Preface
The fourteenth edition of this classic textbook has
been extensively updated to include many recent
developments in dental biomaterials science and
new materials for clinical use. The book continues
to be designed for predoctoral dental students and
also provides an excellent update of dental bioma-
terials science and clinical applications of restorative
materials for students in graduate programs and
residencies.
Dr. Ron Sakaguchi returns as the lead editor of
the fourteenth edition. Dr. Sakaguchi serves as pro-
fessor in the Division of Management in the School
of Medicine and professor, Division of Biomaterials
and Biomechanics in the Department of Restorative
Dentistry at Oregon Health & Science University
(OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. He earned a BS in cyber-
netics from the University of California Los Angeles
(UCLA), a DDS from Northwestern University,
an MS in prosthodontics from the University of
Minnesota, a PhD in biomaterials and biomechanics
from Thames Polytechnic (London, England; now
the University of Greenwich), and an MBA summa
cum laude in entrepreneurship from Babson College.
Dr. Jack Ferracane is a new co-editor of the four-
teenth edition. Dr. Ferracane serves as professor and
chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and
division director of Biomaterials and Biomechanics
at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in
Portland, Oregon. He earned a BS in biology from
the University of Illinois and an MS and a PhD in
biological materials from Northwestern University.
Dr. John M. Powers returns as a co-editor of the
fourteenth edition. He served as the lead editor of
the twelfth edition and contributed to the previous
eight editions. Dr. Powers is clinical professor of
oral biomaterials in the Department of Restorative
Dentistry and Prosthodontics at the UTHealth
School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health
Science Center at Houston, and senior vice presi-
dent of Dental Consultants, Inc. (publisher of The
Dental Advisor). Dr. Powers was formerly Director
of the Houston Biomaterials Research Center. He
earned a BS in chemistry and a PhD in mechanical
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engineering and dental materials at the University
of Michigan.
We thank our many chapter authors for their effort
and expertise: Dr. Roberto Braga of the University
of São Paulo; Dr. Isabelle Denry of the University
of Iowa; Dr. Sharukh Khajotia of the University of
Oklahoma; Dr. David Mahler of Oregon Health &
Science University; Drs. Grayson and Sally Marshall
of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF);
Dr. John Mitchell of Midwestern University; Dr.
Sumita Mitra of Mitra Chemical Consulting, LLC,
and many years at 3M ESPE; and Dr. Carmem Pfeifer
of Oregon Health & Science University.
The organization of the fourteenth edition follows
the format of the popular thirteenth edition. Chapters
are organized by major clinical procedures. Chapter 3
has been extensively revised with a new focus on
materials-centered treatment design. The treatment
design approach proposed by Spear and Kokich is
discussed where treatment planning starts with an
assessment of overall esthetics, to which a consider-
ation of function, structure, and biology are added.
A new table presents a summary of the approach
with queries for each stage, and relevant materials
and properties to be considered. The discussion of
material and mechanical properties and their testing
in Chapters 4 and 5 is updated and modernized to
improve understanding. The history of amalgam and
its fabrication now appears in the online companion
to Chapter 10, along with other legacy metals and
alloys. Tissue engineering materials have been exten-
sively updated, with new figures, in Chapter 16.
A website accompanies this textbook. Included
is the majority of the procedural, or materials han-
dling, content that was in the twelfth and thirteenth
editions. The website can be found at http://evolve.
elsevier.com/Sakaguchi/restorative/, where you
will also find extensive text and graphics to supple-
ment the print version of the book.
Ron Sakaguchi
Jack Ferracane
John Powers