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Esthetics and color
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m ost shades, depths of translucency, and surface texture. We buy m u ltip le shade guides, an d keep 30 or so shade guides o n h a n d a n d have 100 o r so d ifferen t o n es. M u ltip le sh a d e g u id e s give hund red s of com binations an d m ixtures to choose from. It seems th a t each m anu factu rer’s guide h a s a d iffe re n t lo o k to it. Som e teeth lo o k lik e “ M y erso n ’s ” a n d som e lo o k like “Sw iss-dent” because of the different a m o u n ts an d c o n fig u ra tio n s of colors-, textures, and even shapes. I do n o t always reach the p erfectio n of those excellent c lin ic ia n s , b u t w e en jo y th e fu n a n d efficiency of this m ethod. M IC H A E L C . S T O N E , D M D BO STO N
office an d the d en tal la b o ra to ry ” (Feb ruary), the follow ing corrections sh o u ld be m ade in T ab le 1: “ G uide to chem ical ag e n ts fo r d is in fe c tio n a n d / o r s te r ili zation.” T h e p ro d u ct listed as “A lcide” refers to “Alcide b ran d LD D isinfectant” an d s h o u ld be listed as “ A lcide L D .” T h e p ro d u ct listed as “ E xspore” should be “ E xspor.” T h e d isinfection tim e for Exspor sh o u ld be 3 m in u tes rather th an 2 m in u te s as th e 2 -m in u te tim e for d is in fe c tio n a p p lie s o n ly w h en th e p r o d u c t is u sed w ith in 24 h o u rs of m ixing. T h e p ro d u ct has a total shelflife of 14 days after m ix in g ; how ever, n o re-use c la im has been accepted for disinfection an d the so lu tio n should be discarded daily after use.
In the special issue, E sth etic D entistry (D ecem b er), D r. J. M ic h a e l D ierk es, a u th o r of “ T h e beauty of the face: an o r th o d o n tic p e r s p e c tiv e ,” w o u ld lik e to m ake an add itio n al detailed acknow l edgement. Dr. Dierkes acknow ledges the entire o rthodo n tic team w ho helped bring the case featured in F igures 12-14 to a successful conclusion. Dr. R ichard Faber, clinical associate professor of ch ild ren ’s d e n tis tr y , p e rfo rm e d th e im m e d ia te presurgical an d postsurgical orth o d o n tic treatm ent. Dr. Eugene F riedm an, atten d in g o ra l a n d m a x illo f a c ia l s u rg e o n , p e rfo rm e d th e r e c o n s tru c tiv e su rg e ry assisted by Dr. G ary O re n tlich er, chief resident in oral an d m axillofacial surgery, L ong Island Jew ish M edical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
□ In the A pril issue (page 522), Figures 4 and 5 were transposed in the clinical te c h n iq u e a rtic le , “ V ertic al e x tru s io n u s in g a rem o v a b le o r th o d o n tic a p p l i a n c e ” by D rs. B a rb a ra R ies, G e o rg ia Jo h n so n , an d Lewis Nieberg.
C orrection s □ In the Association R eport, “ Infection control recom m endations for the dental
DENTISTRY’S
H E R IT A G E
T H E PRESIDENTS D octor Shira, of Boston, becam e the 112th president of the A ssociation at the 1975 m eeting in Chicago. T h e m eeting was held concurrently w ith the 63rd W orld D en tal Congress of the Federation Dentaire Internationale. D octor Shira was dean an d professor of oral surgery at T u fts U niversity School of D ental Medicine. Previously he was assistant surgeon general, an d chief of the Army D ental Corps, w ith the ran k of m ajor general. H e served as p resid en t of the A m erican Society of O ral Surgeons, A m erican Board of O ral Surgery, an d the C anal Zone D ental A ssociation, editor of the jo u rn a l Oral Surgery, Oral M edicine and Oral P athology, an d chairm an of the ADA C ouncil on D ental T herapeutics. H e was a lecturer and clinician at dental m eetings in all 50 states an d at least 24 foreign countries, an d he was a prolific au th o r of dental articles. Doctor Shira received the A ssociation’s highest aw ard, the D istinguished Service Award, in 1977. H e was born in P ennsylvania in 1910. G eneralissim o Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain for 36 years, died Nov 20, 1975, an d was succeeded by K ing Ju a n Carlos I. President Ford agreed to provide federal loans to New York City to ease its financial crisis. A Senate com m ittee revealed th a t Lockheed Aircraft C orporation had paid $22 m illio n in bribes to sell aircraft abroad. British an d French supersonic Concorde passenger liners flew from L o n d o n an d P aris to W ashington in less than 4 hours.
