J. William Robbins, D.D.S., M.A., maintains a full-time private practice and is Clinical Professor in the Department of General Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Dental School in l973 and completed a rotating internship at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas and a 2-year General Practice Residency at the V.A. Hospital in San Diego, California. Dr. Robbins has published over 80 articles, abstracts, and chapters on a wide range of dental subjects and has lectured in the Untied States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He co-authored a textbook, 'Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry — A Contemporary Approach', which is published by Quintessence, and is in its 3rd edition.