February 2008

Features

Cover Story

	Homeward Bound
	by Rich Smith
	Lisa Alvetro, DDS, MSD, uses teamwork to build a thriving practice and an orphanage in Africa

	Soft-Tissue Sculpting
	by Scott G. Smoron, DDS, MSD
	How to use a diode laser to set patients up for success


	Enter the Next Bracket
	by Carolyn Friedman
	Transitioning to self-ligation offers key advantages to staff

Web Exclusive

Letters and the Law: The risk-management principles behind interoffice communications

by Laurance Jerrold, DDS, JD

Departments

	Editor's Message
	The Big Questions
	by Christopher Piehler


	Clinical Pearls
	Tips on how to improve your conversion


	Chairside
	Moving Into the Third Dimension with CBCT
	With W. Ronald Redmond, DDS, MS, FACD


	Focus on Practice-Management Software
	The programs you need to smooth your patients' path from check-in to payment


	Word of Mouth
	Is a Single Consultation Always More Efficient?
	by Sanjivan Kandasamy, BDSc, BScDent, DocClinDent, MOrthRCS, and Jim Bokas

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