Otimizando Cor e Forma em Restauracoes Esteticas - Dentes Anteriores (PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE ONLY)
LOD-095-00p
Dr. Edson Araujo
O tema abordado nesta apresentacao sera restauracoes diretas em dentes anteriores com resina composta. Dentro deste assunto serao abordados, principalmente, dois elementos fundamentais na estetica restauradora: cor e forma. Esses aspectos serao enfatizados com uma visao clinica, de forma detalhada (passo a passo) com objetivo de demonstrar aos estudantes e profissionais como superar clinicamente estes dificeis obstaculos dentro da dentistica restauradora.
The Success of Endodontic Therapy - Healing and Function
LOD-089-00
Dr. Shimon Friedman
The Success of Endodontic Therapy - Healing and Function<br>Over 30% of root-filled teeth in the population present with persistent disease, suggesting an extensive need to manage the affected teeth. Treatment options include extraction and replacement, orthograde retreatment and apical surgery, and selection between these can often be complex. When the patient is motivated to retain the affected tooth, a key consideration is the prognosis, or potential for healing; therefore, the prognosis should be communicated to patients in a clear and objective manner. This lecture focuses on the prognosis of orthograde retreatment and apical surgery.<br><br>Inconsistent reports on the prognosis of orthograde retreatment and apical surgery, in contrast with consistently favourable reports for implant-supported single-tooth replacement, have caused considerable confusion in the profession. To reliably reflect the prognosis, studies must conform to design and methodology criteria consistent with an acceptable level of evidence. These criteria are met by only a few studies on retreatment and apical surgery. This lecture identifies the studies that provide the best evidence and outlines the prognosis of retreatment and apical surgery in regards to healing and symptom-free function of the treated teeth. Furthermore, specific clinical factors are highlighted that may influence the prognosis.
One appointment Inlays/Onlays; Durable, Economical, and Appreciated
LOD-087-00
Dr. Lorin F. Berland
Patients are demanding aesthetic, yet reliable alternatives to the replacement of their defective amalgam restorations. Learn the rationale for replacing defective amalgam restorations while conserving and reinforcing the remaining tooth structure. Systematic methods will be detailed about amalgam and caries removal, insulation, proper preparation, impression taking, inlay/onlay fabrication, and final cementation techniques.
Composite Resins in Contemporary Practice
LOD-086-00
Dr. Ronald Jackson
The public today want their dentistry less invasive and more aesthetic. Direct composite resin does both and its use in dentistry is rising rapidly. However, these materials have undergone significant evolution in recent years and dentists are challenged to keep current. In addition, esthetic standards have been raised and quality outcomes redefined by todays educated patient. This presentation will focus on understanding the new composite materials specifically developed for anterior and posterior use and illustrate the key elements for their successful application.
Porcelain Laminate Veneers - Predictable Tooth Preparation for Complex Cases (TURKISH LANGUAGE ONLY)
LOD-084-00
Dr. Galip Gurel
Porcelain Laminate Veneers - Predictable Tooth Preparation for Complex Cases (TURKISH LANGUAGE ONLY)
Aesthetic Challenges with All-Ceramic Restorations (ITALIAN LANGUAGE ONLY)
LOD-083-00
Dr. Mauro Fradeani
Aesthetic Challenges with All-Ceramic Restorations (ITALIAN LANGUAGE ONLY)
Aspectos Biologicos em Implantes Unitarios (PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE ONLY)
LOD-073-00p
Dr. Mario Groisman
Aspectos Biologicos em Implantes Unitarios (PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE ONLY)
Clinical Pharmacology - What Every Dentist Should Know
LOD-072-00
Dr. Anthony Feck
Modern dentistry has expanded the arsenal of services to restore patients oral health and cosmetic needs like never before. These changes have corresponded to an increasingly complex medical environment where patients are presenting at a more advanced age, with more medical conditions, and taking more medications. Understanding the pharmacology as it relates to their systems and how the drugs they are taking, as well as those we intend to administer affect the patient, one another, and our planned treatment is necessary for a safe and successful outcome to our planned care.
Treating the Medically Complex Patient
LOD-069-00
Dr. Adi Garfunkel
• What is the dental-medical approach to the hypertensive patient?<br> • Could we treat patients with medication induced bleeding tendency?<br> • The use of adrenalin in local anesthesia constitutes at times a contradictory subject. How do we deal with this question?<br>
Integrating 'Esthetic' Dentistry and Prosthodontics
LOD-068-00
Dr. Kenneth A. Malament
Dentistry that is esthetic to the patient is an important clinical objective. The knowledge within dental technology, dental science and dental practice has dramatically expanded leading to better quality; artistry and more standards based clinical applications. Ceramics are the most consistently predictable esthetic dental material. Today dentists can offer more treatment options for patients complex problems. Metal-ceramics continue to be the state of the art and profoundly affect prosthodontic care and the future. <br><br>Understanding methods to manage simple and complex restorative issues are critical to improving patient acceptance and even long term ceramic success. Methods to integrate the efforts of laboratory technologists and managing occlusion and patients desires can have a profound impact in the practice of dentistry.<br><br>All-ceramic materials were developed to improve ceramic color and marginal fit. Until recently few research reports attempted to study their long term use or factors that relate to their performance without modeling the data. All-ceramic crowns on molars have yet to reach their full potential. Despite substantial improvements in material strength and toughness, they still fail at relatively high rates. Ultimately crown performance is a complex set of interactions between crown material and geometry, the characteristics of the support structure of the cement and crown, and the clinical loading history.<br><br>This presentation will provide a comprehensive look at failure modes and effects in bilayer all-ceramic crown-cement-tooth systems, tying together the influences on resistance to fracture initiation and propagation of ceramic material properties and thickness; crown/tooth geometry; cement modulus and layer thickness; damage induced by shaping, fabrication, clinical adjustments, and sandblasting; and fatigue in the wet intraoral environment. Some counter-intuitive findings will be addressed including changes in fracture behavior with different geometry and the influence of the compliant cement layer beneath stiff cores. Original research will be presented that studied the clinical behavior of over three thousand all-ceramic restorations. Life history and fracture rates were studied over twenty years in relationship to factors that might affect success. Factors such as tooth position, preparation, luting procedures and gender are significant to long term ceramic success.<br><br>Dental implants have become an integral part of dental practice today. Maintaining predictability and high success rates impose great challenges to the dental team. Edentulous ridge defects constitute a major problem. In the past long teeth have been placed into defects to take up vertical space. Gingival and tooth symmetry and the esthetic results were often compromised. Today these conditions as well as the lack of bone can be augmented surgically with soft and hard tissue grafting. This may not always produce a long-term predictable result. Prosthetic techniques will be discussed utilizing newly developed ceramic gingival material and design for fixed prosthodontics.