// set up drop downs anywhere in the body of the page. I think the bottom of the page is better..but you can experiment with effect on loadtime.
	if (mtDropDown.isSupported()) {

		// create a set of dropdowns
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first param should always be down, as it is here
		//
		// The second and third param are the top and left offset positions of the menus from their actuators
		// respectively. To make a menu appear a little to the left and bottom of an actuator, you could use
		// something like -5, 5
		//
		// The last parameter can be .topLeft, .bottomLeft, .topRight, or .bottomRight to inidicate the corner
		// of the actuator from which to measure the offset positions above. Here we are saying we want the 
		// menu to appear directly below the bottom left corner of the actuator
		//==================================================================================================
		var ms = new mtDropDownSet(mtDropDown.direction.Left, 127, -29, mtDropDown.reference.bottomLeft);

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		menu1.addItem("- Waterlase MD Turbo", "http://www.biolase.com/waterlasemd/");
		menu1.addItem("- Waterlase C100", "http://www.biolase.com/c100/");
		menu1.addItem("- ezLase", "http://www.biolase.com/ezlase/");// send no URL if nothing should happen onclick
		menu1.addItem("- ilase", "http://www.biolase.com/ilase/"); 
		menu1.addItem("- Diolase10", "/diolase10/");
		
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		menu2.addItem("- Corporate Overview", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/co.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Corporate Governance", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/cg.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Stock Quote", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/sq.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Stock Chart", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/sc.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Advanced Fundamentals", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/af.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Earnings Estimates", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/ee.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Analyst Coverage", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/ac.php");
		menu2.addItem("- SEC Filings", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/sec.php");
		menu2.addItem("- FAQs", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/faq.php");
		menu2.addItem("- E-Mail Alerts", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/ea.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Mail Request", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/mr.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Audio Archives", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/aa.php");
		menu2.addItem("- News Release", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/news.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Stock Purchase Service", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/sps.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Financial Reports", "http://www.biolase.com/investors/fr.php");
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		// add a sub-menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// to add a sub menu to an existing menu object, call it's addMenu method and pass it the item from
		// the parent menu which should act as it's actuator. To add a submenu to the fourth item of a menu
		// called "theMenu", you would do theMenu.addMenu(theMenu.items[3])
		
		//==================================================================================================
		// Removed the submenu for products/ezlase per carl ross 12/4/08
		//var subMenu0 = menu1.addMenu(menu1.items[2]);
		//subMenu0.addItem("- Waterlase Procedures", "javascript:quick()");
		//subMenu0.addItem("- Technical Specifications", "http://www.biolase.com/waterlase/techspecs-water.php");
		//subMenu0.addItem("- Accessories", "http://www.biolase.com/waterlase/accessories.php");
		//subMenu0.addItem("- Waterlase 3D", "javascript:water()");
		
		
		var subMenu2 = menu1.addMenu(menu1.items[0]);
		subMenu2.addItem("- About the Waterlase MD", "http://www.biolase.com/waterlasemd/");
		subMenu2.addItem("- Soft Tissue Procedures", "http://www.biolase.com/waterlasemd/MDsoft.php");
		subMenu2.addItem("- Hard Tissue Procedures", "http://www.biolase.com/waterlasemd/MDhard.php");
		subMenu2.addItem("- Specialty Procedures", "http://www.biolase.com/waterlasemd/MDspecialty.php");
		subMenu2.addItem("MD Gold Handpiece", "http://www.biolase.com/mdgold.php");
		subMenu2.addItem("Endolase RFT", "http://www.biolase.com/endolase/");
		subMenu2.addItem("- Technical Specifications", "http://www.biolase.com/waterlasemd/MDtechspecs.php");
		subMenu2.addItem("- Brochure", "http://www.biolase.com/waterlasemd/MDBrochure1.pdf");
		//==================================================================================================
		// write drop downs into page
		// this method writes all the HTML for the menus into the page with document.write(). It must be
		// called within the body of the HTML page.
		//==================================================================================================
		mtDropDown.renderAll();
	}