On dentaltown.com What you can find on ... .com So you read the magazine, but did you know we also have an active online community? The magazine is just a part of what we do at Dentaltown. Visit dentaltown.com for an ongoing conversation about everything from tough cases to staff issues to who's going to win the NBA Finals this season. Join the discussion! Message Boards Scanning and Shredding Old Patient Charts Please Help Evaluate Rural Practice Sale As more people switch to digital charts, what do you do with the older charts that need to be converted and/or shredded? A Townie wants advice on how to proceed with purchasing a practice in a rural area before selling his own. Rural Sale Scanning Charts Case Presentation What Do You Think of This Case Planning? #4 Planning #4 A Townie shares his first anterior case and wants some input on his treatment planning. Online CE To Pull or Not to Pull: Apical Surgery vs. Implant Replacement by Dr. Daniel G. Pompa This course describes the indications and contraindications for performing or referring a patient for apical surgery. With correct history, radiographic and clinical evaluation, the decision to perform an apicoectomy will be weighed against further evaluation, a retreatment option or extraction. Then a decision is made as to whether an implant or fixed bridge (fixed partial prosthesis), a removable prosthesis (fixed or transitional temporary prosthesis), or doing nothing would be the final offered treatment plan. 28 APRIL 2017 // dentaltownuk.comhttp://www.dentaltown.com http://www.dentaltown.com http://www.dentaltown.com/MessageBoard/thread.aspx?a=11&s=2&f=242&t=286513&g=1&st=scanning%20and%20shredding%20old%20patient%20charts http://www.dentaltown.com/MessageBoard/thread.aspx?a=11&s=2&f=148&t=286462&g=1&st=please%20help%20evaluate%20rural%20practice%20sale http://www.dentaltown.com/MessageBoard/thread.aspx?a=11&s=2&f=123&t=285214&g=1&st=what%20do%20you%20think%20of%20this%20case%20planning?%20#4 http://www.dentaltown.com/onlinece/details/715/to-pull-or-not-to-pull-apical-surgery-vs-implant-replacement http://www.dentaltownuk.com