Robert B Shira
1975-1976
m ost shades, depths of translucency, and surface texture. We buy m u ltip le shade guides, an d keep 30 or so shade guides o n h a n d a n d have 100 o r so d ifferen t o n es. M u ltip le sh a d e g u id e s give hund red s of com binations an d m ixtures to choose from. It seems th a t each m anu factu rer’s guide h a s a d iffe re n t lo o k to it. Som e teeth lo o k lik e “ M y erso n ’s ” a n d som e lo o k like “Sw iss-dent” because of the different a m o u n ts an d c o n fig u ra tio n s of colors-, textures, and even shapes. I do n o t always reach the p erfectio n of those excellent c lin ic ia n s , b u t w e en jo y th e fu n a n d efficiency of this m ethod. M IC H A E L C . S T O N E , D M D BO STO N
office an d the d en tal la b o ra to ry ” (Feb ruary), the follow ing corrections sh o u ld be m ade in T ab le 1: “ G uide to chem ical ag e n ts fo r d is in fe c tio n a n d / o r s te r ili zation.” T h e p ro d u ct listed as “A lcide” refers to “Alcide b ran d LD D isinfectant” an d s h o u ld be listed as “ A lcide L D .” T h e p ro d u ct listed as “ E xspore” should be “ E xspor.” T h e d isinfection tim e for Exspor sh o u ld be 3 m in u tes rather th an 2 m in u te s as th e 2 -m in u te tim e for d is in fe c tio n a p p lie s o n ly w h en th e p r o d u c t is u sed w ith in 24 h o u rs of m ixing. T h e p ro d u ct has a total shelflife of 14 days after m ix in g ; how ever, n o re-use c la im has been accepted for disinfection an d the so lu tio n should be discarded daily after use.
In the special issue, E sth etic D entistry (D ecem b er), D r. J. M ic h a e l D ierk es, a u th o r of “ T h e beauty of the face: an o r th o d o n tic p e r s p e c tiv e ,” w o u ld lik e to m ake an add itio n al detailed acknow l edgement. Dr. Dierkes acknow ledges the entire o rthodo n tic team w ho helped bring the case featured in F igures 12-14 to a successful conclusion. Dr. R ichard Faber, clinical associate professor of ch ild ren ’s d e n tis tr y , p e rfo rm e d th e im m e d ia te presurgical an d postsurgical orth o d o n tic treatm ent. Dr. Eugene F riedm an, atten d in g o ra l a n d m a x illo f a c ia l s u rg e o n , p e rfo rm e d th e r e c o n s tru c tiv e su rg e ry assisted by Dr. G ary O re n tlich er, chief resident in oral an d m axillofacial surgery, L ong Island Jew ish M edical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
□ In the A pril issue (page 522), Figures 4 and 5 were transposed in the clinical te c h n iq u e a rtic le , “ V ertic al e x tru s io n u s in g a rem o v a b le o r th o d o n tic a p p l i a n c e ” by D rs. B a rb a ra R ies, G e o rg ia Jo h n so n , an d Lewis Nieberg.
C orrection s □ In the Association R eport, “ Infection control recom m endations for the dental
DENTISTRY’S
H E R IT A G E
T H E PRESIDENTS D octor Shira, of Boston, becam e the 112th president of the A ssociation at the 1975 m eeting in Chicago. T h e m eeting was held concurrently w ith the 63rd W orld D en tal Congress of the Federation Dentaire Internationale. D octor Shira was dean an d professor of oral surgery at T u fts U niversity School of D ental Medicine. Previously he was assistant surgeon general, an d chief of the Army D ental Corps, w ith the ran k of m ajor general. H e served as p resid en t of the A m erican Society of O ral Surgeons, A m erican Board of O ral Surgery, an d the C anal Zone D ental A ssociation, editor of the jo u rn a l Oral Surgery, Oral M edicine and Oral P athology, an d chairm an of the ADA C ouncil on D ental T herapeutics. H e was a lecturer and clinician at dental m eetings in all 50 states an d at least 24 foreign countries, an d he was a prolific au th o r of dental articles. Doctor Shira received the A ssociation’s highest aw ard, the D istinguished Service Award, in 1977. H e was born in P ennsylvania in 1910. G eneralissim o Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain for 36 years, died Nov 20, 1975, an d was succeeded by K ing Ju a n Carlos I. President Ford agreed to provide federal loans to New York City to ease its financial crisis. A Senate com m ittee revealed th a t Lockheed Aircraft C orporation had paid $22 m illio n in bribes to sell aircraft abroad. British an d French supersonic Concorde passenger liners flew from L o n d o n an d P aris to W ashington in less than 4 hours.
Robert B Shira
1975-1976