Inside Expert Series: Adhesion

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Learning Objectives:

• Discuss bonding to 3D printed materials and the composition and properties of these materials.
• Explore innovations of adhesive materials and how they can improve dental esthetics.
• Review the formulation and properties of glass ionomers as well as their uses, such as dentin sealing and luting for indirect restoration.

Author Qualifications:

Robert C. Margeas, DDS, is Board Certified by the American Board of Operative Dentistry. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry, a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, American Society for Dental Aesthetics and International Team of Oral implantologists (ITI). He has written numerous articles on esthetic and implant dentistry, and lectures and presents hands-on courses nationally and internationally on those subjects. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Inside Dentistry, on the Editorial Board of Compendium, and is a contributing editor to Oral Health in Canada. His memberships include OKU Honor Dental Society, American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, and the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. Dr. Margeas maintains a full-time private practice focusing on comprehensive restorative and implant dentistry in Des Moines, Iowa.

​Jed M. Best, DDS, MS, practiced pediatric dentistry for 42 years in New York, New York, and holds academic appointments as a clinical professor at Case Western Reserve University’s Case School of Dental Medicine; associate professor at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine; and instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry.

Nathaniel Lawson, DMD, PhD, is the director of the Division of Biomaterials at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry. He has published more than 200 articles, abstracts, book chapters, and periodicals related to dental materials.

Amanda Seay, DDS is a Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. She is also a Clinical Instructor at the Kois Center and maintains a private practice in Charleston, South Carolina.