If you're like me, you often find items of value when you're looking for something else. Such is the case with the editorial by our colleague, Dr. Robert Keene, on the following page. Dr. Keene wrote this piece more than 12 years ago. It first appeared in Operative Dentistry in January 2013. It is not the first editorial that we have chosen to reprint and probably will not be the last. We reprint them because the topics remain relevant, or perhaps unresolved, even after many years, and deserve our continued or renewed attention.
Dr. Keene is a charter member of the Academy of Operative Dentistry, past president of the American Academy of Gold Foil Operators, and one of the first members to earn certification by the American Board of Operative Dentistry, the proud holder of Certificate #007. As a private practitioner, he has dedicated his professional life of more than...