All-Ceramic Prep Design:
Achieving Beauty, Function, and Longevity
A lecture/hands-on workshop designed to optimize utilization of the latest dental materials
5-6 MAGD/FAGD Credit Hours
Facilitator: Dr. Damon Adams
IN THIS LECTURE AND HANDS-ON WORKSHOP YOU WILL LEARN:
- How to simplify the classifications of all-ceramics which will assist in making optimal choices by understanding the critical differences between available materials.
- An update and comparison of the “Big 4” of all-ceramics: Zirconia, aluminum oxide, lithium disilicate ceramic, and leucite reinforced ceramic
- Preventing (or at least reducing) premature fractures when delivering all-ceramics.
- A review of some of the latest developments in all-ceramics, CAD/CAM, and their implications for your practice. Is your practice the right one for in-office CAD/CAM?
- Preparation requirements for the latest and most proven pressed, aluminum oxide, and zirconium oxide all-ceramic systems.
- The most common preparation challenges along with their technical solutions.
- How to prepare (hands-on exercises with all equipment, burs and materials provided) consistent prep designs that will help your dental technician give you back optimal contours, aesthetics and occlusion.
- Simplification of the latest cementation guidelines for all-ceramic materials
- Rules for the use of silane and silicanization systems with all-ceramic products
While many other techniques are rapidly changing in dentistry, preparation design will remain as a subject of major importance to achieving success in aesthetics, function and longevity of indirect restorations.
This interactive hands-on workshop provides doctors with a unique opportunity to acquire an excellent understanding of all-ceramic dental materials along with the most ideal prep designs for the latest pressed, aluminum oxide and zirconium oxide ceramic systems.* The value of a higher level of involvement with the dental laboratory team, a vital ingredient in preparation and impression evaluation, will be emphasized. Overall, the workshop is designed to assist any doctor in focusing on the details of preparations, regardless of their present level of care.
This will be a comfortable and interactive hands-on setting for doctors with limited attendance.
*(Lava, Procera, Cercon, CEREC InLab, InVizion, IPS Empress, IPS Eris, E.Max, CerPress, Authentic, OPC, OPC 3G, etc.)
Dr. Adams neither receives financial support nor has financial interest in the companies he refers to in his programs.
“Your workshop was one of the best I have attended in years. I like your prep technique and agree completely with your (doctor-technician) philosophy. I also enjoyed the fast pace and the amount of information you gave during the last hour of the lecture. I'm looking forward to trying the products that you recommended.”
-Dr. Art Fediuk
“Thanks you so much for the terrific hands-on workshop on all-ceramic restorations. You really packed a lot of useful information into the 4 hours. I loved your pace and also appreciated your efforts to present the lab technician’s side of things. More than the technical info that you provided, I was impressed with you as a person. Your passion for dentistry, people and service definitely comes through in your presentation.”
-Dr. Gary Hutnik
 
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