Quintessence of Dental Technology 2023

Vincent Fehmer, MDT, received his dental technical education and degree in Stuttgart, Germany, before completing fellowships in Great Britain and the United States in Oral Design–certified dental technical laboratories. After working several years in such a laboratory in Berlin, he received his MDT degree and became the chief dental technician at the Clinic for Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics in Zurich, Switzerland. Since 2015, he has been a dental technician at the Clinic for Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials in Geneva, Switzerland. He also runs his own laboratory in Lausanne. Mr Fehmer is a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology, an active member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED), and a member of the Oral Design group as well as the European Association of Dental Technology (EADT) and the German Society of Esthetic Dentistry (DGÄZ). He is a sought-after international speaker and has received many honors for his work, including the Kenneth Rudd Award from the American Prosthodontic Society. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals within the field of fixed prosthodontics and digital dental technology, contributed to many books, and recently coauthored the book Fixed Restorations: A Clinical Guide to the Selection of Materials and Fabrication Technology with Irena Sailer and Bjarni Pjetursson. Mr Fehmer also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry, Section Editor for the International Journal of Prosthodontics, and co-chair for the 26thInternational Symposium on Ceramics (June 2023).

Contents
Editorial: Simplicty Meets Esthetics (Vincent Fehmer)
Enhancing Anterior Esthetics: A Patchwork of Different Types of Ceramics (Carola Wohlgenannt)
Predictable Anterior Esthetics in a Complex Case of a Young Patient with a Congenital Missing Central Incisor (Arndt Happe, Anja Krüssmann, and Leonie Debring)
Laboratory-Generated Digital Concepts in Modern Dental Communication for the Restorative Team: Creating the Virtual Patient (Joshua Polansky and Graham Forbes)
Is Our Job a Lifelong Journey? What Is the Motivation? Is There a Key to Success? (Katrin Rohde)
Facially Driven Full-Mouth Rehabilitation: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Mirela Feraru, Ion Nicolescu, Mihai Dorobantu, Michael Tulchinsky, Stefano Inglese, and Nitzan Bichacho)
The Digital Roadmap for Edentulous Patients in Implant Prosthodontics (Luc Rutten and Patrick Rutten)
Central Incisor Mock-up: A Fundamental Role in Esthetic Rehabilitation (Giuseppe Romeo, Georgi Iliev, and Galip Gürel)
Interdisciplinary Treatments Using Digital Tools for Diagnosis, Communication, and Execution (Gustavo Giordani, Florin Cofar, Eric Van Dooren, Marcelo Giordani, Ioan Barbur, and Ioana Popp)
Facially Generated Esthetic Planning (Shogo Yamamoto and Takuya Yada)
The Injection Resin Technique Using Digital Design: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Douglas A. Terry, Wesam Salha, Memo Castro, and Markus B. Blatz)
Digital and Analog Approach for Precise and Predictable Restorative Treatments (Jun Iwata and Shinya Kuramoto) Mucogingival Rotational Tooth Preparation in the Management of Soft Tissues in Fixed Prostheses (Ivan Contreras Molina) Classification and Indication of Zirconia Restorations According to Layering Design and Thickness (Naoki Hayashi)
Translucency Levels: Full Layering vs Microlayering (Aiham Farah, the Aurum Group, and Volinder S. Dhesi)