Table of Contents

Cover Story

• Dissecting the Debate Over the Ethics of Esthetic Dentistry
  

Continuing Education

• The Gingival-Restorative Interface: A Restorative Clinician's View
  

Columns

• Pathology: Palatal Lesions
  Ines Velez, DDS, Michael Siegel, DDS, MS

Departments

• Practice Building: Seven Key Distinctions That Enhance the Patient Experience and Increase Case Acceptance
  Paul Homoly, DDS
• Practice Building: Using Your Insurance-Taking Insurance from School to Practice
  
• Retention of Zirconium Oxide Ceramic Crowns With Three Types of Cement
  Howard E. Strassler, DDS
• Clinical Performance of a Self-Adhesive Universal Resin Cement; Initial Findings
  Howard E. Strassler, DDS
• Clinical Roundtable: What are Some of the General Situations in Which an Implant is Indicated vs Endodontic Therapy?
  
• Clinical Materials Review: Polymerization Shrinkage - Clinical Review
  Deniz Cakir, DDS, MS, Robert Sergent, DMD, John O. Burgess, DDS, MS
• Lab Talk: New Dentist Checklist-Keys to Beginning a Successful Laboratory Partnership
  Rick Smith CDT, Edward A. McLaren, DDS, MDC, MDS
• Dental Adhesives-A Review and Case Report
  John O. Burgess, DDS, MS, Deniz Cakir, DDS, MS
• Using the STA™ System to Produce Profound Anesthesia in a Variety of Routine Clinical Situations
  Marty Jablow, DMD
• Appropriate Post, Crown Selection to Achieve Natural-Looking Esthetics
  Robert G. Ritter, DMD, PA
• Health & Safety: Water Quality in Dental Healthcare Delivery
  Eve J. Cuny, RDA, MS
• Update On Patient Care: Worn Out-How Americans Are Damaging Their Teeth
  Robert Margeas, DDS
• Progress Report
  

Esthetics

• Esthetics: Laser-Assisted Cosmetic Dentistry-Putting Technology to Work
  Patrick J. Broome, DMD, MBA

Industry News

• An Inside Look At...: LED Dental Inc and LED Medical Diagnostics Inc
  
• A Call to Action: Oral Health America's Message for America
  
• Industry Insider
  

Implants

• Implant Dentistry: Restoration of an Acquired Mandibular Defect Secondary to a Neoplasm Excision
  Robert Schneider, DDS, MS

Product News

• Ridge Expansion With Motorized Expanders
  
• The Alphard - The Ultimate in CBCT
  
• Using an Automated Mixer to Prepare Alginates, Dental Stone, and Impression Materials
  
• The Gripper Sideless Dual Arch Posterior Tray
  
• Practice Essentials
  

Restorative

• Restorative Dentistry: The Challenge of Restoring Teeth With Darkness in the Gingival Third
  Thomas E. Dudney, DMD