Evolving dental technologies...A new level of patient care and communication.

Advances in technology are affecting every aspect of life in the 21st century, and dentistry is no exception. From diagnosis and treatment planning to all areas of dental treatment and global communications, technology is enhancing the level of patient care, practice efficiencies, and professional/patient education. In order to learn more about how a broad range of technologies can be implemented into dental practice, and how these technologies are shaping the profession now and in the future, Dentistry Today conducted an exclusive interview with 2 dentists—Drs. Ronald E. Goldstein and David A. Garber—who are internationally renowned for their incorporation of technology into every aspect of their practice and global educational activities. Dr. Goldstein is a professor at 3 dental schools and teaches aesthetic dentistry worldwide. He is a contributor to 10 published texts, author of the text Esthetics In Dentistry (B.C. Decker), and co-author of other texts, including Bleaching Teeth, Porcelain Laminate Veneers, Porcelain and Composite Inlays and Onlays, Complete Dental Bleaching, and Imaging in Esthetic Dentistry (all published by Quintessence Publishing Company). His best-selling consumer book, Change Your Smile (Quintessence), now in its third edition, has been read by more than 1 million people and has been translated into 6 languages. Dr. Goldstein produced more than 70 consumer-oriented programs on all phases of dentistry for the popular television feature P.M. Magazine, and his video, Anterior Fixed Restoration Esthetic Principles, made for the American Dental Association, was winner of the l982 John Muir Medical Film Festival Award for Dentistry. He is co-founder and past president of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry. Dr. Garber is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry, received specialty training in periodontics and fixed prosthodontics, and then served as Director of crown and bridge and the Director of the group clinical practice. Among current academic positions, Dr. Garber holds a dual appointment at the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry in Augusta as professor in the department of periodontics and as clinical professor in the department of oral rehabilitation. He also serves on the faculty of Louisiana State University in New Orleans, where he is clinical professor in the department of prosthodontics. At the University of Texas in San Antonio he is adjunct professor in the department of restorative dentistry. His list of publications is extensive and includes co-authored texts on aesthetic dentistry, bleaching, porcelain laminate veneers, and aesthetic inlays and onlays. He served on the boards of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics. Drs. Goldstein and Garber both practice at Goldstein, Garber & Salama in Atlanta, known internationally as “Team Atlanta.”