Esthetics and prosthetics

This extensively color-illustrated volume provides a wide-ranging evaluation of esthetics in reconstructive dentistry. Written by specialists in periodontics, prosthodontics, endodontics, pediatric dentistry, preventative dentistry, and ceramics, contributors from Switzerland, Italy, and Germany cover fundamentals and treatment concepts in esthetic dental prosthetics; the esthetic potential of the ceramic-fused-to-metal technique; materials science aspects of ceramic-fused-to-metal and full ceramics; operative dentistry versus prosthodontics; the esthetic significance of resin-bonded reconstructions; esthetics and implants; and orthodontic closure in patients with missing anterior upper teeth. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR