Archive for the 'News' Category
August 4th, 2010 by Lena
The American Dental Association’s Professional Product Review is out. In this issue, the ADA reviews seven electric handpieces for speed, eccentricity, noise, light profile, resistance and extraction force.
The Review, which mails quarterly with The Journal of the American Dental Association, helps dentists with product selection by delivering unbiased, scientifically sound and clinically relevant information. Recent editions have covered electric and high-speed air turbine handpieces.
As restorative dentists, we understand and accept our profession as technique sensitive. Materials constantly change. Techniques continue to improve. These two facts underscore the importance of staying on top of new products and procedures. We encourage aesthetic dentists to utilize the ADA Professional Product Review. At the Center for Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry, we provide a comprehensive, hands-on method of staying up to date with the most current and effective dental procedures.
June 22nd, 2010 by Lena
Doctors Emilio Canal and Michael Messina are taking restorative dentistry to the soccer field. Dubbed the “soccer docs,” these Washington, D.C., dentists have been involved with U.S. men’s and women’s Major League and Olympics soccer teams since 1996. Their most recent dental task? Preparing all of the 2010 U.S. World Cup players for the ongoing games in South Africa with pre-tournament evaluations and custom-made mouth guards. Learn more about these dentists and their preparation for the World Cup from the American Dental Association.
Dental injuries are the most common type of orofacial injury sustained during participation in sports, and the majority of them are preventable. That’s why the ADA recommends wearing custom mouth guards during any physical activity in which you could sustain a blow to the jaw.
In high school and college football alone, sports dentists prevent approximately 200,000 injuries each year by recommending and creating custom mouth guards for players. In addition, through on-site treatment of injuries such as tooth avulsions, sports dentists can save a patient an estimated $10,000 to $15,000 per tooth in lifetime dental costs.
June 3rd, 2010 by Lena
New research confirms a link between oral hygiene and heart disease. Published in BMJ, the study, “Toothbrushing, inflammation, and risk of cardiovascular disease: results from Scottish Health Survey,” found that subjects who rarely or never brushed their teeth had a 70 percent increased risk of cardiovascular disease, compared to those who brushed twice a day.
There were 11,869 men and women, mean age 50, participating in the study. When adjusted for sex, age and tobacco usage (smoker versus those who had never smoked), there were no clear differences in results.
Researchers say this study confirms the results of previous studies, pointing to two separate studies published in 2007 in the American Heart Journal and the Journal of Periodontology.
The study also looked at whether markers of low-grade inflammation/coagulation were associated with low frequency of toothbrushing. The subjects who rarely or never brushed their teeth had increased concentrations of C reactive protein and fibrinogen, which are inflammatory markers in the blood. This, the study text says, “suggests a possible role of poor oral hygiene in the risk of cardiovascular disease via systemic inflammation.”
“In a way, it’s really quite an old story, because back in the early 19th century there was a theory called focal sepsis, and people believed that infections in the mouth caused disease in the whole body,” study co-author Richard Watt of University College London told Reuters.
Study authors warn that more research is needed before a clear relationship can be made between inflammation around the gums and cardiovascular disease risk.
May 17th, 2010 by Lena
Center for Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry
Mission Statement for Dentists
To provide the highest level of technical dental training, communication skills and practice systems to dentists.
To diagnose, treatment plan and properly treat the most complex dental problems.
To practice in a highly productive environment in the patient’s best interest.
To experience an extreme sense of satisfaction knowing that you are providing service to patients in the highest tier of dental expertise.
In the last decade, more than 500 dentists worldwide have participated in the hands on dental courses offered at the Center for Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry. And it all started with an idea…
In 2000, Dr. Steven Cutbirth, Director of the Center for Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry, was a practicing dentist in Waco, Texas, who noticed that the practice of comprehensive, technically correct dentistry was being lost to the high-volume, toothache-oriented, managed-care model. There certainly was a need for technically correct treatment for facial pain, as well as for aesthetic and complex restorative dentistry, but it wasn’t being filled. There were a few programs offering this type of training, but they all fell short of featuring the practice model that Dr. Cutbirth thought was necessary for teaching comprehensive, technically correct dental treatment.
So Dr. Cutbirth created his own program—the Center for Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry, which offered a five-weekend hands-on continuum called the Advanced Restorative Series. The series is designed for new dentists looking for advanced training as they start their practice, as well as practicing dentists who are burned out on toothache dentistry. Originally, the center was a part of Baylor College of Dentistry Continuing Education Program in Dallas.
As the program grew, the center was moved to CityPlace Conference Center in Dallas, a beautiful, spacious, comfortable setting with state-of-the-art technical facilities for lectures and hands-on laboratory work.
Today, the Center for Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry offers two courses: the five-week Advanced Restorative Series, which deals with advanced restorative techniques, differential diagnosis and treatment of facial pain (TMJ), functional/occlusal problems and practice systems; and the Masters’ Courses, also a five weekend continuum, which is offered to Advanced Restorative Series alumni.
Courses start this September. Class sizes are limited. Read more about the hands on dental courses.
May 5th, 2010 by Megan
If your practice is new, use the Center for Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry to grow it with proven and profitable procedures. The Center for Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry series of courses will teach you advanced and predictable restorative methods as well as a proven practice system.
You will be able to diagnose and treat complex dental conditions, including:
- Severe wear cases
- Myofacial and intraarticular facial pain
- Complex esthetic conditions
This program gives you the tools to reach the highest tier in aesthetic restorative dentistry. Best of all, you will be able to begin implementing these skills immediately on Monday morning.
Still curious if the program is right for you? Take a look at what satisfied student Jonathan James had to say. Please review our course selection and imagine doing these procedures yourself.
Find out what other students have to say about our program.
