Description

In Fixed restorations: a clinical guide to the selection of materials and fabrication technology, the authors Irena Sailer, Vincent Fehmer, and Bjarni Pjetursson have created a timely and comprehensive guide to modern reconstructive dentistry.

The book is divided into four parts: basic information regarding materials and production processes, step-by-step clinical procedures with extensive case presentations, long-term outcomes, and management of complications. With over 2000 clinical images and diagrams, backed up with the scientific evidence for recommendations, the best practice for tooth- and implant-supported fixed restorations is clearly described. The vast clinical and technical knowledge and experience of the authors has resulted in a unique textbook that will aid in decision making regarding material selection and procedures for all patients in need of fixed restorations.

Contents
Part I. Basics

• Current restorative materials
• Patient-related factors for material selection
• Technical factors
• Diagnostics
• Decision-making criteria for replacing the missing tooth
• Tooth preparation: current concepts for material selection
• Provisional restorations
• Impression techniques
• Material-related cementation procedures
• Fixation of implant-supported restorations
• The titanium-base abutment concept
• Material selection flowcharts
• Cementation flowcharts

Part II. Clinical procedures step-by-step

• Minimally invasive restorations(veneers)
• Minimally invasive restorations (resin-bonded fixed dental prostheses [RBFDPs])
• Defect-oriented restorations
• Conventional single crowns (SCs)
• Tooth-supported all-ceramic single crowns (SCs), fixed dental prostheses (FDPs), and a removable telescopic restoration
• Implant-supported single crowns (SCs)
• Implant-supported restorations
• Maintenance

Part III. Long-term outcomes of fixed restorations

• Tooth-supported veneers
• Tooth-supported inlays and onlays
• Tooth-supported SCs
• Endocrowns
• Tooth-supported conventional multiple-unit FDPs
• Tooth-supported cantilever FDPs
• Resin-bonded fixed dental prostheses (RBFDPs)
• Implant-supported SCs
• Implant-supported FDPs
• Implant-supported cantilever FDPs
• Combined tooth-implant-supported FDPs

Part IV. Avoiding and managing complications

• Success of tooth- and implant-supported restorations
• Tooth-supported restorations
• Implant-supported restorations

Contributors
G. Benic • A. Bindel • F. Brandenberg • D. Büchi • F. Burkhardt • U. Calderon • J. Fischer • W. Gebhard • P. Grohmann • R. Jung • N. Kalberer • D. Karasan • H. Lee • J. Legaz Barrionuevo • L. Marchand • S. Mühlemann • C. Piskin • J. Pitta • C. Riera • M. Strasding • B. Thiévent • D. Thoma • E. van Dooren • A. Zembic