The May issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association covers an interdisciplinary comprehensive approach to diagnosis, treatment planning, and the active phase of treatment to create an esthetic outcome.

Elements of the Smile
An introduction to the issue.
Ziv Simon, DMD, MSc

Creating the Perfect Smile: Prosthetic Considerations and Procedures for Optimal Dentofacial Esthetics
This article discusses some of these techniques and their applications in aesthetic dentistry. It describes dental instruments that incorporate the golden proportion guidelines and its use in diagnostics and treatment planning, and presents patient cases.
Avi Donitza, DMD

Simple Techniques for Optimal Smile Modification
Nowadays, orthodontics is no longer a treatment modality for moderate or severe malocclusion.
A few simple techniques are described for very common orthodontic problems.
Rafi Romano, DMD, MSc

Clinically Based Diagnostic Wax-up for Optimal Esthetics: The Diagnostic Mock-up
This article reviews techniques to obtain a clinically based diagnostic wax-up, and focuses on the diagnostic mock-up philosophy as a means to obtain predictable esthetics and function.
Harel Simon, DMD, and Pascal Magne, DMD, MSc, PhD

Smile Design for the Adolescent Patient – Interdisciplinary Management of Anterior Tooth Size Discrepancies
This article describes a clinical approach for treatment of these complex cases, focusing on the importance of tooth form, gingival esthetics, and treatment sequencing.
Alexander B. Waldman, DMD, MMSc

The Associate Editor/
The Power of One — Revisited
By Steven A. Gold, DDS

Letter to the Editor/

Impressions/

Dr. Bob/
Animal Revolt
By Robert E. Horseman, DDS