After graduating in medicine and surgery in 1979, Dr. Mauro Fradeani completed a specialization in dentistry at the University of Ancona, Italy, in 1983. He was a visiting associate professor in prosthetics at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, U.S., from 1999 until 2008. Fradeani is founder and Director of the ACE Institute, an advanced continuing education center in Pesaro. He is also founder and Director of Fradeani Education, an educational project developed together with a group of expert lecturers with the goal of promoting an Italian model of excellence in dentistry worldwide. He runs a private practice in Pesaro limited to prostheses on natural dentition and implants.

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„Esthetic Rehabilitation in Fixed Prosthodontics – Volume 1: Esthetic Analysis: A Systematic Approach to Prosthetic Treatment“

This easy-to-read text by Mauro Fradeani provides the clinician with a systematic approach to facial evaluation during esthetic treatment planning. Separate chapters guide the reader to an understanding of the esthetic parameters involved in facial, dentolabial, phonetic, dental, and gingival analysis. Each chapter presents prosthetic considerations and applications that allow the clinician to formulate an optimal treatment plan based on the individual clinical situation of the patient. Also provided is an esthetic checklist that allows the clinician to apply the principles described in the text to everyday practice. For more information visit Quintessence Shop.

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"Esthetic Rehabilitation in Fixed Prosthodontics – Volume 2: Prosthetic Treatment: A Systematic Approach to Esthetic, Biologic and Functional Integration"

This much-anticipated book by Mauro Fradeani and Giancarlo Barducci presents the procedural phases required to achieve optimal results in the esthetic rehabilitation of patients in need of fixed prostheses. Communication between the clinician and the technician, which is essential to the esthetic, biologic, and functional integration of the prosthetic rehabilitation, is highlighted through a step-by-step presentation of all clinical and laboratory procedures. Chapters demonstrate methods to obtain accurate facebow recordings, impression materials and techniques, fabrication of provisional restorations, and incorporation of interdisciplinary therapies for ideal comfort and esthetics. This beautiful book picks up where Volume 1 ended and delivers its message with equal clarity and precision. For more information visit Quintessence Shop.

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Jan-Frederik Güth (Prof. Dr. med. dent.) holds the position of Deputy Director of the Department of Prosthodontics of the Dental School of the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich. Dr. Güth defended his “Habilitation” in 2014 and received the title “Privatdozent”. During 2013 he spent a research-stay (visiting professor) at the University of Southern California (USC; Pascal Magne). He is a member of the German Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine (DGZMK), the German Association of Prosthetics and Bio-Materials (DGPro) and the German Association of Implantology (DGI). His main field of attention and research is the digital impression technology and the connected workflow on teeth and implants, CAD/CAM-technology and high-performance polymers. In this field he is an internationally noted lecturer and published numerous scientific and clinical articles.

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