Quintessence of Dental Technology 2021/2022

Sillas Duarte, Jr, is associate professor and chair of the Division of Restorative Sciences, and the director of the Advanced Program in Operative Dentistry, at the University of Southern California Ostrow School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California.

EDITORIAL: Looking Ahead and Moving Forward

MASTERPIECE
Healing Guided by Design: The Crown-Lengthening Procedure Revisited

MASTERCLASS
RepliCAD—Digital Impression Strategies to Replicate the Soft Tissue Architecture and Teeth Position for Predictability in Final Restorations

BIOMATERIALS UPDATE
Gradient Multilayered Zirconia

MASTERPIECE
The Modified All-On-4 Concept: Keeping Teeth for Lip Support and to Maintain Patients’ Identity

Library-Based Design: Workflow and Bottlenecks

Minimally Invasive Esthetic Approach in Full-Mouth Rehabilitation:
Combining a Digital Workflow Using Intraoral and Facial Scanners

MASTERCLASS
Push the Limits: Porcelain Laminate Veneer Preparation for Intraoral Scanning

The Digital Alveolar Support Technique: Use of Natural Shape to Design the Soft Tissue

Virtual Dentoalveolar Clone Concept in the Esthetic Zone:
Volumetric Assessment of Tissue Changes

The 4_Spheres Technique

Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth: Classification of Remaining Dental Structure for Adhesive Restorative Procedures

The Double-Crown Technique for Masking Discoloration:
Separating the Masking and Esthetic Parts of the Restoration

Digital Workflows to Optimize Peri-implant Soft Tissue Management:
The Inverse Scan Body Concept