Indirect Restorations (Quintessentials of Dental Practice) - Tapa dura

This easy-to-digest book offers expert guidance in each of the procedures involved in preparing for and placing indirect restorations. Written for students and novices, it walks readers through the steps of tooth preparation, shade taking, fabrication of the provisional restoration, impression taking, assessment of the occlusion (with and without an articulator), and crown placement. Clinical advice and expert tips for managing each phase make this book a valuable adjunct to the training one receives in dental school.

Professor David Ricketts qualified at Guy's Hospital Dental School, now GKT Kings College, in 1986. Following an Oral Surgery House Officer post and two years in general practice he returned to Guy's Hospital to study for an MSc in conservative dentistry. During this period his main research interest in cariology and, in particular, its diagnosis and appropriate management began which led to the award of a PhD in 1995. David has since published widely in his research area and in other aspects of restorative dentistry and his research has led to collaboration with colleagues in numerous European countries and the USA. In 1999 David moved to Dundee and was promoted to Senior Lecturer / Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry in 2003. In 2006 he became Leader of the Section of Operative Dentistry, Fixed Prosthodontics and Endodontology at Dundee Dental School and in 2008 he was awarded a personal Chair in Cariology and Conservative Dentistry.