title: Esthetic alumina and zirconia rehabilitation: a team approach to treatment planning and material selection.
abstract: To meet the ever-increasing demands of well-informed patients, an interdisciplinary team approach is imperative to achieve optimal esthetics and function in complex rehabilitations. Orthodontic pretreatment is one viable option to improve a clinical situation prior to restorative treatment. An individual diagnostic waxup can be used to educate patients about treatment options, lower unrealistic expectations, and serve the technician as a blueprint for ideal framework design. Newly developed dental materials and computer technology have led to new restorative treatment options for both conventional and implant-retained restorations. With the increased processing power of computers over the past decade, computer-aided design/computer-assisted manufacture (CAD/ CAM) copings, frameworks, and abutments for conventional and implant-supported restorations have significantly altered treatment protocols for dentists and dental technicians. CAD/CAM-generated oxide ceramic components can be used to achieve optimal esthetics in any area of the mouth.
authors: Department of Prosthodontics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors: Ernst A
authors: EA
authors: Hegenbarth
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Holst
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D003142:Communication; D003199:Computer Systems; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003442:Crowns; D015921:Dental Implants; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003800:Dental Technicians; D003801:Dental Veneers; D003815:Dentists; D003779:Denture Design; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009065:Mouth Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods; D009970:Orthodontics; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants; D003764:Dental Materials; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D015040:Zirconium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; C028541:zirconium oxide