Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry

Covering both popular and advanced cosmetic procedures, Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry enhances your skills in the dental treatments leading to esthetically pleasing restorations. With over 1,600 full-color illustrations, this definitive reference discusses the importance of cariology and caries management, then covers essential topics such as ultraconservative dentistry, color and shade, adhesive techniques, anterior and posterior direct composites, and finishing and polishing. Popular esthetic treatment options are described in detail, including bleaching or tooth whitening, direct and porcelain veneers, and esthetic inlays and onlays. Coverage of advanced cosmetic procedures includes implants, perioesthethics, ortho-esthetics, and pediatric esthetics, providing a solid understanding of treatments that are less common but can impact patient outcomes. Developed by Dr. George A. Freedman, a renowned leader in the field, Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry also allows you to earn Continuing Education credits as you improve your knowledge and skills.

Table of Contents

1. Cariology and Caries Management

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Caries Risk Assessment

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Cariology: Its Role in Esthetic Dentistry

2. Dental Materials

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Dental Materials

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Impression Materials

3. Photography: Digital and Analog

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Photography

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Digital and Chemical Photography

4. Ultraconservative Dentistry

5. Porcelain Veneers

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Smile Design

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: The Esthetic Try-In

6. The Non-Surgical Face Lift: Restoring a Youthful Appearance by Repositioning the Muscles of Facial Expression

7. Color and Shade

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Understanding and Manipulating Color

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Using Color to Create Restorations

8. Adhesion

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: The Evolution of Adhesive Techniques

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Dentin Bonding

9. Anterior Direct Composites

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Direct Anterior Bonding: Minimally Invasive at its Best

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Predictable Customized Class IV Restorations

10. Posterior Direct Composites

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Posterior Composites

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Posterior Contact Points

11. Polishing

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Current Technology and Clinical Approaches to Polishing of Dental Restorations

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Finishing and Polishing

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section C: Finishing and Polishing

12. Fiber Reinforcement

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Direct Fiber-Reinforced Composite

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: A Unique Treatment Modality

13. Glass Ionomer Restoratives

14. Bleaching

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Tooth Bleaching

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: In-office and Home Bleaching

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section C: Innovative Elements from a Scientific or Technological Perspective that have Appeared in Bleaching over the Past Decade

15. Direct Veneers

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Direct Composite Bonding

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Transitional Bonding

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section C: A Histological Approach to Layering Direct Anterior Composite Restorations

16. Porcelain Veneers

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Porcelain

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Inserting Esthetic Restorations

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section C: Porcelain Laminate Veneers

17. Esthetic Inlays and Onlays

18. Esthetic Posts

19. Single-Tooth All-Ceramic Restorations

20. Ceramics: Porcelain-Fused-to-Metal Restorations

21. Porcelain-Fused-to-Metal and Zirconium Crowns and Bridges

22. Dentist-Lab Technician Communications

23. Cements

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Contemporary Dental Cements

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Dual Cured Resin Cements and Esthetic Supragingival Margins

24. Complete Denture Esthetics

25. Precision and Semi-Precision Attachments

26. Technology and Esthetics

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Minimally Invasive Dentistry

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Diode Lasers: The Soft Tissue Handpiece

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section C: Soft and Hard Tissue Lasers

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section D: Photo-Activated Disinfection

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section E: Soft Tissue Screening

27. Minimally Invasive Implant Esthetics

28. Perioesthetics

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Periodontal Esthetics and Periodontal Plastic Surgery

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Relating Function and Esthetics

29. Ortho-Esthetics

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Relevance of Functional Appliance Treatment to Esthetic Dentistry and Temporomandibular Health

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Orthodontics as a Basis for Esthetics

30. Pediatric Dental Procedures

31. Sleep and Snoring

32. Sterilization and Disinfection

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Sterilization

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Disinfection

33. Communication

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Patient Communication

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Patient Management

34. Practice Management

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section A: Establishing an Esthetic Dental Practice

&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp;&' || 'nbsp; Section B: Managing an Esthetic Dental Practice

35. Evaluating Esthetic Materials

Key Features

Continuing Education credits are available, allowing you to earn one to two CE credits per chapter.

Detailed coverage of popular esthetic procedures includes bleaching, direct and porcelain veneers, inlays and onlays, posts and cores, porcelain-fused-to-metal restorations, zirconium crowns and bridges, and complete dentures.

Coverage of advanced procedures includes implants, perioesthethics, ortho-esthetics, pediatric esthetics, and sleep-disordered breathing, providing a solid understanding of less-frequently encountered topics that impact the esthetic treatment plan and outcomes.

Coverage of key esthetic dentistry topics and fundamental skills includes cariology and caries management, understanding dental materials, photography, understanding and manipulating of color and shade, adhesive techniques, anterior and posterior direct composites, and finishing and polishing.

Over 1,600 full-color photos and illustrations help to clarify important concepts and techniques, and show treatments from beginning of the case to the final esthetic results.

Well-known and respected lead author George A. Freedman is a recognized author, educator, and speaker, and past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and co-founder of the Canadian Academy for Esthetic Dentistry.

Expert contributors are leading educators and practicing clinicians, including names such as Irvin Smigel (the father of esthetic dentistry), Chuck N. Maragos (the father of contemporary diagnostics), Wayne Halstrom (a pioneer in the area of dental sleep medicine), David Clark (one of the pioneers of the microscope in restorative dentistry and founder the Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry), Edward Lynch (elected the most influential person in UK Dentistry in 2010 by his peers), Joseph Massad (creator, producer, director, and moderator of two of the most popular teaching videos on the subject of removable prosthodontics), Simon McDonald (founder and CEO of Triodent Ltd, an international dental manufacturing and innovations company), and many more!

Author Information
By George A. Freedman, DDS, BSc, DCS, HSL, FAACD, FACD,FADFE, Past President, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry; Co-Founder, Canadian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry