Technology is changing every industry, and dentistry is no exception. The days of creating messy plaster impressions are rapidly fading into the depths of history.

Today, intra- oral scanners can quickly and cleanly create an astoundingly accurate and lifelike impression on a computer in a matter of seconds. These same files can be sent to a dental lab with a single click, saving your office serious time and money.

This is just one way that a digitally savvy office can decrease chair time, increase productivity, and ultimately increase profits. Have you taken time recently to look at your digital workflow? You may be surprised at how many opportunities you have to digitize your processes, provide better overall service, and deliver optimum results to your patients.

Video Learning – Short, Yet Informative

Our video independent learning courses and “Sessions with the Experts” series feature over 180 individual videos designed and created to make you a proficient appliance therapy provider.
Written by and featuring outstanding clinicians, these informative, concise educational tools will serve to sharpen and augment your skill sets in specialized areas such as banding and bracketing and removable appliance adjustment.

THE PRINCIPLES OF APPLIANCE THERAPY FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN* is an invaluable chair-side reference source and visual aid for explaining patient options.

This 250-page encyclopedia of treatment philosophy and possibilities, diagnostic procedures and full-color techniques and appliances -- from minor interceptive orthodontics and cosmetic tooth movement to much more comprehensive treatment plans -- covers the entire spectrum of appliance therapy and its implementation into your practice.

Football season is here and you need to make sure your child has what they need to keep their teeth safe.  If your child is dedicated enough to be spending his time sweating it up in football practice, then he certainly deserves the best equipment you can afford. The better his equipment fits, the better he can play, and – most importantly – the safer he’ll be.

One often-overlooked piece of football equipment is the mouth guard. You may have paid hundreds of dollars for your son’s specialized football helmet and fitted pads but probably never thought twice about buying him a (substandard) generic mouth guard.

So Much to Learn! So Little Time!
SML Can Help! We provide and/or sponsor a wide variety of courses on a multitude of topics. Click on the topics below to learn more.
Dental Sleep Medicine: The Advanced Course

  

Pediatric space management is often the key to preventing a serious malocclusion in the permanent dentition. The early loss of primary teeth can result in a reduction of arch length directly affecting the later eruption of the adult teeth. If the permanent teeth are not going to erupt within six months of primary tooth loss, appliance therapy is indicated.

The early loss of a tooth is usually due to dental caries or trauma and if space loss has not already occurred, rapid intervention with a space maintaining appliance is of utmost importance. If space loss has already occurred, a space regaining approach should be considered.  Our clinical case exemplifies the premature loss of anterior teeth due to “Baby Bottle Syndrome.”

On the day of the extraction, the doctor delivered a Groper Fixed Anterior Bridge.