25 Years of Clinical Success and Scientific Evidence with “Modern” Adhesive Protocols for Indirect Bonded Posterior Restorations

Effective and stable adhesion to both enamel and dentin are among the most noteworthy improvements of the last decades in restorative dentistry. This enabled new restoration design and modern biomaterials to be bonded to remaining tooth structure for replacement of decayed and worn hard tissues with great predictability and limited invasiveness. This presentation will overview clinical protocols and existing scientific evidences which confirmed the indications and successful use of these novel developments in partial tooth-coloured bonded restorations.

1. Know evidenced-based scientific rationale supporting new treatment concepts for posterior indirect restorations.
2. New "Golden standard" protocols to treat posterior teeth with bonded restorations.
3. Choice of materials related to bio-mechanical tooth status.

Presenter

Didier Dietschi, DMD, PhD, Privat-Docent

Dr Didier Dietschi was licensed in 1984 and got his doctoral and Privat Docent degrees in 1988 and 2004, respectively, at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He also got a PhD degree in 2003 at the University of ACTA, Netherlands. Following a 6-year period of full-time teaching and research activity in Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, he started a part time activity in a private office in Geneva, dedicated to aesthetic restorative dentistry. He has held a position of adjunct Professor at CASE Western University (USA) for over 15Y and is senior lecturer at the University of Geneva.

Dr. Dietschi has published over 125 clinical and scientific papers and book chapters on adhesive and aesthetic restorations; he also co-authored the book “Adhesive Metal-free Restorations”, edited in 1997 by Quintessence and translated in 7 languages. His new textbook entitled “TOOTH WEAR – Interceptive treatment approach with minimally invasive protocols” has been launched in June 2023 and which has become “best seller” of Quintessence Publishing in 2024.

Dr. Dietschi is internationally renowned for his theoretical and practical teaching programs on adhesive & aesthetic restorations.