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For as long as children have had imaginations, they have been afraid of the dentist. We’ve all been through it and most of us have outgrown it, but it doesn’t have to be a rite of passage. The fear of the dentist can turn into a problem if your young patients are suffering through their checkups. Here are a few ways to fight off the stereotype and earn your patients’ trust.Talk to the Parents FirstYou can make your waiting room the next Disney World, but if the parents are somehow engendering th

If you’re shopping around for dental supplies for your practice and you’re looking to try something new, you may be confused by some products that seem to perform the same function but look slightly different. Take hemostatic sponges, for instance. There are many varieties of dental sponges whose hemostatic agents are derived from different sources, such as gelatin, bone wax, or cellulose. But if all these products do basically the same thing, how do you decide what to use on your patients? Whil

The Seven Generations of Bonding AgentsGood things come to those who wait. At least that’s true of many dentistry tools, procedures, and technologies. We live in a time of relative ease, having readily available solutions to any number of dental issues. But many of the techniques, tools, and materials we use today didn’t just appear on their own. They’re the result of decades, sometimes centuries, of progress.The History of BondingAs for bonding agents, the most exciting updates started developi