Transitional Bonding - Virtual Course
11 CE CREDITS
This course will teach you how to increase your profits by offering a new treatment option with composite that provides 70-90% of the esthetics of porcelain for half of the fee.
Understand why porcelain is not always the best material for full mouth rehabs (even for bruxers and non-compliant patients). DON'T BE LEFT BEHIND Learn the benefits and step-by-step techniques of transitional bonding and download a 27-page guide to follow along with the lecture and hands-on demonstration. In this comprehensive virtual course, you will learn all of this and more:- Improve smile design
- Create ideal tooth contours and occlusion
- Open VDO predictably and practically
- Preserve tooth structure
- Offer a simple, affordable technique for your patients
- How to use a single composite from lingual to facial
- A proven formula for creating an ideal smile
Your Instructor
Dr. Corky Willhite has achieved Fellowship by the Academy of General Dentistry, the American College of Dentists and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He is one of only 84 Accredited Fellows in the AACD of over 5,000 members worldwide. He has served on their Board of Governors (currently the American Board of Cosmetic Dentistry) and spent years as an Examiner for Accreditation. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at L.S.U. School of Dentistry.
Dr. Willhite is on the faculty of the Center for Esthetic Excellence in Chicago. He has been published and feels honored to have so many opportunities to lecture nationally and internationally. Over the years, his private practice in suburban New Orleans, The Smile Design Center, has become limited to Cosmetic Dentistry. His experience is based on a dedication to the belief that "excellence" and "esthetics" are not only compatible, but can take dentistry to a new level of satisfaction and success.
Course Curriculum
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StartCourse Introduction / Rational for Composite / Transitional Bonding vs. Ultimate Esthetics (52:20)
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Start1st Exercise - Class IV / Lingual Template /Sculpt and Contour (56:42)
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StartSmile Makeover Ratios and Esthetic Zones Ratios: Visualization and Evaluation (51:21)
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StartEsthetic Zones Evaluation Continued / Golden Proportion vs. Golden Percentage (13:23)
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StartSmile Design Case Study / 2nd exercise: Using the Worksheet to Evaluate Patient's Smile (26:27)
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StartTooth Topography: Understand and Create Good Contours / Making template from Wax Up (25:10)
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StartMinimal Prep / Loading template / Adhesion Protocols / Composite Placement Techniques / Contour and Polish Techniques (32:19)
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StartHands-on Demonstration: Build 6 Upper Anterior Teeth (48:38)
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StartHow to Achieve Invisible Margins / How to Avoid Stains / The Mylar Pull Technique / Tips on Seating Template Predictably (65:53)
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StartHands-on Demonstration: Contour Centrals, Laterals and Canine with Burs and Discs (74:09)
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StartComposite Repairs / Advantages of Transitional Bonding / How to Increase VDO / Lab Communications (65:26)
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StartOcclusal Considerations / Building Anterior Guidance / Increasing VDO / Long-term Results (48:48)
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StartHands-on Demonstration: Building Vertical / Adjusting Overbite (42:52)
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StartHands-on Demonstration Continued / Polish / FInal Occlusal Adjustments (46:46)