Table of Contents

Cover Story

• Pounding on the Occlusion Pulpit: Where in Lies All the Controversy?
  

Continuing Education

• Use of the Natural Tooth as a Provisional After Immediate Implant Placement
  

Departments

• Practice Building and Wealth Management: What Your "Simple Test" Result Says About How You Could Improve Your Practice
  Harry A. Long, DMD
• Practice Building and Wealth Management: Initial Exam or Comprehensive Evaluation?
  Gary M. DeWood, DDS, MS
• Practice Building and Wealth Management: Your Insurance-Dentist Works with His Disability-and His Insurance
  
• Clinical evaluation of three desensitizing agents in relieving dentin hypersensitivity
  Howard E. Strassler, DDS
• Treatment of root sensitivity after periodontal therapy
  Howard E. Strassler, DDS
• Clinical Materials Review: Glass-Ionomer Cements-History and Current Status
  Theodore P. Croll, DDS, John W. Nicholson, PhD
• Clinical Roundtable: Question-Discuss the pros and cons of no-preparation,minimal-preparation, and full-preparation veneers
  Ronald E. Goldstein, DDS, Wynn H. Okuda, DMD, FICD, FICOI, Thomas Trinkner, DDS
• Direct Resin Realignment Alternatives to Orthodontic Treatment
  Gerald E. Denehy, DDS, MS
• Focus On: Current Status of Dentinal Adhesive Systems
  Karl F. Leinfelder, DDS, MS, Douglas A. Terry, DDS
• Technology Integration: Implementing Digital Radiography Into Your Practice
  Martin Jablow, DMD
• Improving Mandibular Denture Retention with Mini-Implants
  Gregori M. Kurtzman, DDS, MAGD, FACD, DICOI, Douglas F. Dompkowski, DDS

Esthetics

• Esthetics: Elective Veneers-Meeting Patient's Expectations While Addressing Current Ethical Questions of Elective Care
  Gary M. Radz, DDS

Industry News

• Industry Insider
  
• On the Scene: Occlusion Summit Honors Dr. Lloyd Miller
  
• University Spotlight: University of Southern California School of Dentistry
  
• An Inside Look At...: HU-FRIEDY
  
• Dentistry At Large: The Silence of the Birds
  

Implants

• Implant Dentistry: The Osteotome Sinus Lift: Placement of Long Implants Can Be Predictable
  Tat Chiang, DMD, Howard J. Drew, DMD, Barry I. Simon, DDS, MSD

Product News

• Practice Essentials
  
• Bausch Articulating Papers - Competence in Occlusion
  
• Almost a Case of Black and White
  

Restorative

• Restorative Dentistry: Replacing Unesthetic Anterior Class IV Restorations According to Minimal Intervention and Visual Ergonomic Principles
  Frank J. Milnar, DDS, AAACD