Indirect Composites:
Dentistry's Best Kept Secret!
Presented by: Dr. Damon C. Adams
4 PACE/CERP CEU's
Esthetic dentistry is not just for boutique practices and esthetic restorations are not just for anterior teeth! Today’s general practitioners should learn to be comfortable with providing this viable treatment option to satisfy the needs of their patients and to help reduce stress while increasing profitability.
Many practitioners are frequently placing direct composites in teeth that should be restored with indirect composite restorations. In fact, doctors often “habitually” place a full crown when a more conservative indirect composite could be utilized in order to “bank” valuable tooth structure and optimize gingival health by retaining natural tooth contours. For moderately broken down posterior teeth, esthetic inlays and onlays have become a viable and appropriate treatment option.
The integration of these proven restorations into the progressive dental practice can provide numerous benefits to our patients and to our business. Learning how to articulate the value of indirect composites to our patients is the key to success!
Laboratory communication and technical issues that affect the final results and longevity of indirect composites will also be discussed throughout this seminar.
This seminar is designed for doctors, assistants and dental technicians.
In this seminar you will learn:
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Scientific, clinical, and financial rationale for use…should we be prescribing them more often?
- Indirect composites…how do they compare to porcelain and other restorative materials?
- Diagnosis and treatment-planning considerations.
- Preparations…what does the laboratory need to create a strong and esthetic indirect composite restoration? Proper burs to use and preparation technique, step-by-step.
- When to cover the cusp, when not to cover the cusp!
- Temporization made easy with little or no sensitivity!
- Bonding techniques…it is getting much simpler!
- Maintenance, insurance, and fee considerations.
- Marketing…what is the key to marketing indirect composites to our patients in an insurance-dependent, commodity based world? What can we learn from the non-par, fee-for-service practice?
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