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Journal of the California Dental Association

This award-winning monthly peer-reviewed scientific publication keeps dentists up-to-date about scientific advances, business management strategies and new products. It also features thought-provoking editorials, comprehensive statewide continuing education listings, California practices for sale, and dentistry's favorite humor columnist - Dr. Bob, Robert E. Horseman, DDS.

The online Journal may now be accessed by all members of the public.

Current Issue

November 2008 

The November issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association covers the multidisciplinary approach to the planning and treatment for the single-tooth dental implant restoration.

• The Single-Tooth Dental Implant Restoration
  An introduction to the issue
  Michael O. Hamada, DDS
• Treatment Planning for the Single-Tooth Implant Restoration — General Considerations and Pretreatment Evaluation
  This article introduces the practitioner to general concepts governing and affecting treatment and  provides a step-by-step approach to gathering clinical and radiographic  information necessary to formulate an appropriate treatment plan for the single-tooth restoration.
  Kumar C. Shah, BDS, MS, and Michael G. Lum, DDS
• A Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment Planning the Single-Implant Restoration: Part II: Interdisciplinary Coordination
  The aim of this paper is to delineate the sequential thought process involved in a multidisciplinary approach to treatment planning the single-implant restoration. It also describes how to facilitate communication and coordinate treatment among various team members.
  Michael G. Lum, DDS, and Kumar C. Shah, BDS, MS
• The Single-Tooth Dental Implant: Practical Guidelines for Hard Tissue Augmentation
  This paper reviews ridge deficiency diagnoses and predicts the need for bone augmentation before tooth extraction. It also presents early intervention to minimize bone loss, various bone reconstruction techniques, and predictable methods for different clinical scenarios.
  Moustafa El-Ghareeb, BDS, MS; Peter K. Moy, DMD; and Tara L. Aghaloo, DDS, MD, PhD

   

• The Associate Editor/
  Full Circle
  By Steven A. Gold, DDS
• Impressions/
• Dr. Bob/
  Billing Blues
  By Robert E. Horseman, DDS