Adhesive Technology For Restorative Dentistry

While adhesive techniques have already penetrated almost all fields of dentistry, a gap remains between accepted treatment modes and what is carried out in daily practice. This book, a compilation of the proceedings from the 3rd European Symposium on Adhesive Dentistry, provides the information, arguments, and data that clinicians need to incorporate adhesive dentistry into their daily practice. Leaders in the field present the rationale for adhesive techniques in esthetic restorative dentistry. Minimally invasive dentistry and specific issues faced by clinicians using adhesive techniques with ceramic and resin composite restorations are also discussed. Finally, two concluding chapters remind clinicians that they are dentists operating in a biologic system with the objective to restore patients' health.

Modern adhesive dentistry has numerous applications in cariology, as well as in aesthetic and pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, implantology, and orthodontics-in essence, in comprehensive dental care. This unique book addresses various ramifications of adhesion and adhesives in the broad domain of dentistry. The topics covered include testing aspects of dental materials, dentin bonding, restorations, and adhesion promotion. This book reflects the cumulative wisdom of many world-renowned researchers and provides a useful reference to anyone involved in the various aspects of dentistry.

This book presents some information regarding adhesives which have applications in industry, medicine and dentistry. The book is divided into two parts: "Adhesives Applications in Medicine and Dentistry" and "Properties of Adhesive." The aim of such a presentation is to present the usage in very different aspects of application of the adhesives and present specific properties of adhesives. Adhesives' advantageous properties and relatively uncomplicated processing methods contribute to their increasing application and their growing popularity in the industry, medicine and other branches. Some adhesives represent properties superior to those of most adhesive materials, due to their excellent adhesion and chemical resistance. A wide variety of adhesives' considerable flexibility in modification of properties of adhesives allows adjusting the composition to particular applications.

Adhesives: Principles and State of the Art. -- Adhesives: Dos and Don'ts. -- Restorative Materials for the Direct Technique. -- The Key for the Indirect. -Technique. - New Concepts of Minimally Invasive Preparations: An SI/STA Concept. --Preparation and Restoration of Small Interproximal Carious Lesions. -- Adhesion in Preventive Dentistry. -- Adhesion in Pediatric Dentistry. --Strength of Fragment-Bonded Teeth. -- Bonding: The Ultimate Restoration for Tooth Fracture? -- Biological Bonding: Periodontal and Peri-Implant Attachment. -- Exploring the Layering Concepts for Anterior Teeth. -- Composite Resin. --Restorations on Posterior Teeth. -- Prosthodontics of the Future: Cementing or Bonding? -- Clinical Application of Ceramic Bonded Restorations. -- Restoration of the Endodontically Treated Tooth: Adhesion vs. Mechanical Retentio.

This work offers a simple yet comprehensive approach to the aesthetic adhesive restoration of posterior teeth. the direct, semidirect and indirect techniques, as well as luting and finishing procedures, are covered in detail.