Sample Articles

The following articles from the Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry are available to all dental professionals. If you would you like to receive the Journal, you can subscribe using our online form, or receive it for free by becoming an AACD member. You can also read an Accreditation Success Story from an AACD member.

All of the articles below are in Acrobat PDF format:

Biomimetics and Conservative Porcelain Veneer Techniques
Guided by the Diagnostic Wax-Up, Diagnostic Matrix,
and the Diagnostic Provisonal
Stephen Phelan, DDS and Harald Heindl, MDT New!
Fall 2006

Managing Change Without Losing Patients
Bobbi Anthony, RDH New!
Fall 2006

Accreditation Case Report, Case Type II:
One or Two Indirect Restorations
Duane P. Delaune, DDSNew!
Fall 2006

The Importance of Stories: The New Patient Interview–Part Two
Paul Homoly, D.D.S., C.S.P.
Summer 2006

“Cover Story”
Brad Jones and Jeff Burns, DDS
Summer 2006

Ultraconservative and Minimally Invasive Esthetic Restoration
of Crown Fractures
Anca Silvia Vâlceanu, D.M.D., Ph.D
Summer 2006

Prepare for a Fabulous Career!
Vicki McManus, R.D.H. and Cris Duval, R.D.H
Summer 2006

Predictability for Success: Combining General and Cosmetic Dentistry
Interview with Rick Workman, DMD
Spring 2006

Four Strategies for Financial Success in Your Practice
Gary Takacs
Spring 2006

Material Selection and Shade Matching for a Single Central Incisor
Luke S. Kahng, C.D.T.
Spring 2006

A Minimal Intervention Approach to the Treatment of a Class IV Fracture
Frank Milnar, DDS
Winter 2006

Pressed Ceramics vs. Layered Feldspathic Veneers: A Rationale for Modality Selection
John Haupt, MDT
Fall 2005

Condylar Angle Programming: The "Missing Link" in Diagnostic and Restorative Dentistry
Michael Melkers, DDS, FAGD
Summer 2005

Case Type IV: Class IV Direct Resin Restoration
Christopher Orr, BDS
Spring 2005

Development of a Simplified Esthetic Edentulous
Horizontal Ridge Site
James Elias, DDS
Spring 2005

Orthodontics for Esthetic Dentistry
Peder Hancher, DDS
Winter 2005

Case Type IV: Class IV Direct Resin Restoration
Marc Montgomery, DDS
Winter 2005

Case Type IV: Class IV Direct Resin Restoration
John Sullivan, DDS
Winter 2005

Immediately-Loaded, Fixed Prosthesis on Dental Impalnts
James Amstadt, D.D.S & Mark Jackson, DDS
Fall 2004

Internet Marketing & the Esthetic Dental Practice
Mickey Bernstein, DDS & Robert Silkey
Summer 2004

Bringing Restorative Dentistry & Hygiene Together
Vicki McManus, RDH
Summer 2004

Mentored by Nature
Bradley Jones
Spring 2004

Creative Uses of Digital Imaging
Multiple Authors
Spring 2004

Leadership and Legacy
Paul Homoly, DDS
Spring 2004

Improving Photographic Strategies in Shade Communication
James Fondriest, DDS
Fall 2003

The 'Magic' Combination: The Dentist, Technician, & Patient
Elliot Mechanic, D.D.S. & Camille Halaby, C.D.T.
Fall 2003

Tooth Replacement with a Fixed Bridge
Stephen R. Snow, DDS
Fall 2003

Accreditation Clinical Case Report: Class IV Direct Resin Restoration (Tooth #8)
Richard Featherstone, DDS
Summer 2003

Accreditation Clinical Case Report: Class IV Direct Resin Restoration (Teeth #7 & 8)
Stevan Orser, DDS
Summer 2003

Accreditation Clinical Case Report: Direct Veners on Teeth 6-11
Matthew J. Bernal, DDS
Spring 2003

Accreditation Bridge Technique for Optimal Anterior Esthetics
J. Fred Arnold, III, DMD
Winter 2003

Accreditation Bridge Technique: A Case Report from the Ceramist's Perspective
Michael T. Morris, CDT
Winter 2003