This presentation will cover many of the current “hot topics” in current dental
ceramics from minimally invasive veneer restorations, to full coverage monolithic
ceramic restorations. The lecture will discuss how to design and plan an esthetic
case. It will also clarify the most appropriate clinical situations and restorative
requirements of the various ceramic systems from conventional feldspathic
glass systems, glass ceramic systems, to solid sintered mono-phase Zirconia
based systems - both layered and newer higher translucent “monolithic” cubic
phase zirconia materials. Clinical and esthetic guidelines for using these ceramic
systems will be discussed. This presentation will focus on specific clinical
indications and contraindications for the use of the various ceramic systems,
specifically for no-prep, minimal prep, and normal prep veneers, inlay/onlay,
“vonlay (combination of veneer and onlay), and crown clinical indications.