Professor Ivana Miletić

How to optimally restore the tooth in post amalgam era?

The main role of placing a restoration when treating cavitated lesions is firstly to help the patient in plaque biofilm control, but also to protect the dentine-pulp complex and to restore the function, form and aesthetics of the tooth. Minamata convention urged the need for a material which would be an alternative to amalgam. Due to economical reasons, composite materials, which are most commonly used for direct restorations, are not a feasible option. New restorative concept based on glass hybrid technology, which combines different sizes of filler particles and nano filled composite resin coat, is a promising option. In general, they are biointeractive materials with a benefit of a strong chemical adhesion to hard dental tissues which, due to the recent aforementioned developments, can be one of the options for long-term aesthetic restorations, even in the posterior region. The choice of the materials should be guided by the caries risk of the patient, location and extent of the lesion, lesion activity and, of course, special demands placed on the restoration.

Professor Ivana Miletić, DMD, PhD was born in 1971. in Zagreb. She graduated at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1995. She worked off traineeship at Dental polyclinic of Zagreb. She has been working at the Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb since 1995. She got her master degree in 1998., and PhD in 2000. In 2004., she passed the specialist exam in endodontics and dental pathology. She became an assistant professor in 2001., an associate professor in 2005., and in 2008. full professor. In 2013 she become full time professor with tenure. From 2021 she is primarius. During 2007., she stayed at the Medical University in Graz in Austria. She participates actively in clinic and preclinical education at the School of Dental Medicine in Zagreb. She is a head of the courses "Clinical Endodontics I" and "Endodontics II" in the Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate Studies, postgraduate and PhD courses at the School of Dental Medicine, and lectures on continuous educational courses for doctors of dental medicine. She is an author and co-author of more than 100 scientific, review, educative and specialized articles in extenso. She got for scientific contribution State Award of Republic Croatia and University Award “Andrija Štampar”. She has been participating on many inland, European and world congresses, and has held many inland and international lectures. She speaks and writes English fluently. She is a member of Croatian Chamber of Dental Medicine, Croatian Medical Association, International Association for Dental Research. She was a secretary of Croatian Endodontic Society, and a country representative of Croatian Endodontic Society at European Endodontic Society from 2006 to 2014. She is founder and president of Croatian Society for Minimum Intervention Dentistry/Croatian Medical Association (CMA) and a vice-president of Croatian Dental Society/CMA.