COURSE DESCRIPTION:
“Predictable Techniques For Total Aesthetics: A 16 hour Lecture Course on
Techniques To Create “World Class” Dentistry”
FAGD, FICD, FADI, FACD
Diplomat, American Board Of Aesthetic Dentistry
In today’s rapidly changing environment of dental materials and techniques, it is important that the dentist be knowledgeable and current. It is equally important to consistently deliver optimal results using techniques that are proven and reliable. Today modern technologies such as nanofilled composites, microcrystalline porcelains, pressable ceramics with esthetic veneering porcelains, CAPTEKtm crowns, hard and soft tissue dental lasers, dental implants, and computerized shade matching, to name a few, are revolutionizing the way we deliver esthetic and functional dental treatment. Restorative materials continue to be developed and refined that allow for the creation of lifelike esthetics that are virtually indistinguishable from natural teeth, however, the artistic ability of the dentist can still be the limiting factor on their optimal use. Unleash the artist within! Learn how these and other revolutionary technologies along with precise and proven crown and bridge techniques can elevate your standard of practice.
Benefits
From Attending: You will
gain practical tips and step-by-step techniques in the following areas of
esthetic and restorative dentistry:
·
Techniques and
materials used to place morphologically precise direct anterior and posterior
composite restorations
·
Esthetic Crown and
Bridge Techniques: Use of all
ceramic systems and ceramometallic restorations in various clinical situations:
Tooth preparation: The importance of “negative space” and
longevity and aesthetic beauty.
“diagnostic provisional blueprint” will be demonstrated and discussed.
impressions. Digital impression making is also a clinical reality!
· Complex Esthetic And Functional Oral Rehabilitation:
Complete oral rehabilitation demystified through the proper use of diagnostic provisionalization. Complex restorative cases often involve a multidisciplinary approach to predictably restore a patient for long-term comfort and biologic stability. Learning combined therapeutic approaches can allow the dentist to successfully restore many difficult situations that may not have been as easily treated in the past with excellent functional and esthetic outcomes.
Demonstration of many of the described techniques in a clinical setting.
An emphasis is placed on perioprosthetic
implications
Techniques to create lifelike and morphologically precise anterior and posterior direct composite restorations will be demonstrated in step-by-step detail. The use of composite tints will be shown to create characterized restorations that rival those produced in the laboratory. Techniques to create predictable proximal contacts will be shown using sectional matrix techniques.
A simple, yet
esthetic layering technique will be taught with the use of composite tints to
create beautiful, lifelike restorations.
An emphasis will be placed on development of anatomic contour.
The use of different types of aesthetic materials, i.e. condensable
composites, flowables, and hybrids, in combination with finishing and polishing
techniques will enable the practitioner to place state of the art restorations
for their patients’ tomorrow!
Methodical Tooth Preparation for Predictable Esthetic Excellence
Tooth preparation (the use of negative space) is probably the single most critical step to restorative excellence. With the different materials available today, it is important that the dentist understand the space requirements for each, so that the least amount of tooth structure be removed to obtain the desired result. Step-by-step techniques for tooth preparation will be outlined for several of today’s esthetic restorative materials.
The Art and Science of Provisional Restorations and Impression Making – 2 hours
Step-by-step techniques will be shown to carve morphologically precise provisional restorations chairside. The use of various provisional materials and indications for their use will be discussed. The use of retraction medium will be shown and techniques to get an accurate final impression the first time, every time will be virtually guaranteed. Digital impression making will be introduced as the future of impression making.
Laser Technology in the Aesthetic/Restorative Dental Practice- 2 hours
Today, the use of all tissue dental lasers are revolutionizing the way we deliver dental treatment. Every day, new procedures are being utilized with greater patient comfort and shortened healing times. Some of these include: Class I,II,III,IV, and V cavity preparation without local anesthesia, open and closed surgical crown lengthening, biological width correction, aesthetic gingivectomy, frenectomy, and troughing, to mention a few. Find out how this revolutionary technology can elevate your standard of practice.
Restoration of Dental Implants as Part of the Overall Esthetic Treatment Plan –
1 hour
Dental Implants are now a very predictable way to restore edentulous areas. Learn parameters that will make the restoration of dental implants in the esthetic zone more predictable, and why in many cases an implant is preferred to conventional fixed or removable partial dentures
Cementation Techniques for Conventional Cementation and Total Etch – 1 hour
Part 3:
Complex Esthetic And Restorative Rehabilitation: Smile Rejuvenation - 5 hours
Multidisciplinary Esthetic and Reconstructive Dentistry – 3 hours
The use of several dental disciplines is often required to optimally rehabilitate the oral cavity. Complex restorative cases will be discussed that involve a multidisciplinary approach. Manipulation of the soft tissue envelope, alveolar bone (surgical crown lengthening) using hard and soft tissue dental lasers and the indications and use of dental implants will be discussed. There will also be an emphasis on morphologic and functional parameters, laboratory communication, including digital photography and computerized shade taking devices, and techniques for accurate laboratory case mounting.
