Table of Contents

Cover Story

• Same Time Next Year
  

Continuing Education

• Abfractive Lesions: A Bioesthetic Approach to Improve Function and Appearance
  

Departments

• Practice Building and Wealth Management: Avoid Case Presentation Pitfalls
  Tony Ratliff, DDS, MBA
• Practice Building and Wealth Management: Strategic Planning to Increase Treatment Plan Acceptance - Your Practice and Your Patients Will Benefit
  Susan Richardson
• Influence of Vision on the Evaluation of Marginal Discrepancies in Restorations
  
• New surgical approach for root coverage of localized gingival recession with acellular dermal matrix - a 12-month comparative study.
  
• Health and Safety: Implications of Implementing the ALARA Principle & NCRP Guidelines: How They Affect Your X-ray Procedures
  David N. Wright, DMD
• Technology Integration: Demystifying Dental Digital Photography
  Tony Soileau, DDS
• Lab Talk: The 3D Communication of Shade - Visual Shade Taking and the Use of Computerized Shade-Taking Technology
  Edward A. McLaren, DDS, MDC, MDS, Perry R. Klokkevold, DDS, MS
• Dentistry at Large: CIGNA Launches Oral Health Maternity Program
  
• Mastering the Art of Impression Making
  Robert A. Lowe, DDS, FAGD, FICD, FADI, FACD
• Characteristics of a New Glass Ionomer Material
  Karl F. Leinfelder, DDS, MS
• Practice Building and Wealth Management: Beneficiaries Count Big in Your Estate Plan
  

Esthetics

• Esthetics: Altering Tooth Inclination and Overall Esthetics with Direct Composite Veneers, Gingival Contouring, and Enamelplasty
  Frank J. Milnar, DDS, AAACD
• Esthetics: Simultaneous Placement of Minimally Invasive Porcelain Veneers - Predictable, Durable Success
  Howard E. Strassler, DDS, Daniel Hoffacker

Industry News

• University Spotlight: Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
  
• An Inside Look At...: GC America Inc
  
• Industry Insider
  
• On the Scene: Friends of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research 8th Annual Awards Gala
  

Implants

• Implant Dentistry: Emergency Intraoral Repairs with Narrow-Bodied Implants
  Michael Kleinman, DDS, Ziv Mazor, DMD, Keith Rossein, DDS

Product News

• GuttaFlow® for the Permanent Obturation of Root Canals - A Technique Review
  
• Activ GP™ - A Single-Cone Obturation Technique
  Kenneth Koch, DMD, Dennis G. Brave, DDS
• Dentistry for an Aging Population - The Era® Implant Overdenture
  Joe L. Carrick, DDS, FAACD, DICOI
• Simple Restorative Protocol With the Provide™ Abutment
  
• Cosmetic Alternative to Permanent Dental Work - The Snap-On Smile?
  Dr.Marc Liechtung
• Practice Essentials
  

Restorative

• Restorative Dentistry: Prosthetic Procedures Simplified for Clinical
  Andrew Shannon, DDS