Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry 1st Edition

Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry: A Comprehensive Guide
Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry covers both popular and advanced cosmetic procedures, enhancing your skills in delivering aesthetically pleasing restorations. With over 1,600 full-color illustrations, this definitive reference emphasizes the significance of cariology and caries management, and explores essential topics such as ultraconservative dentistry, color and shade matching, adhesive techniques, direct composites for anterior and posterior applications, and finishing and polishing.

The book provides detailed descriptions of popular esthetic treatments, including tooth whitening, direct and porcelain veneers, and esthetic inlays and onlays. It also addresses advanced cosmetic procedures like implants, perioesthetics, ortho-esthetics, and pediatric esthetics, offering a solid foundation in less common treatments that can significantly affect patient outcomes. Developed by Dr. George A. Freedman, a recognized leader in the field, this resource also allows you to earn Continuing Education credits while enhancing your knowledge and skills.

Key Features:
Continuing Education Credits: Earn one to two CE credits per chapter.
In-Depth Coverage: Detailed discussions on esthetic procedures such as bleaching, direct and porcelain veneers, inlays and onlays, posts and cores, porcelain-fused-to-metal restorations, zirconium crowns and bridges, and complete dentures.
Advanced Procedures: Insights into implants, perioesthetics, ortho-esthetics, pediatric esthetics, and sleep-disordered breathing, providing expertise in less frequently encountered topics that influence esthetic treatment plans and outcomes.
Fundamental Skills: Key esthetic dentistry topics include cariology and caries management, dental materials, photography, color and shade manipulation, adhesive techniques, direct composites, and finishing and polishing.
Illustrative Support: Over 1,600 full-color photos and illustrations clarify important concepts and techniques, showcasing treatments from initial cases to final esthetic results.
Esteemed Author: Lead author George A. Freedman is a respected educator, author, speaker, and past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, as well as co-founder of the Canadian Academy for Esthetic Dentistry.
Expert Contributors: The book features insights from leading educators and practitioners, including Irvin Smigel (the father of esthetic dentistry), Chuck N. Maragos (a pioneer in contemporary diagnostics), Wayne Halstrom (a leader in dental sleep medicine), and many others.
This comprehensive guide is an invaluable resource for dental professionals seeking to enhance their esthetic dentistry skills and knowledge.