Minor Tooth Movement and Prosthetic
Tooth Repositioning – 2 hours
Minor tooth misalignment can present the dentist with aesthetic and functional challenges when restoring a patient’s dentition. While traditional full mouth orthodontics may be the best treatment option for such cases, not all patients will accept that alternative and may desire an option that can yield a satisfactory clinical result in a shorter period of time. When minor crowding, rotation, or spacing occurs, minor tooth movement utilizing Essix Smile Aligners or correction using ceramic restorative materials may be alternative treatments to offer a patient. Learn how to fabricate an Essix Smile Aligner for minor tooth positional corrections and also how to alter tooth preparation to “orthodontically” align the preparation prior to anatomic reduction for restorative materials. When patients opt not to undergo orthodontic therapy, learn how to treatment plan and select cases that with proper “orthodontic tooth preparation” can be restored to aesthetic tooth alignment using only restorative materials.
The purpose of this course is to demonstrate in a detailed step-by-step
fashion, procedures that if practiced can impact on your ability to deliver an
improved level of artistic and functional dentistry in your practice tomorrow!
253 Tooth colored restorations
5 h
610
Fixed Prostho
4 h
149 Multidisciplinary
7 h
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R o b e r t
A. L o w e, D.D.S.,
F.A.G.D., F.I.C.D., F.A.D.I., F.A.C.D., F.I.A.D.F.E.
Diplomate, American Board Of Aesthetic Dentistry
Dr. Robert A. Lowe received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree, magna cum laude, graduating second in his class from Loyola University School of Dentistry in 1982. Following graduation, he completed a one year General Practice Residency program at Edward Hines Veterans Administration Hospital receiving postgraduate training in several areas of Dentistry including Restorative and Rehabilitative Dentistry, Aesthetic Dentistry, Periodontics, Endodontics, Prosthodontics, Oral Surgery, and Sedation Dentistry, completing a rotation in Surgical Anesthesia. Upon completion of his residency program, Dr. Lowe went into private practice, and at the same time, began to pursue another passion of his……clinical teaching. Dr. Lowe’s goal from the beginning of his career was to become not only a world recognized clinician in the field Cosmetic and Rehabilitative Dentistry, but in the area of Dental Education as well…to help train the profession at the pre doctorate and post graduate levels. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the North Carolina Dental Society, and Charlotte Dental Society, as well as being a sustaining member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and a member of the American Society of Dental Aesthetics After completion of Dental School, he taught Restorative and Rehabilitative Dentistry on a part time basis following an additional five years on a full time basis at Loyola University School of Dentistry as well as building a private practice in Chicago, IL. In 2000, he relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina where he now practices in the SouthPark area. Dr. Lowe is a continual student of Dentistry as well, accumulating over 500 continuing education hours in a few short years after his residency program and being bestowed with a Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry in July of 1988 for that achievement, then completing and presenting numerous hours of continuing dental education in the following years. Dr. Lowe has also received Fellowships in the International College of Dentists, Academy of Dentistry International, Pierre Fauchard Academy, American College of Dentists, and the International Academy of Dento-Facial Aesthetics, honors bestowed by his peers for recognition of his many contributions to the dental profession as a clinician and teacher. In 2004, Dr. Lowe received the Gordon Christensen Outstanding Lecturer Award for his contributions in the area of Dental Education. Dr. Lowe continues to be in demand for his expertise on the lecture circuit presenting continuing education programs to dentists, both lecture and hands on training, all over the world. He presents on all of the major dental meetings in the United States including the American Dental Association Annual Meeting, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, American Society of Dental Aesthetics, to name a few. He also trains small groups of dentists in his Charlotte facility, and along with his partner, Dr. Patrick Broome, present courses on basic dental laser procedures for dentists new to the technology. In 2005, Dr. Lowe was nominated to receive Diplomate status on the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry, an honor shared by less than 50 dentists in the entire United States. Another area of Dr. Lowe’s contributions to the profession has been in his writing. He has authored and published several hundred articles in many phases of cosmetic and rehabilitative dentistry in several highly respected Dental Publications over his 26 year career. In 2007, Dr. Lowe was named Co-Chair of the Continuing Education Advisory Board for Dental Products Report, one of the highest circulated dental journals in the profession with a circulation to over 160,000 dentists. He publishes a monthly column in Dental Products Report on pertinent and timely topics in the cosmetic and rehabilitative area of Dentistry entitled “Clinical Solutions”. Dr. Lowe is also a contributing author to a recent textbook entitled “Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry – Principals and Practice” by Drs. Stephen Chu and Dennis Tarnow. Another area of Dentistry that Dr. Lowe is active in is research and product development. He is a consultant for a number of the most prominent dental manufacturer’s world wide and active as a key opinion leader in the development of new materials and techniques. In the area of Laser Dentistry, Dr. Lowe has helped to pioneer and publish on several laser assisted cosmetic procedures and is a founding member of the World Clinical Laser Institute. As a clinical and educational leader in the field, Dr. Lowe is consistently named to the “Top 100 Clinicians In Dentistry” by Dentistry Today on a yearly basis. Dr. Lowe can be reached for questions regarding clinical treatment or seminars on Aesthetic and Rehabilitative Dentistry at his office by phone, 704-364-4711 or on line at his email address, boblowedds@aol.com .