Journal and Conferences of Dentistry

Facial Aesthetics: Concepts and Clinical Diagnosis is an excellent illustrated resource for those who are interested in facial aesthetic surgery and dentistry.  It is a comprehensive clinical textbook on the art and science of facial aesthetics for clinicians involved in the management of facial deformities: orthodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, aesthetic dentists and plastic and reconstructive surgeons. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive examination of facial aesthetics in the context of dentofacial and craniofacial diagnosis and treatment planning. The 434 pages over 24 chapters are split into two distinct but related parts. The book provides extremely careful and precise research and practical clinical advice complemented by the generous use of illustrations and diagrams.  PDF LINK>>>>>>>>>>>

Hydroxyapatite is a naturally occurring mineral form of calcium. These days, nanohydroxyapatite has been used as filler in some of dental biomaterials to improve its properties. Improvements in their compressive strength, diametral tensile strength , flexural strength , toughness, bonding and fluoride-release properties  have been reported after the addition of HA into the material. In particular, a few studies have been conducted in School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) to improve the hardness ofCGIC . In this case, nano-hydroxyapatite-silica (HA-SiO2) was synthesized by one pot technique  and incorporated into commercially available CGIC Fuji IX GP (GC International, Japan).  It was found that the addition of nano-HA-silica into CGIC (HA-SiO2-GIC) increased the hardness of CGIC by 73% compared to the use of conventional GIC alone. It is believed that the nano silica particles fill the voids between the hexagonal HA particles, and subsequentl...