Dear Cosmetic Dentistry Insider,
When it comes to cosmetic procedures, helping your patients attain a more attractive smile can also help grow your practice. Here Dr. Tanya Brown shares her tips on how to talk with patients about cosmetic options without overwhelming them -- and increase case acceptance in the process.
Meanwhile, is your practice living up to its teeth-whitening potential? Practice management consultant Gary Takacs shares his thoughts on why now is a great time to increase your whitening business, and offers five sure-fire suggestions for how to make it happen.
Elsewhere in the Cosmetics Community, Utah's guidelines for the use of Botox, limited to intraoral indications for dentists and extraoral for oral surgeons, are dated compared with other states. But is there enough support from the dental community to change them?
On the clinical front, cone-beam CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offer a number of advantages over 2D imaging tools for diagnosing temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain, according to a paper in Dental Clinics of North America.
And the increasing adoption of cone-beam CT in dentistry has prompted much discussion of how to control the amount of radiation patients are exposed to. Now researchers from the University of Würzburg have demonstrated that MRI is a safe and effective option for orthodontic pediatric patients.
Finally, Gayle Glenn, DDS, MSD, recently took over as the first female president of the American Association of Orthodontists. DrBicuspid.com spoke with Dr. Glenn to learn about her plans for the coming year and how the role of women in dentistry has changed during her 30 years of practice.
