Ceramics in Dentistry (eBook)

J. Robert Kelly, DDS, MS, DMedSc, teaches graduate prosthodontics and biomaterials at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut. This follows a 21-year career with the US Navy, culminating in a tour as Commanding Officer, Naval Dental Research Institute. Dr Kelly earned his DDS from The Ohio State University, an MS in dental materials science from Marquette University, and a DMedSc in oral biology and a certificate in prosthodontics from Harvard/MIT. He is the incoming chairman of the ADA Standards Committee on Dental Products, president of the Academy of Dental Materials, and past president of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, and he has received awards for biomedical research (Harvard), for research and postgraduate education (Association of Military Surgeons of the US), and as a clinician/scholar (American College of Prosthodontists). Dr Kelly has contributed to the dental, engineering, and medical literature, holds eight patents, frequently lectures before national and international dental and engineering organizations, still does some of his own porcelain, and keeps his fingers wet practicing prosthodontics.

Ceramics in Dentistry—Where Did This Stuff Come From? – Ceramics 101: What Is This Stuff Anyway? – Indications for All-Ceramic Systems Based on Clinical Evidence – Engineering with Ceramics: Maximizing Durability and Esthetics – Processing of Ceramic Restorations and Prostheses – Getting It Right: Basic Requirements for an Esthetically Successful Outcome – Structural Ceramics in Implant Dentistry