Direct Anterior and Posterior Esthetic Restorations
Speaker
Gaetano Paolone, DDS
Adjunct Professor in Restorative Dentistry, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan.
Associate member of AARD (the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry).
Active Member of the AIC (Italian Academy of Conservative and Restorative Dentistry) since 2012. Board of AIC (Secretary) in 2018-2019.
Active Member of IAED (Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry) since 2011.
Private Practice in Rome.
Lecturer in the Master in Esthetics and Restorative Dentistry, University of Bologna, Italy;
Author of the book "Restauri diretti nei settori posteriori" (Direct Posteriors), Quintessence pub, 2018.
Author of the book "Restauri diretti nei settori anteriori" (Direct Anteriors), Quintessence pub, 2018.
Disclosure: Dr. Paolone has previously received honorarium for lectures from 3M, Kuraray Noritake, Ultradent, Dentsply Sirona, Tokuyama, and HuFriedy.
Course Description
Direct restorations are very often considered an artistic work. Although some clinicians may be more skilled than others, a proper technique can be useful to obtain great results. During the lecture tips, tricks and procedures for predictable aesthetic restorations will be described. Special focus will be put on thickness management, high and low diffusion materials, shape modification, occlusal modelling, shade selection, etc.
Educational Objectives
- Learn how to prepare a margin to improve the blending of an aesthetic anterior restoration
- Learn how to select shades for an aesthetic restoration
- Learn how to transfer shape information
- Learn how to control layer thickness
Contact
For information, please contact Penn Dental Medicine Continuing Dental Education at:
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu