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The author would like to acknowledge the exquisite laboratory artistry of the cases shown:

Figure 1: Mark Willes of Utah Valley Dental Laboratory, Provo, Utah
Figures 2, 3 and 7: John Tecca of Aesthetic Oral Arts, Livingston, Montana
Figure 5: Ken Gamlin of Quality Dental Arts, Columbia, Missouri
Figures 6 and 8: John Lavicka of Dental Ceramics, Garfield Height, Ohio

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