Anterior Restoration Fixed Bridgework And Esthetics

Text for dental practitioners on the artistic and scientific principles of esthetics, diagnosis and management planning, the making of new crowns, and the remaking of deficient crowns. Color photographs.

1.1 Indications -- 1.2 Esthetic ground rules -- 1.3 Planning basis -- 1.4 Visual effect of tooth shape and ways in which it can be influenced -- 2.1 Preparation for anterior tooth restorations -- 2.2 Resin composite materials: "esthetic systems" -- 2.3 Natural color build-up -- the morphological layering technique -- 2.4 Matrix technique -- 2.5 Resin composite application technique -- 2.6 Finishing and polishing -- 3.1 Building up Class IV -- 3.2 Widening teeth by approximal build-up -- 3.3 Closing or reducing black triangles -- 3.4 Direct resin composite facings -- 4.1 Replacing dental tissue lost as a result of caries, trauma, erosion, abrasion, attrition -- 4.2. Correcting tooth shape while preserving the labial outline -- 4.4 Correcting tooth position -- 4.5 Correcting tooth discoloration and tooth whitening -- 4.6 Direct anterior resin composite fixed dental prostheses -- 4.7 Corrections and repairs using resin composites -- 4.8 Evaluation of the direct technique.

Ronald E. Goldstein’s Esthetics in Dentistry, Third Edition provides a thoroughly updated and expanded revision to the definitive reference to all aspects of esthetic and cosmetic dentistry, from principles and treatments to specific challenges and complications. Provides a current, comprehensive examination of all aspects of esthetic and cosmetic dentistry Presents 23 new chapters from international experts in the field and complete updates to existing chapters Offers more than 3,700 high-quality photographs and illustrations Adds clinical case studies and treatment algorithms for increased clinical relevance Emphasizes clinical relevance, with all information thoroughly rooted in the scientific evidence

Esthetic dentistry is the ultimate challenge for the restorative dentist. A restoration must not only look good, it must also function well and endure the test of time. Esthetics in Dentistry has been an important resource in the practice of general dentistry and orthodontics for more than a quarter century. This full-colour revision of the original classic contains an incredible number of advances in techniques and materials. Dr. Ronald Goldstein presents the principles, communication techniques and treatment methods for selecting patients and creating esthetic restorations. Treatments include cosmetic contouring, bleaching, bonding, etched porcelain restorations and crown restorations.

Achieving implant restorations with harmonious gingival contours that emulate nature requires a fusion of science and art. The clinician must understand the biologic and physiologic limitations of the soft and hard tissues to facilitate predictable outcomes in simple to complex esthetic situations. This book focuses on implant esthetic approaches encompassing orthodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, and laboratory techniques. It presents current implant treatment philosophies and methodologies for replacing missing teeth and for managing patients who are facing the loss of a tooth or teeth in the esthetic zone. Equal emphasis is placed on diagnosis, treatment planning, and surgical and prosthetic management of soft and hard tissues for optimal anterior implant esthetics.

Guides the practitioner through the secrets of esthetics and bring to the conscious level the various factors that affect it. Provides procedures for integrating dental restorations into the individual facial composition with respect to biological, functional, and esthetic requirements. Full-color photos throughout.