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Jeremy Cooper examines the key lessons to learn to thrive in the surgery and beyond. What makes a good dentist? It’s a question that I was asked recently – but I wonder how often we stop to consider the answer. The first thing to recognise is that it depends on who’s asking! The patient’s perspective…
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Jeremy Cooper outlines the history of metal posts and shows where we are now with a case study using a state-of-the-art post. In 1728 Pierre Fauchard used metal posts screwed into teeth to hold bridges. During the following century, people used other materials such as wooden dowels to hold teeth onto retained roots. Without…
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but is this true from the perspective of aesthetic dentistry? Jeremy Cooper investigates. The term aesthetic is defined as ‘concerned with beauty, or the appreciation of beauty’. But the key issue that is not addressed within the definition, is from whose perspective this is. Is aesthetic success…
