Table of Contents

Cover Story

• Bugs, Drugs, Pain & Anxiety: Considerations for Proper Prescriptions in Today's Dental Practice
  

Continuing Education

• The Role of Temporization in Interdisciplinary Periodontal and Orthodontic Treatment
  

Columns

• Report: Medical & Dental Factions Converge Toward Agreement on Oral Systemic Associations
  

Departments

• Practice Building and Wealth Management: Can Your Practice Withstand Disaster?
  Roger P. Levin, DDS
• Practice Building and Wealth Management: A Closer Look at Dividend-Paying Stocks
  Scott Kleiman
• Practice Building and Wealth Management: How to Find Quality in Disability Insurance
  David H. Shantz
• Subset Analysis by Smoking Status with Arestin® in Periodontitis Therapy
  Howard E. Strassler, DDS
• Comparison of Dental Implant Systems-Quality of Clinical Evidence and Prediction of 5-Year Survival
  Howard E. Strassler, DDS
• Conservative Treatment of an Endodontic and Esthetic Failure in a Young Patient
  Richard Trushkowsky, DDS
• Clinical Materials Review: Direct Esthetic Adhesive Restorative Materials
  Susana Ferreira, DDS, Gerard Kugel, DMD, MS, PhD, Stephen Martin, DMD, Jack L. Ferracane, PhD
• Focus On: The Art and Science of Tooth Whitening
  Gerard Kugel, DMD, MS, PhD, Susana Ferreira, DDS
• Health & Safety: Understanding and Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders in Dentistry
  Eve J. Cuny, RDA, MS, A. Jeffrey Wood, DDS
• Lab Talk: CAD/CAM Dentistry-A New Forum for Dentist-Technician Teamwork
  Lee Culp, CDT, Alex Touchstone, DDS
• Dentistry at Large: Electronic Dental Records for Practice Management-Today's Dilemma or Tomorrow's Reality?
  Margaret I. Scarlett, DMD
• Evaluation of the Atlantis Abutment in Implant Restoration
  Lee M. Whitesides, DMD, MMSc
• Esthetic Transitional Temporaries-The Key to Esthetic Success
  Wynn H. Okuda, DMD, FICD, FICOI

Esthetics

• Esthetic Dentistry: Development of a Processed Composite Resin Restoration-Preparation and Laboratory Fabrication - Part I
  Douglas A. Terry, DDS, Karl F. Leinfelder, DDS, MS

Industry News

• An Inside Look At...: Brasseler USA, Inc
  
• Industry Insider
  
• On the Scene: 10th Anniversary Celebration for the National Museum of Dentistry
  
• University Spotlight: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry
  
• University Proceedings: Considerations for Vital Nightguard Tooth Bleaching with 10% Carbamide Peroxide After Nearly 20 Years of Proven Use
  Van B. Haywood, DMD

Implants

• Implant Dentistry: Making Implants Your First Option
  Jon Julian, DDS

Product News

• The Paste Pak Cartridge-A Convenient and Dependable Dispensing System
  Randy Weiner, DMD
• A 'SIMPL' Protocol for Restoring Implants
  
• How BioDental Models Help Dentists Visualize, Plan, and Place Dental Implants
  
• Practice Essentials
  

Restorative

• Restorative Dentistry: Cuspid Disclusion-Is It Not Academic?
  Chris Stevens, DDS