Fusion

Born in 1960 in Bordeaux, Jean-François Lasserre, PhD., DDS, graduated from the University of Bordeaux 2 in 1983. Following his DEA in anthropology, in 1994 he became an associate professor in the Prosthetic department of the Dental faculty of the University of Bordeaux. In 2003 he defended his University Doctoral Thesis on the topic of dental wear in modern and historical population, developing and introducing a chewing simulator device to study the in vitro wear of novel ceramic and composite dental materials. For more than 15 years, he has been teaching Occlusion, to later dedicate himself to research and teaching of dental esthetics and ceramic restorations. He has authored numerous articles in national and international journals and has frequently presented lectures in France and abroad, dedicated to esthetic ceramic restorations. Jean-François Lasserre practices at the University Dental Hospital Center but also owns a private clinic in Bordeaux specializing in dental esthetics, implantology, and prosthetics. He is a founder of the research and educational group for dental esthetics named “Symbiose.” For many years Jean-François Lasserre has been a Vice Dean of the Dental Faculty, in charge of the international relations, and has been granted the Honoris Causa as well as the title of Associate Professor by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMP) in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. He is also Associate Professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Luliu Hatieganu” in Cluj-Napoca in Romania.

Volume 1. Fundamentals
Chapter 01. In Search of the Lost Smile
Chapter 02. How to become an Artist in Dentistry
Chapter 03. Face and Asymmetry
Chapter 04. Form and Function
Chapter 05. From Light to Color
Chapter 06. Biological Integration
Chapter 07. Mimetics and Bionics
Chapter 08. Wear and Aging
Chapter 09. The Heart of Ceramic

Volume 2. Clinic and Laboratory
Chapter 10. Art And Technique 1: Conventional Ceramics

Part 1. Stained layering technique
Part 2. White teeth fully stained

Chapter 11. Art and Technique: Lithium Disilicate Ceramics

Part 1. Expertise for ceramic surface textures
Part 2. Lithium disilicate pressed ceramic – criteria for the choice of ingot

Chapter 12. Luting the Ceramic
Chapter 13. The Enamel a Sacred Tissue
Chapter 14. Chips and Laminate Veneers
Chapter 15. Ceramic Resin-Bonded Bridges: Single Anterior Missing Tooth
Chapter 16. Metal Ceramic Resin-Bonded Bridges: A Minimally Invasive Concept
Chapter 17. The Crowns
Chapter 18. Full Rehabilitations and Increasing the VDO