In Management Studio 2008 R2, restore database dialog is as below:

Management Studio 2008 R2
You need to select the backups which you need to restore from the backup set list.
This dialog box is tweaked in "Denali":

Management Studio "Denali"
First, thing to notice here is, it takes a tail-log backup of the source database.
In earlier version, we needed to *remember* to do the same before restoring the
database.
The Backup Sets list does not list all backup sets available in the media,
it only lists backups of the selected database:

Also, it is showing only the latest backups since last FULL database backup, just like selecting database as source in earlier versions. Older backup can be restored via "Timeline…", which is self-explanatory:

And to make it complete, it also has a "Verify Backup Media" button.
Hope This Helps! Cheers!
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