New Restorative Materials and Techniques: Miracles or Myths?

7 CE Units!

An explosion of new restorative materials for direct and indirect applications has occurred in the last decade. While these materials claim outstanding performance and ease of use can offer the dentist and patient unsurpassed esthetic results, there are key issues in their clinical application that must be addressed for maximum success. Topics covered using and evidence-based approach (laboratory and clinical research and practical clinical application) include:

Direct metal free restorative dentistry
    •Dental adhesives
    •Anterior and posterior composite restoratives
        -Nano-fillers
        -High and low viscosity resins
    •Polishing systems
    •Pulp management and pulp capping
    •Polymerization Devices
    •Dual-cured cements and adhesives
    •Resin based luting materials
    •Minimally invasive restorative dental procedures

Indirect metal free restorative dentistry
    •All-ceramic dental restorative systems
        -Veneers
        -Crowns and bridges
        -Inlays and onlays
    •Post and cores
    •Impression materials
    •Provisionalization

About Our Speaker

Mark A. Latta, D.M.D., M.S. is currently the Dean and Professor of General Dentistry at the Creighton University School of Dentistry in Omaha, Nebraska. His personal research interests include prosthetic dental restorative materials, adhesives and bonding and dental material clinical trials. He received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Lafayette College in Easton, PA and worked in the chemical industry prior to attending the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Following a hospital GPR he maintained a private practice including hospital dentistry. He received his Masters in Oral Biology from the University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and his most recent position prior to Creighton was as the Director of Research and Development for the Trubyte Division of Dentsply International. During his industrial career he contributed to or was responsible for over 20 new dental product introductions. He has been awarded more than 100 research grants for evaluating the laboratory and clinical performance of dental materials. He has published over 50 manuscripts and 170 abstracts.

Course Info

General Meeting, Buffet Dinner Served
Date:         Friday, October 28, 2011
Time:         8:30AM-4:30PM
Location:   Vintners Inn
                5330 Barnes Rd.
                  Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Cost:        $60.00 REDS Members & Staff
                $120.00 CDA Members from other components
                $200.00 Non-CDA Dentists

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