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The other day, I watched my kids trying to build the perfect snowman in our backyard. Every time they piled the snow higher, the base would give way, and their frosty friend would...

Now I got you reading the article, and you are wondering why I'm dropping such a strong statement without even mention a scientific reference.  We should start remembering tha...

Introduction to dental photography Digital Dental photography is an essential aspect of modern dentistry, with numerous applications in documentation, treatment planning, patient c...

Now I got you reading the article, and you are wondering why I'm dropping such a strong statement without even mention a scientific reference.  We should start remembering tha...

It is often rightly said “Nature is the Best Teacher”. The best treatment modalities in Medical and Dental field are often inspired by body natural healing mechanism. Platelet deri...

We have reached a point that if we invite a friend to a webinar about "How to Place an Immediate Implant in a Giraffe", our friend will most likely decline the offering and excuse...

Trying to perform implant dentistry without understanding bone dynamics, guided bone regeneration basic techniques, and biology is like organizing a barbecue for vegans. We have to...

One of the most dramatic situations in our daily practice is to have patients that complain about an implant in the aesthetic zone that does not meet their expectations. One of the...

When we dive into the world of periodontal plastic surgery, it is unavoidable to avoid failure during the learning curve. Do not feel discouraged; you should know that it is part o...

Like most good things in life are accidental, Platform Switching , too, was discovered accidentally. During the late ’80s, Nobel Biocare introduced wide-diameter Branemark implants...

Every day ,  we are bombarded by thousands of ads in the form of banners, links, and emails, where companies try to make themselves heard amidst the noise of advertising and f...

Creating high-quality overhead videos of dental procedures can be challenging, especially when on a tight budget. But fear not, as capturing professional-looking footage without br...

I started to get interested, in detail, about Alveolar Ridge Preservation and Soft Tissue Management about 7 years ...

Crestal bone stability around dental implants remains one of the most important and wanted features of successful implant treatment. Yet, it seems like crestal bone loss was with u...

Excellence encompasses much more than what we do within the oral cavity. Clinical practice is not immune to the organization and everything that happens far from the dental chair....

It is estimated that the global dental market will reach 37 billion dollars in 2021 . These were the estimations before this COVID-19 global pandemic crisis came across our li...

Bone atrophies are one of the most challenging situations in modern implantology, and they affect many different patients in many different regions of the jaws. This increasing rat...

Imagine 10 years ago, on a typical barbeque Sunday afternoon, at home with your family. You're turning the coal in the grill as you're talking with your brother-in-law. Being the v...

Jim Collins, the author of the book  Good to Great , once said, "The main point is to first get the right people on the bus, and the wrong people off the bus, b...

Many times, after giving a class or a talk, in a course or in a meeting, I am asked questions not related to dentistry. Almost always the questions are "How do you do those animati...

It was while ago when the first article about the Bundle Bone, the Gap , and Immediate Implants started coming out. These are mega-topics that are always present in all the congres...

It was 2004 when Chen and colleagues published their landmark study on immediate implant placement. A year later, Araújo and Lindhe would shake the implant world with findings that...

There is no doubt that Digital Dentistry is here to stay. It’s not a fad or a trend.  It is already a standard workflow for many dentists around the world, and it’s growing ev...

Talking about alveolar ridge preservation (or socket preservation) always reminded me of a story about an American comedian performing a gig in New York City.  He walked onto...

In the 19th century, an Italian economist named Vilfredo Pareto found an exciting discovery while he was farming in his small garden.  He noticed that a small number of pea po...

On the 14th August of 1385, a battle was fought between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile. This battle was named the Aljubarrota Battle, and it was decisive for ruli...

Introduction to Immediate Implant in Molars Immediate implant placement into a fresh extraction sockets has become a common and well documented clinical procedure, especially in th...

Introduction to Stranger Implants Lately, there is a lot of buzz around Stranger Things tv show. For those who were just kids growing during the '80s, like me, this TV sh...

Dimensional changes of the alveolar ridge following tooth extraction continue to burden restorative implant treatment. Many clinical studies have verified that the buccal part of t...

Myths have been present since human civilization was described for the first time, and implant dentistry is sometimes subjected to some "myths". It is nothing new. It´s human natur...

Did you ever attend a class about sutures? I´m sure you did, and I´m sure it was boring as hell. Mainly because in those classes, we were learning the necessary skills to suture th...

Introduction Once again, before I start writing this post, I did a poll on Twitter about immediate loading: And it seems that dentists they do love immediate loading...or perhaps,...

When I'm in the middle of a discussion about the topic of immediate implants, I always remember Schulte. Schulte was the first to describe the placement of the immediate impla...

Introduction One of the major concerns is soft tissue recession around implants that may appear over time (Adell et al. 1981; Grunder 2000) and this is an important issue not only...

Recommending implant dentistry books is easy; buying them is slightly more difficult (some of them are expensive), but reading an entire book is tough work, and sometimes can be bo...

I´m sure you have heard about that there is an app for even the most obscure need or interest. You can find an app that simulates you are drinking a cold beer, an app that makes pr...

My camera My camera is a Nikon 610. Full frame and it is also the camera that I used to do the video that was on the page about Dental Photography. Lens I only use the original Nik...

Despite existing tons of image / photo softwares out there, sometimes it can be a little confusing which one to choose. When you talk with someone about this topic, the software th...

After receiving some emails from some followers, I decided to create this tutorial to introduce how I create my illustrations. First of all you should get Illustrator from Adobe. I...

Papers is an Appel Design Award and Ars Desig Award winning solution for managing research literatura. Now, it´s time for Papers 3 to take your personal library of research to a wh...

We all know that unavoidable ridge resorption occurs after an extraction (I´m not going to mention the bibliography because I´m sure you all know those articles from Amler to Arauj...

Introduction There are some questions about what is or what is not platform switching, and of course, what are the advantages of having a platform-switched concept in the implants...

Introduction Nowadays, implantology is a predictable area and well-accepted by the scientific community for missing or doubtful prognosis tooth repositioning. More than 30 years ag...

In this article, Araujo & Lindhe conclude that "the placement of Bio-Oss Collagen" in the buccal gap between the implant and the buccal-approximal bone walls of fresh extractio...

The fact that you’re spending your precious time reading these lines right now is mind-blowing. Seriously. And as an act of appreciation we are not going to waste your time, so let...

A few weeks ago, while I was at my office in Barcelona performing an implant surgery with a connective tissue graft, I was thinking about how much I used to enjoy this kind of surg...