Direct Composite Resin Veneers
October 20
Introduction | Aesthetic Principles and Layering
- Smile Aesthetic Planning
- Key concepts for aesthetic smile design
- The importance of understanding functional planning for the fabrication of anterior restorations
- Smile design software as a sales tool
- Smile Cloud – Essential photographs for smile aesthetic planning
- Impression-taking, scanning and diagnostic wax-up for mock-up fabrication
- Fabrication of a palatal guide for direct anterior restorations
- Current concepts in adhesion
- SIMPLE Book protocol for composite resin layering
- How to select composite resins according to their mechanical properties
- Shade selection: key clinical criteria and how to choose the appropriate resin
- Fabrication of the palatal index for the layering technique
October 21
Current Composite Resin Properties and Resin Selection
- Optical properties that should be replicated
- Which resins are most suitable for each of the four layering stages?
- Understanding resin opacity and translucency
- High- and medium-opacity dentins: why is it important to understand these concepts?
- The importance of resin opalescence in incisal edges
- The most suitable enamel resins for each clinical situation
- Hands-on: Veneers on a central incisor, lateral incisor and canine
October 22
Direct Composite Resin Veneers, Finishing, Texturing and High-Gloss Polishing
- Hands-on: Veneers on a central incisor, lateral incisor and canine
- Mimicking natural restorations using tints
- Hands-on: Direct veneer using light and natural composite resin
- Hands-on: SIMPLE protocol for finishing, texturing and polishing
- Correction of incisal edge thickness
- Correction of shape, volume and incisal embrasures
- Highlight lines and shadow areas: working with tooth proportions
- Secondary anatomy texturing
- Tertiary anatomy texturing
- High-gloss polishing using specialized rubber polishers
Ceramic Veneers and Contact Lenses
October 23
Introduction | Aesthetic Planning Applied to Ceramic Restorations and Modern Concepts of Ultraconservative Preparations for Ceramic Veneers and Contact Lenses
- Aesthetic smile planning for ceramic restorations
- Photographic protocol for aesthetic planning
- Key concepts for aesthetic smile design
- The importance of understanding functional planning for the fabrication of ceramic veneers and contact lenses
- Smile design software as a sales tool – Smile Cloud: essential photographs for aesthetic smile planning
- Impression-taking, scanning and diagnostic wax-up for mock-up fabrication
- Hands-on: Fabrication of ultraconservative preparation guides for ceramic contact lenses
- Diamond burs for ultraconservative preparations
- The importance of finishing and polishing preparations for veneers and contact lenses
- Impression-taking, scanning, bite registration and shade selection
- Hands-on: Ultraconservative preparations using preparation depth guides
October 24
Try-in, Cementation, Finishing and Polishing
- Dry try-in of ceramic restorations and adaptation
- Wet try-in of ceramic restorations and the importance of resin cement systems with try-in pastes
- Key criteria for assessing the adaptation of ceramic restorations
- Hands-on: Dry and wet try-in
- Veneer-type resin cements
- Rubber dam isolation for cementation of ceramic veneers and contact lenses
- Hands-on: Step-by-step cementation
- Finishing and polishing
Direct and Semi-Direct Posterior Restorations
October 26
Posterior Teeth and Clinical Challenges: Sensitivity, Contact Points and Anatomy
- Clinical challenges in posterior restorations
- How to achieve an effective contact point to prevent food impaction between posterior teeth
- Deep Margin Elevation in posterior teeth
- Strategies to prevent postoperative sensitivity in posterior teeth
- Bulk-fill composites: how to work with and optimize their use in posterior teeth
- Use of tints in posterior restorations
- Posterior tooth anatomy
- Hands-on: Posterior restorations using pre-contoured matrices
- Hands-on: Optimizing posterior restorations with Bulk-fill composites
October 27
Semi-Direct Composite Resin Restorations
- Criteria for impression-taking/scanning
- Fabrication of silicone models: criteria and precautions for obtaining an ideal model for semi-direct restorations
- Die fabrication for semi-rigid models
- Preparation characteristics and considerations for semi-direct restorations
- Ideal and recommended composites for the semi-direct technique
- How to create an effective contact point in semi-direct restorations
- Finishing and polishing of posterior restorations
- Cementation protocol for semi-direct posterior restorations
- Hands-on: Semi-direct Onlay – from preparation to cementation
