P07: The Art and Science of Provisional Restorations for Implants
Subject: 250–Operative (Restorative) Dentistry
Credits: 3 (Participation)
Credits: 3 (Participation)
Thursday, July 14: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Audience: D, A, ST, R
Fee: $295 {$345}
Location: Level 3, Room 313
Speaker Bio: Plano, Texas; private practice; visiting faculty member at The Pankey Institute and Spear Education
Description: This participation course will begin with a short lecture covering dental anatomy, esthetics, and occlusions, as well as the techniques to be used during the course. Attendees will construct a provisional on a stock abutment, custom abutment, and screw retained provisional using specific reference points of margin, interproximal contacts, occlusal contacts, a long axis, and proper emergence to create beautiful and highly functional provisional restorations. This course also will cover how to ideally adapt the provisional to the implant platform.
Learning objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals of dental anatomy, esthetics, and occlusions.
- Learn techniques for stock abutments, custom abutments, and screw retained provisionals.
- Learn about implant components and their use.
- Learn about the instruments, materials, and technology required for creating beautiful and highly functional provisional restorations.
Students to bring: Loupes/protective eyewear
Dentsply Sirona is the Presenting Sponsor of this course.
