Worn Dentition: Direct (Index Technique) and Indirect Adhesive Management through a Non-invasive Approach

Course Description

Strengthen your skills in restorative dentistry with this course taught by Dr. Riccardo Ammannato. The main goal of this course is to provide, indications and protocols to diagnose and treat severe worn dentition through a new no prep approach increasing the VDO: “The Index technique”. The course will also focus on when and how to bond on worn dentition, additive partial indirect restorations (onlays/overlays) in composite and/or ceramic, depending on the indication. All the step by step protocols will be addressed through step by step images and videos on patients, in order to have a clear over view of this hybrid (direct-indirect) technique through an analog and digital workflow.

Continuing Dental Education would like to thank Ivoclar Vivadent Inc. for the support of this course.

Course Objectives

1. How to diagnose worn dentition (corrosion; attrition; abrasion; abfraction).
2. Opening the VDO and planning the treatment plan
3. The indications and protocols for a no prep direct adhesive approach: “The Index Technique”.
4. The indications and protocols for a minimal invasive indirect adhesive approach through composite and/or ceramic onlays/overlays.

Faculty

Dr. Riccardo Ammannato

Dr. Riccardo Ammannato graduated from Genoa University (Italy) in 2000. He completed his internship at the Department of Operative and Restorative Dentistry, University of Zurich, under the guidance of Prof. F. Lutzz, where he studied adhesive dentistry and its applications in operative and prosthetic dentistry. Dr. Ammannato is an active member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED), an active member of the Italian Academy of Operative and Restorative AIC (Accademia Italiana di Conservativa), and an active member of the Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (IAED). 

In 2015 he developed and published a new and innovative no-prep direct restorative approach to worn dentition, “The Index Technique,” in The International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry (IJED). He currently practices at his office in Genoa, with a multidisciplinary approach, but focusing on esthetics and restorative dentistry.

• *I , (or an immediate family member) have a financial interest of $1,000 or greater or an affiliation with the corporate organization offering financial support of grant monies for this continuing dental education program and/or I have a financial interest in commercial product(s) which I will discuss in my presentation.  (Grants/Research Support-Ivoclar Vivadent Inc.)

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