Clinicians Report February 2025, Volume 18 Issue 2

Looking Beyond the Teeth and Potentially Saving Lives: The Dentist’s Role in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

At least 30% of U.S. adults have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and the vast majority are undiagnosed. With increasing obesity rates, this is only getting worse. Dentists are perfectly positioned to screen, refer, and treat people for this life-threatening problem.

• What’s the Problem?
• How Big is the Problem?
• Where is Education Available?
• How Does Sleep Medicine Fit into a Busy Practice?
• Does Insurance Cover Oral Appliance Therapy?
• Oral Appliances
• Laboratories
• Other Options
• Screening to Treatment
• CR Conclusions

Ensuring Class II Resins are Not Second-Class Financially

CR suggests ways to accomplish these essential restorations with the highest quality and greater profitably.

• Steps to Return Direct Resin to Profitability
• Evaluate Your Fees
• Reduce Supply Costs
• Treatment Plan for Success
• Educate and Empower Staff
• Incorporate Multiple Column Scheduling
• Practice Six-Handed Dentistry
• CR Conclusions

Intraoral Scanning and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

This report explains how AI is helping digital impressions and guides you with data on six scanners evaluated by CR.

• Current Impact of Artificial Intelligence
• Evaluation of Scanners: Key Features and Performance of Six Scanners
• Summary of Evaluation
• CR Conclusions

Products Rated Highly by CR Scientists and Clinical Evaluators

The following products were rated excellent or good by CR Evaluator clinical use and CR Science evaluations.

• Effective, Adhesive, Protective Dressing Material for Intraoral Wounds
• Lower Cost, Single Component, Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer Liner
• Stackable Core Build-Up Material has Dual-Cure and Cuts Like Dentin for Easy Shaping
• FIRST LOOK: Cordless Headlight with Long Battery Life, Light Weight, and Magnetic Battery Connection

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