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Book Review<br />
“Aesthetic &<br />
Restorative Dentistry:<br />
Material Selection<br />
& Technique”<br />
– BOOK by Douglas A. Terry, DDS; Karl F. Leinfelder, DDS, MS;<br />
Willi Geller, MDT<br />
– REVIEW by Michael DiTolla, DDS, FAGD<br />
– CLINICAL PHOTOGRAPHY by Douglas A. Terry, DDS<br />
Most of us purchased our last dental textbooks in dental school and probably rarely refer to them. I still pull out<br />
my color atlas of human anatomy and local anesthesia book from time to time, but that’s about it. For the most<br />
part, the books we studied from were boring but served their purpose: to educate. However, I have found that I’m a<br />
visual learner. I learn better through pictures, and the better the photography is, the more drawn in to the subject matter<br />
I am.<br />
Toward the end of last year, I received an e-mail about a new book being completed by Dr. Douglas Terry, Dr. Karl<br />
Leinfelder and Master <strong>Dental</strong> Technician Willi Geller. I was only familiar with Dr. Terry at the time and had actively followed<br />
his numerous published articles. Many of these articles focused on direct composites, and you could clearly see<br />
his skill and artistry. As a dentist who has focused exclusively on indirect restorations for the past 10 years, I told myself<br />
I would reprint the next article on indirect restorations that Dr. Terry wrote.<br />
Since the book arrived in mid-January, it has had its own reserved parking spot on my desk. It is 700-plus pages of<br />
some of the most accomplished photography in dentistry, and more importantly, it is downright useful. “Aesthetic &<br />
Restorative Dentistry: Material Selection & Technique” is an exhaustive work, but an absolute joy to read.<br />
Dr. Terry covers composite resins as expected, but I was surprised and delighted to see him cover such diverse topics as:<br />
principles of tooth preparation, ceramic materials, elastomeric impression materials, contemporary adhesive cements,<br />
provisionalization and periodontal plastic surgery. It is exactly the table of contents I would have come up with, because<br />
it contains all the topics that I love.<br />
A number of dental journals publish articles in which amazing dentistry is accomplished with, for example, multilayered<br />
direct composites. A patient with a fracture of an anterior tooth needs a large Class IV composite with an incisal<br />
edge involved. The dentist takes an impression, pours a study model, repairs the defect, makes a putty matrix, and then<br />
begins rebuilding the tooth. The result is absolutely gorgeous, but I don’t know a single dentist who routinely practices<br />
like this. That is why it is so refreshing to see the practical knowledge Dr. Terry has included in this book.<br />
I wanted to give you a sneak peek of the stunning visuals I am referring to, and Dr. Terry was kind enough to give<br />
us permission to reprint one such case from the book. Following is a short photo essay on utilization of the total etch<br />
technique for rebonding a fractured porcelain veneer. There have been other articles on the same topic, but none have<br />
been done with the same style and simplicity of this case. Like our dental school textbooks, this book will certainly<br />
educate you, but with a passion, clarity and detail rarely seen in dental publishing today.<br />
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