3: Clear aligners: Material structures and properties Masoud Amirkhani, Fayez Elkholy, Bernd G. Lapatki Introduction The continued improvement of medical treatment demands easy to use, cheaper, and more durable products…
4 Mandibular bone block grafts 4.1 Introduction Tooth loss leads to a remodeling of the alveolar bone, especially at the buccal bone wall. This process is usually the reason for…
3 Soft tissue management and bone augmentation in implantology Soft tissue management during augmentation, implantation, and second-stage surgery 3.1 Introduction In addition to purely functional rehabilitation, the esthetic quality of…
2 Diagnosis and planning of the augmentation procedure 2.1 Introduction The aim of implant prosthetic rehabilitation is the integration of fixed or removable dental prostheses. Therefore, it is necessary to…
1 Biology of bone regeneration in augmentative procedures Reinhard Gruber 1.1 Introduction Regenerative dentistry critically depends on the functional understanding of bone biology – to be precise, bone development, bone…
2 Understanding periodontitis Daniela Hoedke, Henrik Dommisch Periodontitis is a complex inflammatory human disease. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), periodontitis is considered as a chronic noncommunicable disease (NCD),…
15 Prevention and prophylaxis in orthodontics: Neglected opportunities for successful prevention Karl-Friedrich Krey, Anja Ratzmann, Nadezhda Stancheva Prevention, derived from the Latin word praevenire‚ includes measures, programs, and projects to…
10 Fissure sealing: Still to be recommended? Kim R. Ekstrand, Azam Bakshandeh, Christian H. Splieth Due to their macromorphologic structure, occlusal surfaces on molars are extremely caries prone (Fig 10-1). In…
1 Understanding caries Christian H. Splieth, Mhd Said Mourad, Mohammad Alkilzy, Julian Schmoeckel, Ruth M. Santamaría In their new consensus statement on the terminology of dental caries and dental caries…
