Everyday I hear plights. Not only my own but also those of my peers and patients. I cannot control which thoughts enter my head nor those that may come my way, but I can filter and control the manner in which I interpret them and choose to act upon them. I think of this past week, I had a patient who has a very difficult cosmetic problem. It's two maxillary central incisors (two upper front mid-most teeth). Like architecture we need to satisfy both aesthetics and function