7 CE Credits | $595.00

As crown & bridge procedures make up a large percentage of monthly production for general practitioners, it is critical for practices to become efficient at these procedures and reduce remakes as much as possible. This course will demonstrate how dentists can give their laboratory technicians the best chance to fabricate a beautiful restoration. Modern approaches to local anesthesia, shade selection, tooth preparation, impression making and crown material selection will be discussed, with an emphasis on working with new classes of high-strength, all-ceramic monolithic materials. Techniques for adjusting, polishing, decontaminating, cementing, bonding and cutting off solid zirconia will also be covered, along with the differences between zirconia oxide restorative materials.

Learning Objectives

• Administer a predictable prep technique and select specific burs based on chosen restorative material to ensure adequate reduction
• Combine prep technique with an impression protocol to improve prep and impression quality
• Summarize strengths and weaknesses of monolithic and bilayered restorations, including indications, contraindications and prep design
• Adjust contacts and occlusion, demonstrate the safest way to cut off monolithic restorations, and describe which burs and polishers provide optimal results
• Apply critical information needed by your laboratory in order to achieve predictable, esthetic results, including shade communication, photography and characterization

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