Guidelines for Successful Light-Curing

Howard E. Strassler, DMD Credits: 2
How recent advances in light-curing devices and their features have impacted clinical success.

After reading this program, the reader should be able to:

•discuss light-curing techniques to minimize polymerization shrinkage.
•describe light guide placement for polymerizing restorations.
•relate different maintenance elements important to optimal curing light performance.

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Material Selection and Clinical guidelines for “New Age” Ceramics and Adhesive Cements

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Material Selection and Clinical guidelines for “New Age” Ceramics and Adhesive Cements
Presenter: Dr. Edward McLaren
CE Credits: 1 Release Date: 10/28/2009

The new millennium has brought many advances in dental ceramics and adhesive cements. None more important than processing techniques using CAD-CAM technology and self-etch adhesive cements. It is possible today to generate almost any type of indirect dental restoration with a CAD-CAM device. This presentation will cover the different types of restoration possibilities, with conventional and CAD-CAM technologies, along with the clinical steps from preparation to adhesive cementation of various types of all ceramic restorations.

Topics include:

-Materials selection based on clinical condition
-Preparation guidelines
-Impressioning
-To Seal Dentin or not to Seal?
-The “in-office” digital dental lab
-Cement and Cementation

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Color Science and Shade Matching in Direct Composite Restorations
by Chad J. Anderson, DMD, MS and Gerard Kugel, DMD, MS, PhD

Color matching of direct composite restorations is often a frustrating and overlooked step for many practitioners due to the lack of education in the physical properties of current restorative composites in their armamentarium. Many practitioners also lack the elemental understanding underlying the science of human color perception. There are numerous steps that can be implemented to achieve a desired color match; these small but important steps can assure the practitioner and patient will be happy with their desired outcome.

Single-Tooth Replacement in the Esthetic Zone: Treatment Outcome Perspective
by Aldo Leopardi, DDS, MS

When a patient is faced with replacing a missing anterior tooth, the available treatment options include: a removable partial denture (acrylic or cast metal-based); resin-bonded fixed partial denture (Maryland Bridge), either cantilever or end-abutment, conventional, full-coverage, fixed partial denture, or a crown supported by a single implant. The patient’s decision process may be driven by several factors, with convenience and cost/insurance coverage possibly playing a significant role. However, if the clinician and patient have a clearer understanding of the treatment outcomes for each available treatment modality, once a decision is made, treatment outcomes and expectations may be better realized for those involved.


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