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.

For the majority of us, going to the dentist means enduring some scraping, deep cleaning, flossing, and the occasional X-ray. Once in a while, we might have a cavity filled or a crown placed. Most of the general public doesn’t realize that dentists can do so much more!

Many might never think to ask their dentist for help with TMJ or jaw pain, sleep apnea, or their child’s thumb-sucking habit. The truth is, dentists can help in all of these situations by fitting the patient with specialized appliances. Dentists can also use appliances to maintain space between teeth, close space, or correct tooth movement.

Dentists don’t just clean teeth. Every dentist is a specialist. Make sure your patients know that you are a dental specialist – one who can diagnose, treat and correct a wide variety of oral issues and conditions.

To find a reliable dental appliance manufacturer near you, contact SML (Space Maintainers Laboratories).

In our specialized report, HALITOSIS: Being Part of the Cure, we explained to dentists that an estimated 25 million Americans suffer from chronic halitosis. In a majority of cases, the cause is intra-oral, which means that you can be an agent of change for a patient who may feel extremely embarrassed or self-conscious about this condition.

In our report, we discuss the many different types of intra-oral causes of halitosis. By far, the most common cause is improper oral hygiene. Patients simply aren’t brushing and flossing properly or enough.  Often, a patient who has trouble regularly brushing and flossing their teeth also doesn’t take care to properly clean their retainer. If a retainer isn’t cleaned each day and disinfected at least once a week, it may become a breeding ground for bacteria.