Editorial
Specialist clinical decision frameworks for specific procedures.
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Zirconia is the default in most cosmetic-driven markets. PFM is still the better answer for a specific and clinically common set of cases. The market has moved on without the evidence catching up.
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Adult orthodontics for cosmetic indications is one of the fastest-growing categories in dentistry. A meaningful fraction of those cases leave the patient with a worse occlusion than they started with. The pattern is …
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Prophylactic extraction of asymptomatic, disease-free third molars is one of the most-performed dental surgeries in the world. The evidence stopped supporting it some time ago. The recommendation pattern did not change.
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When a bone graft is genuinely indicated, the next question is which one. Five materials are routinely used; the differences between them matter clinically and financially; and the marketing inside the graft category …
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On the published five-year evidence, vital pulp therapy is non-inferior to root canal treatment for the irreversibly pulpitic mature molar. The protocol survives, the tooth stays alive, the cost is lower. Most general …
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The tissue-conservation hierarchy runs composite → veneer → crown. Cosmetic-heavy markets (domestic and international) consistently invert it. Here's what that costs you, biologically and financially.
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Monolithic zirconia on four to six implants is the headline product of high-volume dental tourism. The procedure has real indications. The $8,000 Antalya version produces a recognisable failure pattern, and the failure …
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A 41-year-old woman from Telford had implants pushed through her sinus floor and into her nasal cavity at an Antalya clinic. The BBC published the scan. The case is the cleanest illustration we have of what the Turkey …
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The 'Turkey teeth' coverage is correct that aggressive tooth preparation is destructive. It is wrong about where the real danger is.
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Bone grafting is the most-quoted, least-questioned add-on in international implant dentistry. The real indications, the alternatives, and the cost line item to ask about by name.
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Three options. One under-used. One financially incentivised. The honest decision criteria, with the cost numbers attached.