Table of Contents

Cover Story

• The Race to Retirement
  Fred Balzac

Continuing Education

• Restoring Periodontal Support:A Review of Why, When, and How
  

Columns

• Update on Patient Care: The Right and Wrong Ways to Brush
  Mary Beth Kensek, RDH, RF, BS
• Report: Botulinum Toxin Type A in The Treatment of Dental Conditions
  Andrew Blumenfeld, MD

Endodontics

• Endodontics: Endodontic Obturation Considerations for the General Dentist
  Larry Lopez

Departments

• PRACTICE BUILDING AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT: Minimizing Cancellations and No-Shows to Maximize Production
  Lois Banta
• PRACTICE BUILDING AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT: Using Your Insurance
  
• Clinical Evaluation of Direct Cuspal Coverage With Posterior Composite Resin Restorations
  
• Fracture Strength Of Endodontically Treated Teeth with Flared Root Canals and Restored with Different Post Systems
  
• Technology Integration: The Next Step-Digital Impressions
  James C. Downs
• Replacement Choices for the Worn-Out Amalgam Restoration
  Michael A. McBride, DDS, James F. Simon, DDS, MSEd
• Chairside CAD/CAM Goes to the Dental Laboratory
  Joel Benk, DDS, Larry Lindke
• New Techniques and Technology in Implant Dentistry Reduce Treatment Time
  Robert Emery, DDS, Benjamin Watkins, Steven A. Guttenberg
• Self-Etch Immediate Dentin Sealing-A Clinical Technique
  Randall G. Cohen, DDS, Michael V. Razzano, DDS
• Unique VPS Impression Material Uses an Advanced Temperature-Sensitive Formulation
  Howard E. Strassler, DDS, Travis Weeks
• Focus On: 3-D X-Ray: An Update
  Allan G. Farman, BDS, PhD, MBA, DSc, Claudio M. Levato, DDS, FACD, William C. Scarfe, BDS, MS, FRACDS

Industry News

• An Inside Look At...: BISCO, Inc. Schaumburg, Illinois
  
• Industry Insider
  
• On the Scene: The National Museum of Dentistry
  Laura Sass-Germain

Product News

• Cleanse and Soothe Oral Mucosal Lesions with Gly-oxide® Liquid Antiseptic Oral Cleanser
  
• The Technology Behind Ultreo and Its Technical Application
  
• New Protemp™ Crown Temporization Material-Ultimate Simplicity in Temporization
  

Restorative

• Restorative Dentistry: Interdisciplinary Synergy-Managing Complex Treatment Objectives for a Predictable Esthetic Result
  Leonard A. Hess, DDS, Don Franklin