THIS COURSE HAS BEEN POSTPONED, PLEASE CALL OUR OFFICE IF YOU ARE STILL REGISTERED AND HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED.

OVERVIEW
This course provides a significant update in the materials you use daily. Learn which materials are best before you buy. Learn ways to improve your clinical application of adhesives, composites and ceramics. The information learned here will make you smarter than a five year old but it will not make you beautiful or thin. However, it will provide thoughtful insight on controversies surrounding clinical techniques and supply answers to many of your clinical questions. Understand which material works and why it works rather than hear, “It works for me”. See the newest results of long-term clinical trials, which are presented during the day and discussed. See specifically how your materials compare to the current offerings on the market. This presentation is designed as a clinical update and combines materials and new techniques that will simplify application and improve clinical success with different composites, adhesives, ceramic materials and cements. This fast paced course will improve your dental practice and selection of dental materials and is designed to provide information that can be used the following clinic day.

COURSE TOPICS
Adhesive Use Using composite resin properly Curing lights illuminated Provisional and Impression materials Ceramics and Cements

OBJECTIVES ADHESIVE
• Evaluate the effectiveness of seven generations of adhesives
• Learn which adhesive systems are most effective and how to use them.
• Discover the limits of self-etching materials, where they work and where they don’t.
• Understand how to place adhesive in a step by step approach to decrease sensitivity and improve longevity.

CURING LIGHTS
• Learn which curing techniques are best for class 2 and class 5 composite restorations.
• Discover which curing light is right for you: LED, quartz-tungsten halogen, LASER or Plasma Arc.

CERAMICS AND CEMENT SELECTION
• Select the proper technique and material to avoid sensitivity
• Learn what cement is best in every application
• Discover whether light cured materials are best for veneer cementation
• Can you increase post retention with a bonded technique?
• Dicover which ceramic is best for posterior high strength applications

ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR COMPOSITES
• Select the proper composite resin kit for anterior and posterior applications
• Learn a simplified layering technique to improve anterior composite resin esthetics
• Avoid light proximal contacts

PRESENTER
JOHN O. BURGESS, D.D.S., M.S., is a graduate of Emory University School of Dentistry. He received his M.S. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas, completed a one year General Practice Residency and a two year General Dentistry Residency.

TIME
Check-in & Breakfast: D.S. Cafeteria, 8:00 AM Program: Saturday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

LOCATION
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dental School

TUITION
Dentist: $249.50

CREDIT (Course Code: 124330A)
AGD Code: 017 Hours: 7

The Dental School thanks Coltene Whaldent, Dentsply-Caulk, and 3M ESPE for their educational grant in support of this continuing education program.