Every year scientists and researchers from all over the world are invited to Liechtenstein to present and discuss their research at the Ivoclar Vivadent Scientific Congress. In 2008, the platform was expanded to include a review of the current state of the art of dentistry. Researchers and clinicians were asked to answer important questions about the changing face of dentistry, and the review papers they prepared in advance of the congress form the content of this book. Professionals in every area of dentistry will find this to be a fascinating and inspiring look at the past, present, and future of the field.
ISBN 978-1-85097-182-5
256 pp; 319 illus (mostly color)
Contents
1 Diagnostics of Dental Diseases—How do we Distinguish Ourselves from our Grandparents?
Thomas Attin and Patrick R. Schmidlin
2 Caries Prevention and Caries Control—Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Svante Twetman
3 Adhesion to Tooth Enamel and Dentin—A View on the Latest Technology and Future Perspectives
Marcio Vivan Cardoso, Yasuhiro Yoshida, and Bart van Meerbeek
4 Anterior Restorations—Direct Composites, Veneers or Crowns?
Mutlu Özcan
5 Posterior Composite Restorations—Direct or Indirect Technique?
Roberto Spreafico and Jean-François Roulet
6 Treatment Goal for the Anterior Segment—Functional Reconstruction or Smile Design?
Alessandro Devigus
7 Root Canal Therapy versus Implant
Claus Löst
8 Tooth- or Implant-Supported Reconstructions in the Patient Susceptible to Periodontitis?
Giovanni E. Salvi and Søren Jepsen
9 The Missing Tooth—Replacement with a Tooth-Supported or Implant-Supported Reconstruction?
Bjarni E. Pjetursson
10 The Free-End Situation—Restore with Partial Removable Dental Prosthesis, Cantilever Fixed Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported Crowns or Fixed Dental Prosthesis?
Stefan Holst and Hans Geiselhöringer
11 The Complete Denture—Museum Object with a Future?
Sandro Palla and Ina Nitschke
12 Invisible Orthodontics
Hans-Peter Bantleon, Bernhard Christian Pseiner, and Josef Freudenthaler
13 Principles for Selection of Metal-Ceramic and All-Ceramic Prostheses
Ken Anusavice and Josephine F. Esquivel-Upshaw
14 Clinical Outcome of All-Ceramic Restorations
Matthias Kern
15 Are Composites at the End of Development? Requirements of Clinicians versus Technical Possibilities
Reinhard Hickel, David Watts, Franz-Xaver Reichl, and Nicoleta Ilie
16 Dental Technology—Visions for Materials and Processes of the Future
Horst Fischer
17 The Future of Dental Medicine
Heinrich F. Kappert and Jean-François Roulet
