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Master the use of dental materials with this all-in-one guide to restorative materials and procedures! Craig’s Restorative Dental Materials, 14th Edition covers everything you need to know to understand the science of selecting dental materials when designing and fabricating restorations. It begins with fundamentals and moves on to advanced skills in the manipulation of dental materials, providing insight on the latest advances and research along the way. From an expert author team led by Ronald Sakaguchi, this comprehensive resource is considered to be the standard in the field of dental restorations.
Clear, design-focused approach provides an essential understanding of the fast-changing field of restorative dental materials.
Comprehensive coverage ranges from fundamental concepts to advanced skills, detailing everything you need to know to select dental materials when designing and fabricating restorations.
More than 300 full-color illustrations show clinical detail with clarity and realism.
Logical organization arranges chapters by major clinical procedures.
Practical examples show the fundamental properties and characteristics of materials and demonstrate how basic principles relate to clinical applications.
New co-editor Jack L. Ferracane is recognized worldwide as an authority in dental materials science and restorative dentistry.
NEW! Cutting-edge content describes the newest materials and the latest advances and research in dental biomaterials science.
NEW! More clinical photos help you apply concepts to clinical practice.
"An essential for those planning on further training in the restorative field."
Dr. Sakaguchi integrates a systems perspective, design tools, and strategic innovation and entrepreneurship with a focus on execution in collaborating with graduate students in healthcare management and executive leaders. Dr. Sakaguchi has a clinical and biomaterials science research background, with experience in business development, design for strategic initiatives, facilitation of strategy development, and coaching. In the Division of Management, Dr. Sakaguchi is the course director for an MBA course in healthcare innovation and the graduate capstone business consulting program.
Dr. Ferracane is a founding fellow and past-President of the Academy of Dental Materials. He is a past-President of the American Association for Dental Research. He is the recipient of the Wilmer Souder Award from the Dental Materials Group of the IADR, the Founders Award from the Academy of Dental Materials, and the Hollenback Award from the Academy of Operative Dentistry. He is an honorary member of the American College of Dentists and the Oregon Dental Association. He has authored or co-authored several textbooks on dental materials and operative dentistry and has published extensively on biomaterials.
Publisher : Mosby; 14th edition (April 25, 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 0323478212
ISBN-13 : 978-0323478212
