Dr. Pascal Magne is an Associate Professor of Esthetic Dentistry at the University of Southern California, School of Dentistry (USCSD). He was the senior lecturer in the Division of fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusion at the University of Geneva Dental School. He authored the book Bonded Porcelain Restorations in the Anterior Dentition - A Biomimetic Approach and is considered one of the most outstanding books in the field of adhesive and esthetic dentistry.
This course will be an intense lecture program for all practitioners wishing to update their skills in anterior bonded restorations using direct composite resins and indirect porcelain veneers. Although bonded ceramics seem to represent the ultimate biologic, functional, mechanical and aesthetic restoration for compromised anterior teeth, the number of ultraconservative treatment strategies and materials continues to grow. The practitioner is faced with many esthetic treatment modalities and products. The major disadvantage of this evolution is that it becomes increasingly difficult to make the appropriate choices in a given clinical situation. The availability of various treatment alternatives often allows for selection of an approach that conserves the maximum amount of intact tissue and which complies with the biomimetic principle - Bio-emulation TM. Treatment options should always first include the simplest procedures such as chemical treatments and freehand composites and then progress toward more sophisticated approaches such as laminate veneers.
Regardless of the treatment option that is selected, the cornerstone remains the appropriate treatment planning and sequence. Diagnostic wax-up and diagnostic mock-ups can be used for simple direct composite cases to the most complicated biocorrosion full mouth rehabilitation with increase of DVO.
Upon completion of this session, attendees should be able to:
The latest scientific discoveries about no-post no crown restorations
The core values of biomimetic restorative dentistry
A review of ultraconservative approaches
Important procedures to improve the success of your direct composite resin restorations
The possibilities of novel semi-indirect approaches using anterior customized CAD/CAM composite resins
The keys to the success of indirect ceramic restorations (wax-up, mockup, preparation, delivery).