Color Atlas of Dental Medicine
Editors: Klaus H. Rateitschak and Herbert F. Wolf
Aesthetic Dentistry
Josef Schmidseder
With contributions by
E. P. Allen, K. J. Anusavice, U. Belser, C. E. Besimo, G. J. Christensen, H. Claus, C. E. DeFreest, J. Dunn, K. B. Frazier, G. Graber, T. Iwata, L. Machado, T. Mifuji, Y. Miyoshi, R. F. Murray, R. Naef, F. Pavel, N. Pietrobon, E. A. Reetz, K. Sawano, P. Schärer, A. Schmidseder, K.-J. Söderholm, R. V. Tucker, M. Wawra
Translated by Karl-Johan Söderholm, D.D.S; edited by Arthur F. Hefti, D.D.S
952 Illustrations
Author's Address
Josef Schmidseder, M. D.
Mariannenstrasse 5
80538 Munich
Germany
Editors' Addresses
Klaus H. Rateitschak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Dental Institute, Center for Dental Medicine
University of Basle
Hebelstr. 3, 4056 Basle, Switzerland
Herbert F. Wolf, D.D.S.
Private Practitioner
Specialist of Periodontics SSO/SSP
Löwenstrasse 55, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
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Illustrations by
Esther Schenk-Panic, Munich
Uwe Neumann, Georg Thieme Verlag
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Title of the German edition:
Ästhetische Zahnmedizin
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In the Series “Color Atlas of Dental Medicine”
K. H. & E. M. Rateitschak, H. F. v. Wolf, T. M. Hassell
• Periodontology, 3rd edition
A. H. Geering, M. Kundert, C. Kelsey
• Complete Denture and Overdenture Prosthetics
G. Graber
• Removable Partial Dentures
F. A. Pasler
• Radiology
T. Rakosi, I. Jonas, T. M. Graber
• Orthodontic Diagnosis
H. Spiekermann
• lmplantology
H. F. Sailer, G. F. Pajarola
• Oral Surgery for the General Dentist
R. Beer, M. A. Baumann, S. Kim
• Endodontology
P. A. Reichart, H. P. Philipsen
• Oral Pathology
J. Schmidseder
• Aesthetic Dentistry
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Preface
At a recent meeting of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry a survey questioned whether aesthetic treatment methods were ethical. The situation typical for that time was used as basis for the survey: “Let's assume that the patient is completely healthy and there are no biological or physical reasons for a therapeutic intervention. Do you, given such circumstances, consider treatments like ceramic veneers, changing tooth color and tooth shape through bonding procedures, bleaching, orthognatic surgery, plastic surgery of the nose, or orthodontic treatments in adults ethical, and would you offer your patients such treatments?”
The answers to the questionnaire were rated on a scale of 1 to 100 with “1” being an unethical treatment and “100” an ethical treatment. The result was quite remarkable because it showed a high acceptance of all but two aesthetic measures (substitution of direct or indirect composites for amalgam restoration):
| Closing a diastema using bonding | 100 |
| Changing tooth color and shape using bonding | 95 |
| Ceramic veneers | 91 |
| Office bleaching | 94 |
| Home bleaching | 85 |
| Orthodontic treatment in adults | 97 |
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Replacing amalgam
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