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JOURNAL OF THE
CALIFORNIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION
July
2002
The July 2002 issue of the Journal of
the California Dental Association focuses on techniques and approaches
to treatment planning.
Treatment Planning
An introduction
to the issue
Richard T. Kao, DDS,
PhD, and Donald A. Curtis, DMD
Treatment Planning
in the 21st Century: What’s New?
New materials,
technologies, and products are constantly being introduced and affect
treatment planning in dentistry.
Donald A. Curtis, DMD; Alton
Lacy, PhD, DDS; Ray Chu, DDS; David Richards, DDS, PhD; Octavia
Plesh, DDS, MS; Paul Kasrovi DDS, MS; and Rich Kao, DDS, PhD
Understanding
Your Patient from a Psychological Perspective: Early Identification
of Problem Behaviors Affecting the Dental Office
It is important
that dentists recognize patients who have special needs such as those
with high anxiety, dependency, depression, obsessional somatic focus,
or prior negative dental experiences.
Linda Centore, RN, PhD;
Lori Reisner, PharmD; Craig A. Pettengill, DDS
Thick Versus Thin
Gingival Tissue: A Key Determinant in Tissue Response to Disease and
Restorative Treatment
Recent advances
in periodontal surgery have made it possible not only to reposition
tissues to meet esthetic demands, but also to change the tissue quality
of the restorative environment for more-predictable treatment outcomes.
Richard T. Kao, DDS, PhD,
and Kirk Pasquinelli, DDS
Considerations
for Anterior Implant Esthetics
Contemplation
of diagnostic determinants is important in helping to decide the most
appropriate course of therapy to achieve functional and esthetic results
with implants.
Gregory J. Conte,
DMD, MS; Paul Rhodes, DDS, MS; David Richards, DDS, PhD; and
Richard T. Kao, DDS, PhD
Prerestorative
Considerations for Cosmetic Dentistry
Treatment planning
with a team approach offers the potential for multiple perspectives
and the best opportunity to achieve the optimal results.
J.J. Salehieh, DDS; Rick
Little, CDT; and Ken Frangadakis, DDS
The Editor/
Wanted: An Improved Public Message
By Jack F. Conley, DDS
Impressions/
Dentists Turn Treatment Into Entertainment
By Dell Richards
Dr. Bob/
Bench-Pressing 500 mg
By Robert E. Horseman, DDS
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