Programma

This comprehensive course combines clinical, laboratory, and esthetic protocols to enhance your confidence and predictability in delivering minimally invasive bonded restorations.

Lecture Topics

– Fundamentals of Smile Design and Photoshop Smile Design
– Indications and Contraindications for Minimally Invasive Veneers, Inlays, Onlays, and Vonlays
– Material Selection: What to Use, When, and Where
– Shade Analysis
– BFEPs (Bonded Functional Esthetic Prototypes / Mock-Ups)
– Step-by-Step Preparation Techniques for Anterior and Posterior Teeth
– Adhesive Cementation Protocols
– Occlusal Considerations.

Hands-On Lab

Participants will perform all techniques demonstrated in the lectures using typodonts and specially designed casts. Hands-on sessions follow each lecture and demonstration, guiding participants through:

– Smile design and BFEP fabrication with a high-strength composite
– Minimally invasive preparations customized to esthetic and functional outcomes
– Step-by-step adhesive cementation techniques.

Learning Objectives

Participants will learn and perform:

– Smile Design fundamentals and Photoshop-based previews
– Fabrication of BFEPs (bonded diagnostic prototypes)
– Conservative prep techniques for anterior and posterior teeth
– Approaches for diastema closure and managing peg laterals
– No-prep, selective prep, and conventional prep decision-making
– Dentin sealing protocols and shade-based prep planning
– Posterior block-out and margin elevation with structural flowable composites
– Fabrication of final prototypes
– Cementation strategies: self-etch, total-etch, selective-etch
– Application of Universal Adhesives (4th Gen 2.0 concept).

Key Hands-On Techniques

– Clear matrix fabrication for BFEP delivery
– BFEPs using structural light-cured flowable composite
– Minimal or no-prep veneer cases
– Precision reduction techniques for bonded porcelain restorations
– Posterior onlay, vonlay, and veneer preparation
– Adhesive and cementation demonstrations with hands-on practice.

Lettori 1

Protesista e maestro ceramista specializzato in odontoiatria estetica, ceramiche dentali e flussi di lavoro restaurativi digitali. Professor presso University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) School of Dentistry. Ex Direttore del UCLA Center for Aesthetic Dentistry. Fondatore e ex Direttore della UCLA School for Aesthetic Dental Design.

Oltre 35 anni di esperienza clinica in protesi e odontoiatria estetica. Uno dei pochissimi dentisti al mondo con credenziali doppie sia come protesista board-certified che maestro ceramista dentale, fabbricando personalmente tutte le restaurazioni ceramiche per i suoi pazienti. Laureato Phi Beta Kappa e Magna Cum Laude presso University of Redlands. Ha ricevuto DDS con lode (Omicron Kappa Upsilon) dalla University of the Pacific School of Dentistry. Ha completato certificato di specialità in Protesi dalla UCLA School of Dentistry. Ex Associate Professor presso UCLA in Biomaterials and Advanced Prosthodontics Department. Adjunct Assistant Professor presso University of Oregon Dental School.

Attualmente Professor presso UAB School of Dentistry servendo come: Co-Direttore della Biomaterials Division; Co-Direttore del Postgraduate Aesthetic Restorative Material Science Masters 3-Year Residency Program; Fondatore e Direttore del 3-Year Advanced Ceramics and Digital Technology Program for Technicians; Fondatore e Direttore del One-Year Aesthetic and Restorative Fellowship. Ha formato oltre 300 laureati in tutto il mondo che ora sono leader in odontoiatria estetica e ceramiche master. Docente internazionale presentando estensivamente negli USA e globalmente su ceramiche dentali, biomateriali, flussi di lavoro digitali e tecniche restaurative estetiche.

DDS dalla University of the Pacific. Certificate in Prosthodontics da UCLA. Master Dental Ceramist certification. Membro dell'American College of Prosthodontists, American Association for Dental Research (AADR), e American Dental Association (ADA). Ha pubblicato estensivamente in riviste peer-reviewed su materiali ceramici, protocolli di bonding, integrazione di odontoiatria digitale e pianificazione del trattamento estetico. Attivamente coinvolto in ricerca protesica e biomateriali conducendo studi clinici in corso su vari sistemi restaurativi. Studio privato limitato a protesi e odontoiatria estetica nel quale fabbrica personalmente tutte le ceramiche.

Sede

Stevenson Dental Education Center

570 E. Arrow Hwy., Suite B
San Dimas, CA 91773

Organizzatore

Stevenson Dental Solutions

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Dental Continuing Education Courses, Supplies, and Patient Care

Stevenson Dental Solutions does it all in dentistry. We teach dental continuing education courses, sell dental supplies, and treat patients under the direction of Dr. Richard Stevenson. All dental CE courses are ADA CERP approved and focus on hands-on training and skills development. As a dental supply house, the dental supplies we carry are the best the industry offers. Our private practice caters to patients with severe dental conditions who require dental implants, esthetic dentistry, or conservative cast and direct gold restorations.

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Minimally Invasive Anterior and Posterior Bonded Restorations: Veneers, Inlays, Onlays, and Vonlays