Supra–Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry: A Healthier Approach to Esthetic Restorations

Supra–Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry: A Healthier Approach to Esthetic Restorations provides a real–world approach to healthier supra–gingival minimally invasive restorations, as an alternative to more invasive mechanically retained restorations, such as full crowns.  With an emphasis on diagnosis, meticulous treatment planning, material selection, and technique, this book presents a thoughtful, everyday approach to providing healthier and more predictable esthetic results. Embracing the desire to provide more minimally invasive and conservative treatment for patients, this book demonstrates the importance of a thorough understanding and appreciation of the consequences of the choices for restoring anterior and posterior teeth, leading to healthy, beautiful, and functional treatment results for the patient.

Supra–Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry begins with a discussion of the hidden and sometimes subconscious reasons why crowns continue to be the most popular indirect restoration in dentistry and why supra–gingival minimally invasive restorations are a better choice. The book then goes on to cover the latest knowledge on adhesive dentistry and porcelain and composite restorative materials, followed by esthetic diagnosis and treatment planning, anterior esthetic indirect restorations, posterior esthetic indirect restorations, and longevity through management of occlusal forces and avoidance and management of complications and failures. This uniquely comprehensive book on a useful and popular topic will be enthusiastically received among practicing dentists and students of dentistry seeking to improve themselves and their patients experience.

Key features

Provides practical, step–by–step coverage of the key elements in diagnosis, case planning, preparation, restorations, and cementation of bonded restorations Offers excellent and simple explanations of the latest in adhesive dentistry and the proper selection of restorative materials Covers both anterior and posterior direct and indirect bonded restorations, offering a better, healthier approach Presents hundreds of beautiful images showing planning, preparation, and restoration principles and treatment Features the contributions of Dr. Ray Bertolotti, Contributing Editor, and a foreword written by Gordon J. Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD, CEO of Clinicians Report Foundation and Practical Clinical Reports 

Jose–Luis Ruiz, DDS, FAGD, is a researcher, educator, and clinician. He is Director of the Los Angeles Institute of Clinical Dentistry in Los Angeles, California, USA, and Honorary Clinical Professor at Warwick University in Coventry, England.  He is also an Associate Instructor at Practical Clinical Courses in Provo, Utah, USA.