Josh Sharpling and Zo Ali

Josh Sharpling and Zo Ali

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Prosthodontips – preparing for excellence: how to produce an excellent crown preparation

This week the Prosthodontips team take a closer look at the tricky area of crown preparations and give their top tips for preparing the tooth. For a long time crown preparations were my least favourite part of dentistry. I found them difficult, time consuming, and struggled to get consistent results. Over the past 10 years…

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Prosthodontips – restoration of a lower second molar

This month’s prosthodontips is about a common clinical scenario that can very easily catch you out; restoration of a lower second molar. Access is difficult, isolation is difficult, and the lower second molars are very sensitive to changes in occlusion. For these reasons a simple treatment can quickly become complicated. Lower second molar case This…

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Prosthodontips – resin-retained bridges: fun and predictable

In this month’s Prosthodontips, Josh and Zo take a closer look at RRBs and how to create a favourable long-term solution for a patient. Resin-retained bridges (RRBs) have been around for decades. However, despite the favourable evidence from long-term clinical studies, they have developed a rather undeserved reputation for failure. Perhaps this is because many…

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Prosthodontips – implant salvage

In the Prosthodontips column this month, Josh Sharpling and Zohaib Ali discuss refurbishing an implant-retained bridge. As implant restorations become more and more common, the skill of refurbishing implant bridges (rather than replacing them) will become more and more valued by patients. I’ll discuss a case I completed recently and highlight my thought process. Implant…

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Prosthodontips – managing toothwear

Josh Sharpling and Zo Ali explore toothwear, why patients may seek treatment and the different ways clinicians can help. In the previous columns we introduced toothwear and how to recognise it. Diagnosis is closely followed by stabilisation using dietary modifications, optimising eating habits, appropriate oral hygiene practices and working with the patient’s GP. Along with…

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Prosthodontips – toothwear

In this month’s Prosthodontips, Josh Sharpling and Zo Ali discuss toothwear, how to diagnose it and how to treat it. Toothwear, tooth surface loss, erosion, attrition, abrasion, abfraction. There are many ways to describe the non-carious loss of enamel and dentine (Figure 1). The terminology has evolved as our understanding of the microprocesses involved has…


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