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Routes for Excellence in Restorative Dentistry: Mastery for Beginners and Experts
Two-volume box set)
Author( s)/ Editor( s): Luiz Narciso Baratieri / Sylvio Jr Monteiro / Tiago Spezia de Melo Publisher: Quintessence Editora- Sao Paulo, Brazil Language: English ISBN: 978-85-7889-039-1 Edition: 1 / e Publish Year: 2014 Pages: 761, illustrated Price: $ 150.00
Professors Luiz Narciso Baratieri and Sylvio Jr Monteiro from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC Brasil and their team drafted a two-volume compendium which is addressed to student clinicians and experts in restorative dentistry. The 761 pages of this textbook are divided into thirty chapters. Volume one starts with the nomenclature and classification of cavities and then presents the basis of restorative dentistry: principles of cavity preparation, instruments and materials, isolation, adhesion, composites, polymerization, light, color and characterization and dental amalgam. It also describes the direct composite restoration from class I to class V, and tooth fragment reattachment, diastema closure, composite veneers and finishing and polishing. The second volume describes direct restoration using amalgam and indirect restoration as anterior crowns porcelain laminate veneers, inlays and onlays and posterior crowns. The authors of this comprehensive clinical textbook succeeded to present the fundamental concepts of restorative dentistry and to illustrate the procedures step-by-step to ensure precision in aesthetics, biomechanics, and function in clinical practice.
Foundations of Dental Technology: Anatomy and Physiology
Author( s)/ Editor( s): Arnold Hohmann / Werner Hielscher Publisher: Quintessence Publishing Co Inc Language: English ISBN: 978-0-86715-612-6 Edition: 1 / e Publish Year: 2014 Pages: 400, illustrated Price: $ 98.00
Florin-Eugen Constantinescu
DDS, PhD Student ROPOSTURO- Holistic Dental
Medicine Institute Bucharest, Romania e-mail: dr. florin. constantinescu @ gmail. com
The authors of“ Foundations of Dental Technology: Anatomy and Physiology” have turned this book into an essential guide for dental technicians. The book focuses on the relationship between anatomical form and function in dental technologies. It has eleven chapters. The first chapter describes the fundamental concepts of dental technologies. The next two chapters discuss cells and tissues as independent functional units as well as the development and structure of dental tissues. Chapters four and five present and richly illustrate teeth and dentition morphology. The following chapter provides information about cranial anatomy. Chapters seven and eight cover the physiology of mandibular movement and how to transfer it into mechanical articulator devices. Chapter nine investigates the causes, physical changes and origin of diseases as well as their clinical appearance. The last two chapters speak about the methodology of orthodontic appliances and splint therapy. This book covers all necessary knowledge required by dental technicians to successfully complete their high-level technical work.
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