COURSE OVERVIEW:

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.

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 dentistry in your practice tomorrow.

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”
• Provisionalization: The progenitor restoration: Custom staining and contouring.
• Techniques for the creative use of methyl methacrylates and bisacrylics.
• Final impressions: First time, every time. Use of the double cord technique and “cordless” impressions.
• Treatment Planning Options: Which material for which situation?
• Multidisciplinary Oral Rehabilitation: Restoration Of Dental Implants In The Esthetic Zone and Use Of Dental Lasers For Hard And Soft Tissue Correction. “Extreme Dental Makeovers” for misaligned teeth utilizing a nontraditional surgical/restorative approach. Complete oral rehabilitation demystified through the proper use of diagnostic provisionalization.

Course Objectives

• Proper anatomic contour and how to achieve it using the most advanced dental materials available.
• Tooth preparation, anatomic placement and curing techniques, contour, finishing, and polishing for posterior direct composite restorations.
• How the tooth preparation influences the results that can be achieved with all porcelain and ceramometallic crowns.
• Provisionalization for full coverage restorations – the use of methyl methacyrlates, and bis-acrylic resins for various restorative situations.
• Proper management of the soft tissues is the key to successful final impressions on the first attempt every time.
• Uses and indications for the newest cements available – resin ionomers, dual cure and self-etching resin cements.
• Technologies, such as dental lasers and implants that are revolutionizing the way esthetic dentistry is delivered to the patient.

BIO:
Robert A. Lowe, DDS, is a graduate of Loyola University School of Dentistry and completed his general practice residency at Edward Hines VA Hospital. Immediately following residency, Dr. Lowe held a private practice in Chicago, Illinois, while serving as an assistant professor of operative dentistry at Loyola University School of Dentistry until it closed in 1993. Dr. Lowe teaches continuing education courses around the world on aesthetic and restorative dentistry topics and has been published in numerous dental journals. He has worked as a clinical evaluator of newmaterials and products formany leading dental manufacturers. Dr. Lowe has received fellowships from the American College of Dentists, the Academy of General Dentistry, the Academy of Dentistry International, and the International College of Dentists. He received the Gordon Christensen Outstanding Lecturers Award at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting in February of 2004. In October 2005, Dr. Lowe was awarded diplomat status in the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry. Since early 2000, Dr. Robert Lowe has maintained his current private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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