The February issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association covers antibiotics as intracanal medicaments; radiofrequency as a treatment for trigeminal neuralgia; resin-bonded overcasting restoration to salvage a fixed partial denture with a broken metal-ceramic pontic; and a case report of cranio-orbital-temporal neurofibromatosis with cerebral hemiatrophy.

Antibiotics as Intracanal Medicaments: A Review
This paper reviews the history, rationale, and applications of antibiotics and antibiotics-containing medicaments in endodontics.
Zahed Mohammadi, DMD, MSD

Trigeminal Neuralgia and Radiofrequency
Trigeminal neuralgia is a painful neurological disorder often mistaken for pain of dental origin by the patient and dentist.  The authors evaluate RF in TN patients referred from the dental office.
Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi, DDS; Hamid Rahmat, MD; Eshagh Bahrami, MD; Ahmad Sadidi, MD; Fina Navi, DDS; Mahsan Asadollahi, DDS; and Pooyaan Sadr Eshkevari, DDS

A Resin-bonded Overcasting With Highly Filled Composite Resin to Salvage a Broken Metal-ceramic Fixed Partial Denture: A Case Report
The overcasting technique is a useful and practical option that does not require the removal of the existing prosthesis. The  article describes the application and a nine-year clinical follow-up of a resin-bonded overcasting restoration to salvage a fixed partial denture with a broken metal-ceramic pontic.
Hiroshi Shimizu, DDS, PhD, and Yutaka Takahashi, DDS, PhD

Cranio-Orbital-Temporal Neurofibromatosis With Cerebral Hemiatrophy Presenting as an Intraoral Mass: A Case Report
This case report presents the signs of cranial defects in a 24-year-old Caucasian woman with type 1 NF. Mandibular malformations due to NF and dental defects caused by intraoral masses and radiographic images are presented.Nihal Avcu, DDS, PhD; Ozden Kansu, DDS, PhD; Serdar Uysal, DDS, PhD; and Hilmi Kansu, DDS, PhD

The Editor/
Thinking Critically
By Kerry K. Carney, DDS

Retraction/
The Peri-implant Papilla: Realities on Papilla Preservation and Reformation

Impressions/

Case Study/

Dr. Bob/
Smile: You’re on YouTube
By Robert E. Horseman, DDS