Comprehensive Esthetic Dentistry

✍ Scribed by Florin Lazarescu (editor)

• Publisher: Quintessenz Verlags GmbH
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 671
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The authors demonstrate their professional passion for esthetic dentistry as a necessary ingredient for success and show how development of an "artistic touch" allows a clinician to shape dental treatment and elevate patient smiles. Based on scientific research, clinical evidence, and the practical experience of the authors, this book is a practical approach to esthetic dentistry.

✦ Table of Contents

Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Authors
I. Esthetic Dentistry in the Modern Dental Practice
1.1 Esthetic dentistry as a specific profile in dental practice management
1.2 Interdisciplinary communication and relationship
1.3 The relationship between the esthetic dental clinic and the laboratory and dental technician
II. General Principles in Dental and Dentofacial Esthetics
2.1 Examination in esthetic dentistry
2.2 Dentofacial relations
2.3 Esthetics of the dental arches
2.4 Dental esthetics
2.5 Optical properties of dental structures
2.6 Gingival esthetics
III. The Photographic Examination
3.1 Fundamentals of digital dental photography
3.2 Intraoral photography
IV. Dentist–Patient Communication During Esthetic Analysis Integrating Provisional Esthetic Rehabilitation in the Treatment Plan
4.1 Dentist-patient communication during esthetic analysis
4.2 Integrating provisional esthetic rehabilitation in the treatment plan
V. Ceramics Used in Esthetic Restorations
5.1 What is dental ceramic?
5.2 Ceramics used in dentistry
VI. Ultraconservative Dentistry
6.1 Modern esthetic dentistry
6.2 Function and esthetics
VII. Adhesive Techniques in Esthetic Dentistry
7.1 Basic aspects
7.2 Adhesion to hard dental tissues
7.3 Adhesion to ceramic
7.4 Conclusion
VIII. Tooth Discoloration
8.1 Vital tooth discoloration
8.2 Non-vital tooth discoloration
IX. Esthetic Restoration of Anterior Teeth
9.1 Direct restorations
9.2 Porcelain laminate veneers
9.3 All-ceramic crowns
9.4 The customized abutment: technique, material
X. Esthetic Restoration of Posterior Teeth
10.1 Direct restorations
10.2 Indirect restorations
10.3 All-ceramic crowns
XI. Luting Protocol for All-Ceramic Restorations
11.1 Choice of the resin cement
11.2 Examination of all-ceramic restorations
11.3 Conditioning of the dental and ceramic surfaces
11.4 Luting the ceramic restorations
11.5 Examination of occlusal relations: special considerations
XII. In-Office Dental Cad/Cam Technology
12.1 System description
12.2 Clinical indications / types of restorations
12.3 The esthetics of in-office CAD/CAM restorations
12.4 Materials used in chairside CAD/CAM technology
XIII. Dental Implants Placed in the Esthetic Zone
XIV. Soft Tissue Management for An Esthetic Aspect in Implant Dentistry
XV. Esthetic Strategies in Orthodontics
15.1 Current esthetic considerations in orthodontics
15.2 Esthetic therapeutic options in orthodontics
Index

✦ Subjects

Dentistry; Odontology