When I first heard about clear aligners in the early 2000s (the US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of clear aligners to straighten teeth in 1980), it must have sounded like science fiction. The fact that it was created in Silicon Valley by people who had nothing to do with the dental industry, in seeking solutions that do not require complicated appliances in the mouth, is really an incredible story.
Why do we need to straighten teeth? How do we do it? What is the best way? These are the big questions nowadays, and I think that the answers to these questions, as well as how we actually do these treatments, have changed over the past decades.
Data regarding oral health in Portugal is worrisome. Thirty percent of the Portuguese only go to the dentist in an emergency and 10% of the national population has no teeth.
Why do we need to straighten teeth? How do we do it? What is the best way? These are the big questions nowadays, and I think that the answers to these questions, as well as how we actually do these treatments, have changed over the past decades.
Difficult times we are all facing as humans, and I just wanted to give a big shout out to all the Dental community.
So very proud to have my article on “Toxic Dentistry” published in such a prestigious edition.
For the longest time I have been talking about how important it is to practice Slow Dentistry.
This study has been done with patients from around the world. Results are impressive. 2 out of 3 patients asked, believe a clinic with digital technology would provide better care.
The American Prosthodontic Society will celebrate its 92nd Annual Scientific Meeting on the 20th and 21st February 2020.
Leaders in Action Society is a platform of inspiring stories told in the first person through intimate and memorable conversations with some of the great leaders of our time.
It was a wonderful experience to lecture among some of the most exciting speakers in the world and to share with the audience the paradigm of shifting from analog to digital in implant dentistry.
Last week on the 5th and 6th September I had the privilege to lecture at the ADA/FDA meeting in San Francisco. I had talked about totally new ideas and my vision for the future of the dental profession.
I would like to share with you today one of my favourite videos, where I share some tips to be successful in a first appointment when presenting complex cases.
On the 20th of July, Dr. Dominik Nischwitz, author of the biological dentistry concept, visited the White Clinic to share his knowledge with a group of dentists about the advantages of this new concept, which consists in an holisticapproach of dentistry, thus focusing on the well-being of the patient.
