Dermal Fillers for Facial Harmony

In our esthetics-obsessed culture, patients are becoming more aware and demanding of dermal filler treatments. Yet all too often we hear news stories of botched procedures or anesthesia gone wrong. This book walks you through how to incorporate dermal fillers into your clinical armamentarium, starting with the basic characteristics of the materials and advancing to the injection techniques and clinical indications for their use. The author includes such fine detail as whether to use a needle versus a cannula and why you must understand the precise tissue layers of the face in order to effectively deliver this nuanced treatment. In step with its sister volume, Botulinum Toxin for Facial Harmony, the book focuses on facial analysis as a crucial step in determining appropriate treatment, a philosophy that is carried through the entire book. An entire chapter is devoted to clinical cases illustrating the various facial regions and their appropriate filler applications, clearly demonstrating how to use the techniques presented to optimize esthetics and facial harmony. Supplemental material and videos are available via QR code for additional learning.

Altamiro Flávio, DDS, graduated from the Federal University of Goiás College of Dentistry in 1990 and went on to become a specialist in dental prostheses at the Federal University of Uberlândia in 1992. In 2010, he created a continuing education course called 'A Smile for Each Face,' which included topics such as facial analysis, digital planning, dental anatomy, direct and indirect veneers, restorations, botulinum toxin, facial fillers, and viscosupplementation. He continues to teach courses like this all over the world, and he also teaches the specialization course in restorative dentistry at the Brazilian Association of Dentistry in Goiás. Dr Flávio is an accredited member of the Brazilian Society of Aesthetic Dentistry and a founder of the Brazilian Society of Botulinum Toxin and Facial Implants. He maintains a private practice in Goiânia, Brazil.