Despite the many advances of contemporary dental research in biomaterials and tissue regeneration, no dental material can perfectly correspond to natural tooth. The authors of this dynamic atlas posit that it is the mastery of layering technique and not the material itself that is most important in recreating natural-looking restorations.

This reference book uses over a thousand images to explore the stratification of natural tooth and demonstrate solutions for how to arrange layers of composite resin to recreate the color, opacity, shape, and surface abnormalities of natural tooth. The authors provide step-by-step instruction in basic layering techniques as well as in advanced applications of dental characteristics, which are possible with a wide range of esthetic dental materials. In addition, each chapter is prefaced with insights from luminaries in esthetic dentistry, including Luiz Narciso Baratieri, Galip Gürel, Pascal Magne, Francesco Mangani, Ricardo Mitrani, and Angelo Putignano, among others.

Optimal stratification techniques not only create natural-looking beauty in restorations but also imitate the innate bioarchitecture of teeth, which is the foundation of functional and esthetic results.

Contents

Chapter 01 Color
Chapter 02 In
Chapter 03 Out
Chapter 04 Mid
Chapter 05 Classification
Chapter 06 Palatal Features
Chapter 07 Posterior Teeth
Chapter 08 Physiologic Phenomena
Chapter 09 Pathologic Phenomena
Chapter 10 Surface and Polishing
Chapter 11 Red Esthetics
Chapter 12 Analysis
Chapter 13 End