Restoring Canines in the Lateral Position

By |2020-04-09T16:09:17+00:00October 27th, 2018|Dental|

Dr. Thomas Dudney Congenitally missing lateral incisors is a fairly common condition that may be either unilateral or bilateral and often presents restorative challenges. Some of the treatment options that exist for this clinical situation are: a removable appliance, space opening with bridges (conventional and winged, 3–unit and 2-unit cantilever), spaces opening with [...]

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The PAC TEC Newsletter Reaches it’s 50th Issue

By |2018-09-29T17:05:34+00:00September 29th, 2018|Dental|

Garrett Caldwell, CEO Our business at the PAC is many things and just like our business, no one dental practice is the same as another. Your practice, like the PAC, has and will evolve and will certainly be made up of many different smaller parts. How we practice our craft and what elements [...]

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Maintaining Function in a Cancer Survivor

By |2020-04-09T16:10:24+00:00August 22nd, 2018|Dental|

Dr. Jack Griffin Sometimes an “aesthetic case” has nothing to do with a bunch of veneers, sometimes it’s maintaining remaining teeth to preserve chewing and quality of life. In this case, a cancer survivor, there are a variety of oral health challenges, including xerostomia. After radiation and chemotherapy, there exists insufficient saliva to [...]

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Setting Up Your Case and Understanding Function

By |2020-04-09T16:10:59+00:00July 19th, 2018|Dental|

Dr. Michael Miyasaki Ever have the patient with a very deep bite that is interested in aesthetic treatment (Figure 1)? You can restore them to their current habitual bite, but their facial aesthetics will be compromised with the lower third of their faces having a decreased vertical measurement. The decreased dental vertical dimension [...]

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Matching Anterior Teeth

By |2020-04-09T16:11:50+00:00June 19th, 2018|Dental|

Dr. Samir Ayoub In past articles I have written for the PAC newsletter, I have presented complex aesthetic cases, full mouth reconstruction cases, anterior crowding cases, as well as severe discoloration and combination cases. I have also written on minimal cases involving two to four anterior teeth. The harmony the veneer restorations have [...]

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Photography Now!

By |2020-04-09T16:13:20+00:00May 20th, 2018|Dental|

Dr. Todd Franklin As you are reading this we are coming off two great programs, Chicago and Denver! We are now ready to head into the summer months, get out of the office and go on vacation. I was instructed to write something that would profoundly help all of our PAC members. So [...]

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The Importance of the Smile Arc in Smile Design Cases

By |2020-04-09T16:14:22+00:00April 12th, 2018|Dental|

Dr. Thomas Dudney In his textbook The Science and Art of Porcelain Laminate Veneers, Dr. Galip Gurel defines smile design by saying: “The dentist who wants to create a smile design must closely observe the intact smile, the dominant position of the maxillary central incisors, and the art of the esthetic integration of [...]

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Announcing the Grand Opening of our Newest Location

By |2020-04-09T16:15:26+00:00March 22nd, 2018|Dental|

The Pacific Aesthetic Continuum is very proud to announce the Grand Opening of our newest location, the Pacific Aesthetic Dental Studio, Placentia CA. Our newest location will serve existing clientele in Southern California as well as offer its services to new dental offices in the area. Over the next several weeks, we will be completing [...]

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From the Frontlines: Visualization – Keys to Success

By |2020-04-09T16:16:08+00:00March 22nd, 2018|Dental|

Dr. Jack Griffin Certainly obtaining a great result in a cosmetic case is more than just imagination; it’s a combination of more tangible things. Thorough diagnosis, evaluating patient desires, tempered expectations, prudent tooth preparation, accurate lab records, and proper handling of tissues and materials is critical to success. However, can you see the [...]

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Conservative Bridge, Maximum Aesthetics

By |2020-04-09T16:20:04+00:00February 25th, 2018|Dental|

Dr. Jack Griffin The choices in aesthetic materials today can give us stronger cosmetic restorations than ever before. The three major indirect aesthetic choices today are zirconia, lithium disilicate, and resin-based materials. Tooth preparation and cementation techniques are critical and must be melded with the characteristics of the material chosen. Zirconia has had [...]

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