Age-Old Problems, New Solutions
Compendium features peer-reviewed articles and continued education opportunities on restorative techniques, clinical insights, and dental innovations, offering essential knowledge for dental professionals.
September 1, 2022
Volume 43, Issue 8, September 2022
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When it comes to dental health problems, the old expression, "There's nothing new under the sun," seems to apply. Most dental problems are as old as mankind. Yet somehow, with the aid of science, research, medicine, and technology, the dental profession keeps finding new solutions to these familiar, timeworn maladies.
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Our second CE article examines another age-old problem: cervical lesions. In examining published literature for causative factors of cervical dentin hypersensitivity and noncarious cervical lesions, the author highlights considerable debate that has surrounded this topic for decades and determines that there are three fundamental etiological mechanisms related to these anomalies. The article describes this trio of etiologies and gives direction on what clinicians must do prior to administering treatment.
Also, while irregularities in dental anatomy are nothing new to dentists, the means by which they detect them have taken a giant leap forward with the advent of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). This issue of Compendium features a case report that demonstrates the effectiveness of CBCT usage in endodontic treatment of a mandibular premolar with atypical anatomy. Other clinical reports show the use of innovative techniques for: preserving pulp vitality in an asymptomatic deep carious lesion, implant placement lateral to the inferior alveolar nerve, and correcting occlusal dysfunction while improving a patient's esthetics.
Two things seem to be certain in dentistry: patients will continue to present with the same old problems, and clinicians will keep finding new ways to provide improved care. Our goal at Compendium is to keep bringing our readers better solutions.
Sincerely,
Markus B. Blatz, DMD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
mblatz@aegiscomm.com
