This practical interactive hands-on course is designed to teach dentists how to apply contemporary direct composite techniques that can then be utilised to produce an efficient and truly, high quality aesthetic result. With two full days of intense content and hands on experience, different scenarios in the anterior and posterior direct restorations will be covered. From simple single shade restorations to multi-layered aesthetic restorations, participants will be able to learn how great looking restorations can be achieved in short appointment times, without the confusion of shade taking and difficult layering.

Dentists today need to have multiple options available to accommodate the patient’s needs, especially in minimising costs for the patient but still producing an excellent aesthetic outcome.

Learn that composite layering does not need to be time consuming or complicated, and be shown all the tips and tricks to achieve invisible restorations anywhere in the mouth.

Course Topics

• Apply and understand the science of colour and how this translates in the natural dentition and in composite materials
• Understand that tooth anatomy plays an important role in the aesthetics of anterior and posterior restorations
• Throw away the complicated shade guide - learn the skills to make shade matching simple and accurate
• Learn how to create The Highly Aesthetic Direct Restorative Option
• Achieve better case acceptance in the new era of dentistry with aesthetic adhesive restorations
• Be able to predictably create simple aesthetic restorations with two shades – anterior and posterior
• Evaluate the newest generation in Fibre reinforced composites in the posterior segment
• Offer your patients an alternative option in large cavities without the negatives of indirect restorations.
• Learn to create a highly aesthetic direct posterior restoration comparable to ceramics
• Learn and understand Digital Clinical Photography - the core to improving your technical skill

Learning Objectives

Hands-on Sessions: Anterior

• Custom Composite Shade Guides
• Complex Class IV restoration– 2 shades
• Complex Class IV Restoration– Multishade/Multilayered
• Complex Class III Restorations – 2 shades
• Anterior Diastema Closure

Hands-on Sessions: Posterior

• Simple Aesthetic Posterior restorations using one shade
• Simple Aesthetic Posterior restorations using one shade and colour tints
• Direct Aesthetic Class II restorations
• Complex Multilayered Posterior Composites
• Complex Semi-Direct composite inlays/onlays using fibre-reinforced composites
• Adhesive bonding and cementation of semi-direct composite and indirect hybrid restorations using warm composites

Digital Photography Hands-on

• Learn what is required for a basic dental setup
• What is the ideal settings for your camera and flashes
• A hands-on session on all the tools and photos required for beautiful photography and case presentations

Please bring your loupes to this course and also if you have a digital SLR Camera with macro lens and flash setup, please bring that along as well.