Function & Aesthetics

14/03/2021

A long and eventful treatment

13/02/2021

06/12/2020

Freshly published and novel article correlating the simple snoring to phasic bruxism.

Simple snoring is defined as the production of sound in the upper aerodigestive tract during sleep, not accompanied by other pathologies. Sleep bruxism (SB) refers to repetitive phasic, tonic, or mixed masticatory muscle activity during sleep. In this study, we investigated the relationship between....

09/06/2020

Another beautiful article from Rodolfo Miralles and his team:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32362247/

14/01/2020

New hands-on workshop on one of the most underestimated and yet most important aspects of restorative dentistry: Provisionalization.

It allows for functional testing providing valuable feedback on the occlusal scheme changes (basically eliminating post-insertion porcelain fractures), manages the emotional risk of aesthetic smile design... Most importantly, it helps the patient afford much-needed restorative work through treatment staging while stopping the functional and structural degradation.

Provisionals are in fact the true "Business Card of a Dentist".
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Location and date: to be determined based on attendance
More information at: https://goo.gl/9xyygF

16/11/2019

"I never saw a tooth walking into my office" - L. D. Pankey
.. a lot of wisdom in one simple sentence. If you are like me, most likely you became a dentist because you love helping people, prevent pain and enable people to smile beautifully. Would this be possible with a tooth-centered approach?!

04/11/2019

That is really good news!

Sleep Med Rev. 2019 Sep 17;48:101211. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2019.101211. [Epub ahead of print] Review

08/04/2019

Crisp and Clear:

"Breathing-related sleep disorders in children not only represent a possible cause of craniofacial growth alteration-which is of interest from a dental standpoint-but they may also affect the general health and development of the child. This is especially true for the neurocognitive, behavioural and metabolic aspects, to the extent that obstructive sleep apnoea is nowadays considered a neurobehavioural syndrome."

Eur J Paediatr Dent. 2019 Mar;20(1):5. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2019.20.01.01.