Fixed Restorations. Irena Sailer

University of Bern, Switzerland. He received his specialist certificate (EFP & SSP) and Masters of Advanced Studies in Periodontology and Doctorate in Dentistry from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern. From 2003 to 2005 he did his postgraduate training in Prosthodontics at the University of Bern. From 2005 he was Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Periodontology and Fixed Prosthodontics, University of Bern, and from 2009 to 2014 the Dean of the Faculty of Odontology, University of Iceland.

      Presently he is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Reconstructive Dentistry, University of Iceland, and a Titular Professor at the Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Prof Dr Pjetursson is a board member of EAO, an ITI Fellow, Associate Editor of the International Journal of Prosthodontics, and member of the editorial board of Clinical Oral Implants Research. He has published extensively in and given over 700 lectures in 50 countries around the world. His research interests are clinical studies in implant dentistry and evidenced-based evaluation of different treatment modalities in implant and prosthetic dentistry.

Contributors

      PD Dr G Benic

      Lugano, Switzerland

      PD Dr A Bindel

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Dr F Brandenberg

      Lucerne, Switzerland

      Dr D Büchi

      Chur, Switzerland

      Dr F Burkhardt

      Geneva, Switzerland

      Dr U Calderon

      Geneva, Switzerland

      Prof Dr Dr J Fischer

      Basel, Switzerland

      DT W Gebhard

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Dr P Grohmann

      Berikon, Switzerland

      Prof Dr R Jung

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Dr N Kalberer

      Geneva, Switzerland

      Dr D Karasan

      Geneva, Switzerland

      Prof Dr H Lee

      Pusan, South Korea

      Dr J Legaz Barrionuevo

      Geneva, Switzerland

      Dr L Marchand

      Geneva, Switzerland

      PD Dr S Mühlemann

      Zurich, Switzerland

      DT C Piskin

      Lausanne, Switzerland

      Dr J Pitta

      Geneva, Switzerland

      Dr C Riera

      Geneva, Switzerland

      Dr M Strasding

      Geneva, Switzerland

      DT B Thiévent

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Prof Dr D Thoma

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Dr E van Dooren

      Antwerp, Belgium

      PD Dr A Zembic

      Winterthur, Switzerland

      Contents

Forewords

Authors

Contributors

Part I Basics

1.1 Current restorative materials

       Jens Fischer

1.1.1 Introduction

1.1.2 Requirements for restorative materials

1.1.3 Overview of current materials for fixed restorations

1.1.4 Conclusions

1.1.5 References

1.2