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Restorative Indirect Articles
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Creating Beautiful Results with Platinum Foil
Case report describing the platinum-foil technique for veneers.
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Layered Light Refraction and Reflection in Esthetics
Review of optical principles for esthetics in three materials
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
A discussion of why good dental photography is integral to successful lab communication
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Enhancing Communication Skills for Optimal Esthetic Transformations
Being an effective communicator provides a crucial edge to both dentists and ceramists in today’s quickly developing technological marketplace.
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Restoration of a Fractured Central Incisor
The treatment of a traumatically damaged single central incisor poses significant challenges relative to function and esthetics to the restoring clinician. Providing a good long-term prognosis is para...
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Creating Youthful and Valuable Restorations for a High-Profile Patient
The case presentation discussed in this article illustrates the versatility, ease of use, and optimal clinical and esthetic results possible with the proper application of a team-based approach to the...
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Optimizing Technology to Maximize Success
For the dental team, rapid innovations in dental laboratory technology and materials add a new challenging dimension to material selection and fabrication methods.
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Becoming a Bench Top Clinician
How do technicians restore a single central in a less than ideal situation? The answer is that we need to broaden our knowledge to the clinical side of dentistry, going beyond the technical.
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An Ideal Restorative Material: Generating Smoothness in Dental Ceramics
This article reviews the available literature and presents methods for generating a smooth surface and assessing surface roughness. It also discusses the differences between glazing and mechanical pol...
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Systematic Analysis of an Anterior Wear Case to Fulfill Esthetic and Functional Objectives
This article describes a system of four diagnostic categories that enables the clinician to thoroughly assess the clinical findings and establish a comprehensive diagnosis. An optimal treatment plan c...
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An Impression Technique for Repeated Success
Discusses the requirements necessary to achieve accuracy in fixed prosthodontic impressions
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Facial Esthetics—The Framework
A technique that uses facial landmarks to dictate tooth position
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Ceramics: Rationale for Material Selection
A systematic process for treatment planning with ceramic materials
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Advanced Technique for Achieving Exceptional Esthetics
As CAD/CAM and other digital technologies become a more integral part of the dental industry, the ongoing evolution will likely pick up even more speed. Dentists and technicians should be prepared to ...
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Cosmetic Dentistry with Minimal Preparation Veneers
In this case, a 37-year-old woman was unhappy with her smile and had specific demands and expectations. Her primary concern centered on her overly prominent upper canines and the constricted appearanc...
