Implant dentistry is becoming a larger part of everyday practice – Straumann discusses the benefits of the Medentika range. If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well – this adage applies to dentistry too. When every step of the treatment plan is completed to the highest possible standard, you will be rewarded with clinical…

Smile in a Box provides access to the Straumann workflow to allow flexible treatment in implant dentistry. When providing dental implant treatment, it may feel challenging to meet the specific needs of every patient. Some patients may require a single implant, others multi-unit solutions, and some may even need full arch treatment. If you are…

Dragana Rakasevic discusses HELBO photodynamic therapy, from its clinical indications to its advantages for dental practices. Dr Dragana Rakasevic graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia, in 2011. Very early on, Dragana recognised that she and her peers were actively seeking new solutions to overcome the growing challenge of dental infections, mostly…

We hear from three implant dentists on why you shouldn’t settle for anything less than excellence in service, support, and education with your implant provider – and why they made the switch. Too often, implant dentists settle for inadequacy with the same implant provider for some time. Why, might you ask? Quite simply, switching can seem…

Getting patients to say ‘yes’ to treatment is a perennial challenge. Straumann discusses the factors that affect patient decision making and explains how digital workflows can help. Now, cost is likely to be one of the main reasons why people are either saying ‘no’ or ‘not yet’. The full impact that the cost of. living…

We spoke to specialist periodontist, clinical lecturer and ADI president, Amit Patel, about his origins, specialist training, and skydiving ambitions. Where did you grow up and what was family life like? I grew up in Edgware, north-west London. We were self-sufficient kids because my mum and dad worked hard. I enjoyed it – I played…

‘I don’t know how girls do it!’: Amit Patel, president of the Association of Dental Implantology (ADI), discusses the upcoming ADI conference and why he will be cutting his 29-inch-long hair on stage. Please introduce yourself My name is Amit Patel. I’m a specialist in periodontics in Birmingham city centre, and I also place dental…

[embedded content] Dr Michael Ainsworth talks us through the benefits of ethoss and how it’s transformed his bone grafting journey.  Please introduce yourself I’m Michael Ainsworth and I have a referral practice just south of Sheffield. I mainly do implants and complex restorative. I’ve been using ethoss since it came out in 2007 almost exclusively….