TOP 10 CROWN AND BRIDGE MISTAKES

Supported, in part, by educational grants from Ivoclar Vivadent, AMD Lasers, Officite and Vident.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

9:00am-12:00pm / 1:30pm-4:30pm (6 CE hrs)

Ballroom

This seminar is a combination of photographs and live patient treatment videos to illustrate methods to improve your crown and bridge restorations.  This information applies to all-ceramic restorations as well as the newer monolithic restorations and traditional PFM’s as well.

There were approximately 45 million crowns done in the United States last year, and according to Dr. Gordon Christensen, almost 90% of the impressions that dental laboratories received did not have clearly visible margins around the entire preparation periphery! A procedure performed this often clearly needs to be more predictable for the patient to receive the best dentistry possible.

After completing this program, the dental professional should be able to:

Michael C. DiTolla, DDS, FAGD practices within the largest lab in the U.S., therefore has access to tens of thousands of doctor’s preps and impressions on a monthly basis. As a result, he has an intimate knowledge of the common habits of the dentists getting the best restorative results. As a self-proclaimed “average dentist”, he has found techniques that give him great restorative results with a very average set of hands. His mission is to share these techniques with dentists to help them improve their preps, impressions and restorations. When dentists perform better restorative dentistry they are happier, more profitable, and most importantly, the patient receives excellent restorative dentistry.

Dr. DiTolla, (or an immediate family member) has a significant relationship with the following commercial organization whose product he will refer to in this presentation: Glidewell Labs.