What makes the current era the biggest technical golden age in dental history? The combination of speed, safety, materials, and demographic timing that no prior era has matched. On the speed dimension, a full arch of teeth can be replaced with implants in roughly an hour, a feat that would have been unimaginable a generation ago. On the safety dimension, routine conscious sedation beyond nitrous oxide allows longer and faster appointments with minimal patient stress, expanding the range of work that can be done comfortably in a single visit. On the materials dimension, the availability, consistency, and quality of restorative materials, [...]