Maximizing Longevity
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August 1, 2022
Volume 18, Issue 8, August 2022
Page(s): p. 2
Our profession faces numerous challenges in today's environment. First, dental education is suffering from a shortage of well-rounded educators, clinicians, and researchers. Regarding the discipline of restorative dentistry, the lack of sufficient clinical trials to support certain procedures or materials, as well as the rapid introduction of materials with very limited evidence, has resulted in a significant disconnect between research, education, and clinical care. Many dental schools focus on direct restorations and indirect full-coverage crowns without addressing intermediate options. Part of acquiring a complete understanding of the available restorative materials and how to apply them involves mastering minimally invasive preparations, which allow us to conserve tooth structure and extend the life of teeth before they need to be extracted.
For Inside Dentistry's 2022 special issue on materials, we are pleased to share with you key clinical considerations from some of our profession's veterans and rising stars, including a CE on the classification and indications of dental ceramics as well as articles addressing dental cement selection, ceramic partial-coverage restorations, preparation designs for posterior all-ceramic restorations, posterior composite restorations, light curing through ceramics, and more.
Taiseer Sulaiman, DDS, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Comprehensive Oral Health
Adams School of Dentistry
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
sulaiman@unc.edu
Robert C. Margeas, DDS
Editor-in-Chief, Inside Dentistry
Private Practice,
Des Moines, Iowa
Adjunct Professor
Department of Operative Dentistry
University of Iowa,
Iowa City, Iowa
rmargeas_eic@aegiscomm.com
