Vermont Dental Conference

Program #4 Advanced Concepts in Restorative Direct and Indirect Dentistry

Lou Graham, DDS
Audience Code: D, A       3 CEUs/Non-Clinical Lecture

 

This course will challenge some of the traditional approaches in restorative dentistry, and these include: treating deep caries, how digital technologies can improve outcomes beyond just capturing an impression and why a restorative driven approach is far superior than a surgical driven approach.  This program will review a variety of clinical restorative cases that will include many of the latest materials and treatments for challenging direct posterior casework and indirect casework.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • When do you stop drilling?  Understanding the guidelines today to safeguard the longevity of teeth
  • Treating the deep proximal margin aka, the “Elevated margin approach”
  • How digital scanners do far more than just capture an impression
  • The high smile patient who needs an implant, how to plan, temporize and deliver the final restoration
  • Restorative Driven Implants…it’s not just where the bone is