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Editorial
Dr Sushil Koirala, Editor-in-Chief, President Vedic Institute of Smile Aesthetics (VISA), Kathmandu, Nepal
Welcome to this year’s first edition of cosmetic dentistry! With great pride, we are able to look back at a successful year in 2009. cosmetic dentistry is now one of the most popular aesthetic dental magazines in the Asia Pacific region. This success was greatly due to the high standard of both printing and article selection. We were able to -offer free -accessibility to the electronic version of the magazine on www.dental-tribune.com and the official websites of the South Asian Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry (SAAAD) and Asian Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry. Furthermore, various aesthetic continuing education (CE) institutions have approached cosmetic dentistry in order to establish a professional -relationship for the promotion of the art and science of aesthetic dentistry in the Asia -Pacific region.
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Diastema Closure (MD): Midline diastema closure with direct-bonding restorations
Dr Sushil Koirala, Nepal
Midline diastemata (MD) are spaces of varying magnitude between the crowns of fully erupted maxillary and mandibular central incisors. Keene describes MD as anterior midline spacing greater than 0.5 mm between the proximal surfaces of adjacent teeth. Incidences of maxillary and mandibular MD are 14.8 and 1.6 %, respectively.1
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A 14-year-old girl greeted us in the treatment room with a friendly smile. Her aesthe-tically unpleasing tooth #21 was immediately apparent. It appeared twisted and too wide. The mother’s comment highlighted the severity of the situation: “My daughter generally does not smile like that. She is embarrassed and avoids smiling.”
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Root recession coverage made predictable using resorbable barriers
Dr David L. Hoexter, Dr Nikisha Jodhan & Dr Jon B. Suzuki, USA
Gingival recession is defined as the location or displacement of the marginal gingiva apical to the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ).1 Recession is the -exposure of root surface, resulting in a tooth that appears to be of longer length. From a patient’s -perspective, recession means an un-aesthetic ap-pearance and is associated with ageing...
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There are many benefits to refurbishing or -relocating your dental practice, and although the decision to make such major physical changes to your surgery is usually secondary to other financial concerns, most practitioners find that they receive more than the obvious benefits with a new surgery. The opportunity to streamline the operation of your practice and attract new patients can be immensely profitable to your business. By increasing the functionality of your -surgery, the productivity of your staff will improve. Patients will also feel more comfortable in a fresh, well-organised, private practice...
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Word-of-mouth 2.0 - How leveraging one’s online reputation can help attract new patients
Dr Lorne Lavine, USA
It is an undisputed fact that in the world of -dentistry, no amount of expensive advertising or fancy marketing can beat the power of word-of-mouth referrals from your satisfied patients. What your patients say about you is the ultimate driver of your business success. Today, consumers increasingly turn to the -Internet to locate and select a dental practice. Understanding this and using the right tools will help you create and maintain the most relevant, valuable practice builder you’ll ever have: the experience and feedback of your own patients shared with millions of prospective patients actively seeking a new dental practice. It’s up to you to choose: will your online reputation consist of a single thread of random gossip, or will it become your most valued asset, carefully managed and nurtured to give you the best return on your investment?
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Way back in 2005, I was listening to a speaker discuss a new way of placing dental implants that would revolutionise the process. He showed a video of an elderly Swedish man strolling into a dental clinic with a bag full of ill-fitting dentures, and walking out later that same day with fully implant-supported final prostheses. The process used 3-D computed tomography (CT) imaging to plan the implant placement, and then a custom surgical guide was made that facilitated the flapless placement of a dozen or so implants so precisely that only minimal adjustments would be necessary to the prefabricated fixed bridges. The cost of this treatment was about US$100,000, rendering it beyond reach for the majority of patients.
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Experience has shown that aesthetically pleasing composite restorations in the anterior region can only be created, if the clinician succeeds in achieving a near-perfect shade match between the restorative material and remaining dentition. In general, state-of-the-art composite restoratives should be easy to handle, adapt to cavity walls and offer good surface finishing qualities. At the same time, however, it is essential that they allow the restoration to blend harmoniously into the natural oral environment...
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With Perfect Bleach, VOCO offers a home whitening system that meets all of the requirements of modern tooth whitening and thus the highest aesthetic demands in an equally simple and cost-effective way. Vital teeth that are discoloured because of ageing or diet-related accretion can be whitened quickly and effectively. Devitalised teeth can also be whitened externally and internally. The treatment of tetracycline discolouration, superficial enamel discolouration from fluorosis, and discolouration caused by trauma due to bleeding is also possible. Perfect Bleach is a carbamide peroxide-based home whitening material. Depending on the type of discolouration, either a 10 % or 17 % concen-tration can be used...
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Since its introduction in 2003, VITA Easyshade, the optoelectronic shade-measuring unit, has convinced dentists and dental technicians by its simple handling and high degree of accuracy in the objective shade determination of natural teeth and dental restorations. With the arrival of VITA Easyshade Compact, the second generation of the measuring device, the work of dentists and dental technicians will now be even further facilitated. VITA is proud to present VITA Easyshade Compact at upcoming international trade shows.
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As science and society continue to de-vel-op, new questions and challenges arise for dental -materials. With the innovative self-adhesive resin cement CLEARFIL SA CEMENT, which was first presented in Europe at IDS 2009, -Kuraray Europe introduced a new dual--curing, self--etching resin cement that meets the demands of -today’s dental practice
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The South Asian Academy of Aesthetic -Dentistry (SAAAD) held its first biennial scientific meeting Minimally invasive cosmetic dentistry - A holistic approach from 28 to 29 November 2009, at Radisson Hotel in Kathmandu in Nepal. The -conference, which was organised in collaboration with the Asian Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry (AAAD), Sri Lanka Academy of Aesthetic and Cosmetic Dentistry, Bangladesh Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and Nepalese Academy of Cosmetic and Aesthetic Dentistry, was attended by 225 South Asian delegates.
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The Society for Dental Ceramics (SDC) has followed the development of all-ceramic mate-rials and CAD/CAM technology for the last ten years, reviewing and commenting on the clinical results in the professional community, supported by experience from its own field studies in private practices. During this period, the number of inserted all-ceramic inlays, onlays, crowns and bridges has increased steadily to over 5.5 million restorations per year, thus attaining 20 % share of the treatment volume indicated for long-term restorations
