This full-day program will focus on the restorative procedures performed daily general practice. Emphasis will be placed the advances in techniques, materials, supportive products or gadgetry that can change the way you practice today.
The morning session will be dedicated direct restorations, specifically “modern, resin based contemporary practice”. The afternoon session will focus on indirect restorations and “making sense of the explosion of advances in ceramic options”.
Learning Points
Adhesive updates. Isolation protocols. What to make of the trend towards “bulk filling”. Improving direct restoration quality while reducing delivery time. Latest in preparation design. Digital workflow for indirect restorations. Full proof impression techniques. Bonding vs. cementation. Where to use what ceramics. Economic efficiencies in practice. How supportive technologies can truly simplify daily restorative challenges.
About Our Speakers
Foroud Hakim, DDS Dr. Hakim has balanced private practice and dental education for over 23 years. He has a true passion for restorative dentistry ranging from complex rehabilitation to optimal and conservative single tooth restoration. He is Vice Chair of the Department of Integrated Reconstructive Dental Sciences at University of the Pacific and is a clinic director in the Esthetics, Implant and Complex Care Clinic.
Dr. Hakim has lectured nationally and internationally in many venues including seminars, continuums and hands-on workshops on topics ranging from technology, esthetic dentistry, occlusion, smile design, CAD/CAM, photography, and adhesive and composite dentistry. Dr. Hakim has several publications and has authored two chapters in the 2010 text, Esthetic Dentistry in Clinical Practice from Blackwell Publishing.
Course Info
CE Meeting, Continental Breakfast & Buffet Lunch Date: Friday, May 6, 2016 Time: 8:00AM-4:30PM Location: FountainGrove Inn 101 Fountain Grove Parkway Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Cost: $75.00 REDS Members & Staff $150.00 CDA Members from other components $250.00 Non-CDA Dentists