The Importance of Communication to Achieve Ultimate Esthetics with Bonded Porcelain Restorations

Full-Day Lecture Course

Saturday,May 30, 2009
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
At Quintessence CE Center, Hanover Park, Illinois
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Communication between the clinician, technician, and patient must be established prior to the start of any case. First, the clinician and technician must understand each other’s esthetic sensibilities. Their global philosophy about beauty and art should be in harmony for them to achieve ultimate esthetic results. Second, it is necessary to know the desires and needs of the patient in order to be able to realize them. Third, taking the shade, obtaining accurate photographs at each phase of treatment, and creating study models each represents an important step in effective communication between the clinician, patient, and technician. Fourth, the fabrication of a mock-up (template) or a provisional restoration is another fundamental key to success. Finally, evaluation of the provisional restoration after a couple of weeks is absolutely essential to the goal of achieving ultimate esthetics.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Global philosophy of Pascal & Michel Magne pertaining to bonded porcelain restorations
• Key elements that will affect esthetic outcome
• Fabrication and integration of restorations in harmony with nature
• Psychological modalities to approach patients

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Understand how to integrate ceramics in clinical practice to manage patient expectations
• Become aware of the esthetic possibilities and limitations of new materials
• Reassess restorative materials and techniques to achieve successful results
• Learn how to interpret patients’ desires

REGISTRATION FEE - $398
Includes coffee breaks, lunch, and a DVD of MrMagne’s lecture onThe Harmonic Basis of Esthetic Dentistry given at the 22nd International Symposiumon Ceramics held in 2008.

CONTINUING DENTAL EDUCATION CREDIT
Attendees of the Seminar will receive 5 hours of CE credit.

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*Speaker Disclosure: Mr Magne is associated with Zhermack, Anax Dent, and Jensen Industries. This disclosure in no way implies that the information presented is biased or of lesser quality.

Industry Asks FDA to Improve Regulation of Dental Restorations to Protect Patient Safety

National Association of Dental Laboratories Finds Cause for Concern in Lax Regulation of Imported and Domestic Dental-Restoration Products

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– (BUSINESS WIRE) – The National Association of Dental Laboratories – the leading trade group for the $5.5 billion U.S. dental-restoration products industry – has formally asked the Food and Drug Administration to implement more stringent regulations governing the dental restorations affixed into the mouths of millions of Americans each year.

Dental-restoration products – the porcelain crowns, provisionals, dentures and bridges that American dental patients have permanently seated in their mouths – are under-regulated, with few legal requirements for technicians to be certified and no mandates for dentists to document or disclose the source of dental work to patients, the association asserted in a Sept. 10 letter to the Presidential Interagency Working Group on Import Safety.

Although dentists prescribe the type of device they need for a dental patient, the product is actually manufactured by a dental technician employed by a dental laboratory, which could be located in the United States or anywhere in the world. Due to the growing number of Americans seeking dental restorative treatment and the growing pressure by dentists to cut costs and increase profit margins, much of the dental work Americans carry in their mouths is now imported from countries such as China, Pakistan, the Philippines and India.

Those products are not tested or inspected for sterilization, for the long-term safety or quality of their components, or for the precision of the fit as required for proper dental care. Even for products manufactured within the United States, most domestic dental laboratories are exempt from registering with the FDA, and most typically employ just 3.5 people.

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