  We review some of the most recent work on confinement in 4d gauge theories
with a massive scalar field (dilaton). Emphasis is put on the derivation of
confining analytical solutions to the Coulomb problem versus dilaton effective
couplings to gauge terms. It is shown that these effective theories can be
relevant to model quark confinement and may shed some light on confinement
mechanism. Moreover, the study in the heavy meson sector of an interquark
potential derived from Dick Model, proves that phenomenological investigation
of this mechanism is more than justified and deserves more efforts.
