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Every dentist has to accomplish some difficult, complex cases. Almost every case is different from many standpoints. Many patients want to stay with one practitioner rather than be shifted from office to office to have their treatment accomplished. When do you refer? When do you accomplish the therapy yourself? Are you qualified to do the treatment yourself? This course helps you to organize and simplify diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment of complex cases; compare treatment alternatives; and most importantly, motivate and prepare to treat more exciting, complex and profitable cases. Share Gordon's personal experiences on all aspects of simple-to-complex fixed, implant and removable cases.

This course provides in-depth information and allows you to make decisions about complex oral rehabilitation alternatives from all areas of dentistry. It shows many patient oral rehabilitations from start to finish. It includes an analysis of diagnostic data from your own patients for observation by the class and comments on alternative treatment plans by Gordon. The materials, devices and equipment necessary for the rehabilitations are shown, and the procedures are discussed and compared.

Participant Objectives:

At the completion of this course participants should be able to:

• List and compare multiple treatment plans for complex cases requiring any or all areas of dentistry
  
  
• List the steps in typical treatment plans for various treatment alternatives
  
  
• Discuss and compare treatment plans with and without implants
  
  
• Determine when to refer patients for necessary specialty treatment
  
  
• Discuss accomplishing complex treatment over a period of years to maximize third-party benefits
  
  
• Discuss differences in planning and treatment for complex cases vs. single tooth restorations relative to periodontal status, attitudes about dental therapy, occlusion, articulators, build-up concepts, posts and cores, tooth preparations, metals, ceramics, cements, preventive concepts, and long-term follow-up
  
  
• List the characteristics of adequate informed consent
  
  
• Discuss ways to increase patient acceptance of treatment plans
  
  
• Discuss tooth preparations for complex cases
  
  
• Compare implant types for typical complex cases
  
  
• Discuss use of implants for single tooth restorations, multiple tooth restorations and implants combined with natural teeth
  
  
• Discuss use of implants with removable partial and complete dentures
  
  
• Discuss when to use small-diameter implants vs. conventional or wide-body implants
  
  
• Discuss the influence on treatment plans caused by clenching, bruxism, primary and secondary occlusal trauma, abfractions, and TMD
  
  
• Discuss practice management concepts related to complex dentistry