I HATE/LOVE DENTURES

Supported by an educational grant from Ivoclar Vivadent.

Friday, November 7, 2014

8:30am – 11:30am (3 CE hrs)

Room 101-A

Providing denture care is typically a hate/love relationship in many practices.  Gagging patients, unstable denture bases, guessing where to put the teeth, processing errors, unpredictable results, what’s not to hate?  Please join me on a removable journey, so I can share with you what I have learned from my incredible mentors and more recently from my more current experiences with dental laboratories.  I hope to remove many of the uncertainties, inconsistencies, and yes, “hate,” and turn this into an incredible love affair.  

Course Objectives:

• Tackle the many misunderstandings of how to take an edentulous impression.
• Learn practical solutions on how to communicate patient information to the dental laboratory regarding where to place the denture teeth.   
• Dispel the curse of taking centric and vertical jaw records on slippery, non-retentive denture bases. 
• For once in your life understand how to effectively use an articulator.
• Learn what you absolutely need to know as a clinician about denture processing.
• Take control of many of the minor clinical & laboratory removable procedures by effective utilization of your office staff.

Recommended for…Dentists, Assistants & Lab Technicians.

Frank R. Lauciello, DDS '69 graduated from the University at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine in 1969 and completed his Prosthodontic training at the Buffalo VA Medical Center.  He is a clinical associate professor in the Restorative Department at SUNY at Buffalo and was director of the Veterans Administration Advanced Prosthodontic Program from 1973-1998 and chief of the Dental Service from 1996-1998.  He is presently director of Removable Prosthodontics Research, Development, & Education for Ivoclar Vivadent, Amherst, NY and director of the Implant Esthetic Center of Excellence in Sarasota, Florida.  

Dr. Lauciello is a diplomat of the American Board of Prosthodontics and has authored 25+ articles including several chapters of textbooks.  He is actively involved in dental research and new product development. 

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