Direct Anterior Solutions

Description

This is a full-day course for clinicians of all levels that aim to improve the quality of their direct anterior work. The course comprises of a full-morning lecture (break included), and a hands-on session in the afternoon.
The lecture covers advanced concepts of direct anterior restorative work, in an evidence-based manner. Among covered subjects are enamel and dentin adhesion, color and shade selection, isolation and matrixing methods, layering concepts and finishing and polishing techniques, all illustrated with several clinical cases.

Objectives

Participants of this course can expect to gain a better understanding of:

• The 3 dimensions of color, and their relation to different composite opacities and composite selection.
• Composite layering principles, and when and how to apply them.
• Matrixing and isolation techniques for direct work, including diastema and black triangle closure.
• Adhesion mechanisms, and their relation to direct anterior work.
• To get familiar with the direct-indirect composite technique.

Speaker

Vilhelm Olafsson, D.D.S, MSc

Dr. Vilhelm Olafsson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, Iceland. He graduated in 2007 from the University of Iceland Dental School, and received his Masters in Operative Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015.

• “I declare that neither I nor any member of my family has a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing dental education program greater than $999, nor do I have a financial interest greater than $1,000 in any commercial product(s) I will discuss in the presentation.”

Registration Information

Course Date

Cancellation policy effective January 1, 2019