New Issue of The Biomimetic Uprising Read Time: 3 min  I used to think that I had to be perfect doing biomimetic dentistry.  I mean, with biomimetics, we've found the Holy Grail right?  We can establish super strong bonds that will last a lifetime.  We can bond an onlay on flat prep with no retentive features.  After we do our work, its perfect!  We can save teeth! Yeah... thats cool and all buuuuut....   But theres a lot of things we cant control. There's a lot that happens once the patient leaves our chair.  And no...I'm not putting the blam ..read more

New Issue of The Biomimetic Uprising Read Time: 3 min    C- Factor in dentistry is one of the concepts that can be hard to understand and visualize but is one of the most important concepts for clinical success.  The "C-factor" refers to the cavity configuration factor. It is a numerical value that represents the ratio between the bonded and unbonded surfaces in a dental restoration. The C-factor is used to evaluate the polymerization shrinkage stress that occurs during the placement of composite resin restorations. When a composite resin material is used to fill a cav ..read more

For biomimetic dentistry, how do we measure success? Think about this for a second.  Is it the money we bring in? Is it the amount of redos we do? Is the lifestyle that is created? Is it the schedule we have? Is it the amount of teeth we're saving? Is it helping our patients? The amount of onlays we do instead of crowns? I'm sure it's different for everyone. But lets debate a few things... One of my favorite people to follow on social media is Gary Vaynerchuk.  He runs all sorts of different social business.  He has media company, sports agency, he does consulting, public s ..read more

 New Issue of The Biomimetic Uprising Read Time:  2 min   The natural tooth is a complex biological structure composed of different tissues such as enamel, dentin, and pulp. Each of these tissues has unique mechanical properties that determine their stress, strain, and modulus of elasticity. Enamel is the outermost layer of the tooth and is the hardest tissue in the human body. Its modulus of elasticity is approximately 83 GPa, which means that it is relatively stiff and resists deformation when subjected to stress. Enamel is also brittle, meaning it is prone to fracture wh ..read more

 New Issue of The Biomimetic Uprising Read Time:  2 min   Caries removal is one of the most important things we do in biomimetic dentistry.  We've talked a lot about it in previous posts, like this one from February, and even briefly in last week's about how composite fillings are breaking down. We should remember that the tensile strength of the DEJ is about 51.5 MPa.  This should always be the goal with biomimetic restorative dentistry.  This gives us the baseline of what we should be achieving, but also a reference to how close we are in deeper more compro ..read more

New Issue of The Biomimetic Uprising Read Time: 3.5 min  Composite restorations are one of the most common things we do in dentistry, yet is often one that has the most issues associated  with it.  Most of the time, they are pretty cheap to do, will have low reimbursement rates, and will have a set of post op complications associated with them. Dental insurances in America will often cover them to be redone about every 2-5 years.  That essentially is them admitting the time length that they expect them to last.   In some ways that really is a poor business model ..read more

 New Issue of The Biomimetic Uprising Read Time: 3.5 min     Its baseball season right now and I can't be happier about it.  Its been one of the things that has helped get me thru being sick all this past week.  The World Baseball Classic recently came to close.  If anyone watched it, they will know it was a huge hit worldwide.  Similar to the olympics, this is a tournament where all the best players come together to represent their country.  Its a gathering of mega super stars, up and coming players, as well as no names players that are w ..read more

 New Issue of The Biomimetic Uprising (from last week.  Sorry didn't upload right) Read Time: 3 min  Balancing a schedule that fits all of your patients needs can be complicated.  There are so many things in the day that we need to be doing as biomimetic dental practice owners. As an owner, we are doing the key production, the human resources, the maintenance, the marketing, the managerial tasks, and often times the collections, scheduling, and other important office duties.  In a previous issue of The Biomimetic Uprising you can read about finding ..read more

  Biomimetic dentistry is a relatively new field of dentistry that focuses on restoring and preserving the natural tooth structure. It is based on the principle of mimicking the natural tooth structure in order to create a strong, durable, and aesthetically pleasing restoration. Biomimetics focuses on preserving as much of the natural tooth structure as possible and mimicking the natural biomechanics of the tooth.  This type of dentistry is becoming increasingly popular due to its ability to provide long-term, durable results with minimal destruction of the natural tooth structu ..read more

Removing deep decay can be some of the most stressful procedures as newly starting biomimetic dentist.  In these situations, we are balancing so many complicated things.  We're trying to create enough of a clean area to bond to, balance our prep design, remove enough decay, and of course, making sure we don't expose the pulp!  After all, we know that respecting the biology is one of the four main pillars of biomimetic dentistry.  It takes some skill, understanding and practice to be able to predictably remove deep decay without complications. Yes it can be done.  Every ..read more