Dental CE Course: Veneers: Everything You Need To Know...

Dates: October 16 & 17, 2009

As the “esthetics-driven dentistry” trend grows, veneers tend to be the key component to satisfying patients’ esthetic needs with minimally invasive techniques.

Veneer preparation, philosophy and materials have fortunately evolved over these past 4 years and this is a complete program on all aspects of veneers from the group that wrote the very first text.

The program incorporates Video, Hands-On Training & Lecture

This Course is For?

The esthetically oriented dentist interested in understanding the integral role of veneers in smile design.

The Techniques:
a. Accelerated, efficient tooth preparation
The 3 approaches to tooth preparation
- Depth cuts
- Silicone Stent
- Composite Mock-Up
b. Rapid Efficient Finishing Techniques
-Diamonds (rotary instruments)
-Carbides (rotary instruments)
-Scalpels (hand finishing)
c. Preparing the porcelain surface - etching, drying & silanization
-What product and which technique to use
d. Preparing the tooth surface - pumice, air-abrasion, etching, primer
e. Selection of a luting agent...what to use and why
f. Gingival Retraction
g. Impression Making
h. Temporization
j. The 3-Stage Try-in for:
-color
-fit
-form

The Products:
a. What bonding, ceramic and cementing systems to use and when
b. What burs and handpieces to use and why
c. Which retraction cords work most predictably and fastest
d. Preparing the tooth surface most effectively
e. Pressed or feldspatic veneers

The Science:
a. Veneers, why they fail and how to avoid problems.
b. Esthetics as a predictable science, not a “chance” art form
c. Treatment planning for practice building.
d. The 3/4 preparation?
e. Predictable, rapid, pain free bonding to enamel/dentin
f. Cosmetic Contouring before Preparation.
g. The simplified Stick Bow
h. Delayed vs. Immediate Dentin Sealing

Course Objectives:

How to Manage:
1. Discolored teeth
2. Diastemas
3. Instant orthodontics
4. Spacing
5. The soft tissue for spacing
6. Veneers to strengthen teeth
7. Adding incisal length
8. The weak case
9. Hypocalcification
10. Media vs. Natural Image