Click on the following links to view publications from Dr. Dean Vafiadis. (The following PDF files require Adobe Reader to view.)

Immediate Implant Placement of a Single Central Incisor Using a CAD/CAMCrown-Root FormTechnique: Provisional to Final Restoration

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE

The preservation of soft and hard tissue after extraction and implant placement has always been paramount for ideal anterior implant esthetics.Using the information from digital files from CBCT scans and intra-oral scans may help the clinician identify critical anatomical features that can be replicated in the provisional and final CAD/CAM restoration.

Published in Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry (Click HERE for the Full Article)

Finding Z Formula

Direction For Use 

Click Here to download the Excel File of Finding Z

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Enter X and Y to Calculate the Angle (alpha) and Z

The Aesthetic Dentistry Today August 2012
(Click on the Cover to view the Article)

The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry August 2011:
Single Visit Fabrication of a Porcelain Laminate Veneer with CAD/CAM Technology: A Clinical Report

The Journal of Implant & Advanced Clinical Dentistry July/August 2011:
CAD/CAM Dentristy - Computerized Anterior Restorations Part 1: CAD/CAM Veneers and Crowns

Implant Dentistry Today June 2011: Full Arch Restoration Using Computerised Abutments

Cerec Doctors.com November 2008: The One-Visit Cerec: Standard Protocol vs. Cerec  Protocol

PPAD AUGUST 2007 Article :  Computer generated abutments using a coded healing abutment

IMPLANT NEWS and VIEWS 2003 MAY/June

2004 Pratical Aesthetics Publication Cover Download Size 6.7 megs

2004 Pratical Aesthetics Publication Inside Feature Download Size 3.3 megs

IMPLANT NEWS and VIEWS 2003 MAY/June  ALL CERAMIC IMPLANT ABUTMENTS for IDEAL AESTHETICS    deanarticle.editedps.pdf

2003 March + MAY

"ALL CERAMIC MATERIALS: A NEW PERSPECTIVE" PART I and Part II

New York Section of the AGD Journal

2002    July  "ALL CERAMIC ABUTMENTS for DENTAL IMPLANTS"

Journal of Dental Implantology of France

2001   Nov    "Ceramic and Zirconia Abutments for Private Practice"

Dental Implant Perspectives

1998 April  "Surface Evaluations of 19 Composite Materials"

International Journal of Dental Research