By Robert E. McCalla, DDS, Clint Conner, DDS, Jeffrey Kalmowicz, DDS, Franklin Garcia-Godoy, DDS, MS, PhD, PhD

This case demonstrates that although delayed replantation usually has an unfavorable prognosis, every effort should be made to maintain the natural tooth in place whenever possible.

Single-Arch Reconstruction to Correct a Constricted Chewing Pattern Using Digital and Analog Methods

By Wade Kifer, DDS

The final outcome provided the patient with a beautifully restored dentition that accommodated his treatment preference without increasing periodontal, functional, biomechanical, or periodontal risks.

EdgeDiamond Utopia™: Enhancing Efficiency and Safety in Endodontics

One of Kalendariov’s go-to tools is the EdgeDiamond Utopia™ file system from EdgeEndo.

BioSeal™: Advanced Bioceramic Endodontic Sealer Promotes Remineralization

Today, in addition to patient care, the multilingual practitioner provides endodontic education through lectures and her Instagram platform (@her_holiness_the_pulp).

Standing Against Antisemitism in the Dental Workplace

By Bernard A. Kahn, DDS

Across North America and beyond, Jewish dental professionals are reporting an alarming rise in discrimination, harassment, and intimidation, not only in academic institutions, but also within professional workplaces and even internationa...