Hands-on Courses

1- Understand a stress-reducing technique: occlusion management , conservation strategies, maturation of the bond, layering and curing protocols

2- Comparing a stress-reduced direct technique with traditional techniques available for the restoration of posterior teeth

3- Become familiar with the stress-reducing direct composite (SRDC) technique through a step-by-step clinical protocol

4- Learn a fiber lay down protocol to mimic the functional characteristic of the natural dentition

Topics covered through demonstration and hands-on experience:

Occlusal loading strategies for SRDC restorations: clinical scenarios, direct and indirect pre-op mock-up

Bonding protocols for 3-step etch & rinse, 2-step self-etch and universal adhesive systems

Matrix, ring and wedge selection for adequate anatomical contact

Composite layering technique for Class II restorations

Polyethylene fibers vs e-glass fibers vs SFRC (Short Fiber Reinforced Composite)

Light curing sequences

MO/DO, MOD, direct cusp coverage restorations on both vital and devital teeth

Fiber lay down strategies

DAY I Thursday, May 22 9.30-16:30

Live Patient Demo (morning)

Exercise to be completed in the hands-on session

1- Pre-op functional mock-up

2- Adhesion protocols for SRDC restorations: 3-step etch& rinse, 2-step self etch and Universal Adhesive Systems

3- MO Class II on a second premolar

4- MOD Class II on a first molar tooth

5- Continuous Fiber Management: size and length selection, wetting & folding protocols

6- Wall-papering of a large class I cavity on a molar tooth

Welcome pizza dinner 20:00

DAY II Friday, May 23 9.30-16:30

Exercise to be completed in the hands-on session

1- Adjacent Class II restorations MO (first molar tooth) – DO (second premolar)

2- MO Class II Direct Cusp Replacing Restoration with a missing MB cusp

3- MOD Class II Direct Cusp Replacing Restoration with two missing cusps

4- Wall-papering of a class II cavity on a premolar and molar tooth

5- How to verticalizing the occlusion

DAY III Saturday, May 24 9.30-16:30

Exercise to be completed in the hands-on session

1- The Bio Base Design (BBD) for the restoration of devital teeth: the direct approach

2- Cusp reattachment of fractured teeth

3- “The remaining single wall” tooth restoration

4- The Direct Overlay

5- The BBD (bio base design) for semidirect restoration of devital teeth

Graduation Dinner 20:00

Materials provided by the SDTC for the Hands-On course to be returned after the course:

• Type’ odont
• Curing Light
• High speed handpiece and burs
• Composite instruments and perio probe
• Sectional and circular matrix systems
• Restorative materials: adhesive system, composite, continuous fibers

Materials NOT provided for the Hands-On course

Extracted Natural Teeth

Loupes

PFM/ Zirconia Crown replacement with SRDC Crowns

Rubber dam Isolation techniques

Selection of Matrix Systems: sectional vs circular

Silicone Index

DME

Creating anatomical proximal contact points

Fiber Lay Down Protocols

Shade selection and layering

Occlusal Table Design and Verticalizing the Occlusion

Clinical case presentation: Reconstruction of abutment teeth with SRDC Restorations on both vital and devital teeth

Composite Resin Crowns on Implants: the Direct Approach

Composite vs Zirconia

Screwed vs cemented crowns

Bonding to titanium and Masking the titanium abutments

The temporary crown fabrication

Copying and Pasting the emergence profile

Creating proximal contact points

Shade selection and layering

Occlusal Table Design and Verticalizing the Occlusion

Clinical case presentation: Reconstruction of Composite Resin Crowns bonded to Titanium Abutments

Materials provided by the SDTC for the Hands-On course to be returned after the course:

• Type’ odont
• Curing Light
• High speed handpiece and burs
• Composite instruments and perio probe
• Sectional and circular matrix systems
• Restorative materials: adhesive system, composite, continuous fibers
• Implant abutment, implant analogue, screw drivers

Materials NOT provided for the Hands-On course

Extracted Natural Teeth

Loupes

• Understand plus and minus of different composite systems
• Learning specific layering protocols for different composite brand to restore vital and devital anterior teeth
• Compare a direct technique with traditional techniques available for the restoration of anterior teeth (porcelain laminate veneers, zirconia crowns)
• Understand how to replicate the esthetic appearance of porcelain restorations with a step-by step protocol for direct restorations
• Become familiar with a new technique for the restoration of discolored teeth resistant to bleaching
• Learn a fiber lay down protocol to mimic the functional characteristics of the natural dentition when teeth are structurally compromised

Topics covered through demonstration and hands-on experience:

• Silicone Matrix Fabrication
• Criteria for composite choice: single mass vs dual vs polychromatic technique

– Selection of a bonding agents (etch & rinse vs self-etch)

– Matrix, wedge selection and adequate anatomical contact creation

• Composite layering technique for ADCR: Additive Class IV, Veneers and full coronal layering on both vital and devital teeth

– Fiber lay down strategies

– Finishing and polishing: how to reproduce the macro and micro-texture of the natural teeth

DAY I Thursday, February 3 9.30-17:30

Live Patient Demo (morning)

Exercise to be completed in the hands-on session

1- Pre-op functional mock-up and fabrication of silicone index

2- The 3D meticulous management of the body, dentin, trans and enamel shades to achieve both color integration and vitality

3- Class IV for the young, adult and mature dentition

4- Diastema closure and black triangles closure

How to get good anatomy and avoid aesthetic failures

DAY II Friday, February 4 9.30-17:30

Exercise to be completed in the hands-on session

1- Additive Veneers from right first premolar to left first premolar

2- Fiber lay down protocols for structurally compromised anterior teeth

3- Combined endodontic access and class IV-Class III restorations

4- Combined endodontic access, class IV cavities and Diastema Closure

DAY III Saturday, February 5 9.30-17:30

Exercise to be completed in the hands-on session

1- The restoration of discolored anterior teeth using an additive approach

2- The ADCR full crown restoration

3- Combined fiber lay down and semidirect protocols for the full crown restoration

Materials provided by the SDTC for the Hands-On course to be returned after the course:

• Type’ odont
• Curing Light
• High speed handpiece and burs
• Composite instruments and perio probe
• Sectional and circular matrix systems
• Restorative materials: adhesive system, composite, continuous fibers

Materials NOT provided for the Hands-On course

Extracted Natural Teeth

Loupes