Continuing Dental Education
Saturday, January 30, 2021 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific time
This course will be a live webinar offered through Zoom, which enables you to participate in interactive, distance learning through your own computer or tablet. This live interactive webinar will count towards in-person instructional hours per the Dental Board of California. However, this may vary for license renewal in other states. It is the responsibility of each participant to verify the requirements of his/her state licensing board(s).
The registration period has closed for this event.
This webinar will provide you with practical clinical recommendations for procedures ranging from diagnosis, treatment planning and execution of direct and indirect techniques in the field of restorative dentistry. The scientific basis for the procedural methods will be presented to support the real world clinical protocols suggested with numerous case reports and step-by-step examples designed to heighten efficiency, improve short-term and long-term results, and provide patients with comfortable and successful dental outcomes.
The following topics will be covered:
Surgical caries management
Isolation techniques
Pulp capping techniques
Material selection for anterior and posterior esthetic restorations
Adhesion, liners and composite placement techniques
Preparation Designs for direct composites and indirect ceramics
Cementation techniques for glass-ceramics and zirconia
Occlusal adjustment, polishing and preventing chipping and fractures
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for dentists and allied dental professionals
You Will Learn:
- When to initiate endodontic therapy vs. when to preserve the pulp and restore
- Which material to use in different clinical scenarios
- How to reduce fractures, chipping and bond failures with indirect restorations
- How to properly polish direct and indirect materials
- The steps for cementation of bonded restorations: zirconia vs lithium disilicate
University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry is one of the nation's premier dental schools and has served the Bay Area community for more than 100 years. The dental school is committed to excellence and innovation in education, research, community service and patient care. The Division of Continuing Dental Education is dedicated to educating dental professionals by providing the highest quality CE programs available in dentistry today.
As a courtesy, please register in advance to receive presentation links, course handouts and other timely information. Registration will close at 5:00 pm on Friday, January 29, 2021.
CEU: Units - 4
This activity is designated for 4 units of continuing education credit.
Tuition: $195 for Dentists, $165 for Allied Dental Professionals
Richard G. Stevenson III, DDS, is a professor emeritus of clinical dentistry and former chair of the Section of Restorative Dentistry at the UCLA School of Dentistry. He is the secretary of the Academy of Operative Dentistry and is a member of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. He is a Digital Smile Design (DSD) member and has been performing CAD/CAM digital dentistry for more than 25 years. He is an expert in cast gold restorations and has published articles in Operative Dentistry and the Journal of Esthetics and Restorative Dentistry, and has also authored a chapter on restorative dentistry in Avoiding and Treating Dental Complications: Best Practices in Dentistry. He is the director of education at Stevenson Dental Solutions in San Dimas, California, and maintains a private practice in West Los Angeles.
Live interactive webinar will be offered through Zoom