Dr. Alan M. Atlas received his D.M.D degree in 1986 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and served there as acting Co-Chairman of the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences. Currently, Dr. Atlas is Clinical Associate Professor, Co-Director of Restorative Dentistry Clinics, Director of Implant Dentistry and a Primary Care Unit Group Leader in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences. In addition, he is actively involved in the development and integration of clinical research studies for implants, CAD-CAM ceramics and dental materials at Penn. He holds membership in the Academy of Osseointegration, Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society and the International Association for Dental Research. He is a 2006 recipient of the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Award of Merit. Presently, Dr. Atlas is an internationally recognized lecturer focused on applying scientific based protocols to clinical dentistry. He lectures extensively and publishes on various topics in dentistry including esthetic and implant restorations and current concepts in adhesion dentistry. He maintains a private practice dedicated to Esthetic and Comprehensive Restorative Dentistry located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lecture Topics
ENHANCING THE ESTHETICS AND FUNCTION OF COMPOSITE AND CERAMIC RESTORATIONS:
Treatment Planning the Materials, Techniques and Procedures for Optimal Clinical Success
There are key fundamental concepts that will determine the long term favorable outcome of esthetic restorations. This course will demonstrate step by step concise restorative treatment planning guidelines that fulfill today’s esthetic demands and integrates current restorative materials and protocols. Procedures and techniques for esthetic and functional success with adhesives, composites and ceramic materials will be reviewed based on the most current scientific evidence.
Topics and Objectives:
Mastering Adhesion Dentistry and the Direct Posterior Esthetic Restoration
Lecture - Morning
- Tooth preparation, choice of materials, placement and curing methods for successful direct posterior composite restorations
- Assess what factors most affect successful or failed clinical results
- Understanding the clinical prerequisites required for favorable long-term outcomes of direct esthetic restorations. How the tooth location and preparation configuration should determine the adhesive system, composite materials and placement technique utilized
- 2010 update and scientific analysis of adhesive systems with indication of which systems to utilize for specific cavity preparations.
- Step by step protocols for etch and rinse adhesives and self-etch adhesives
- Research based step by step application techniques for improving long term durability of dentin bonding, reducing polymerization shrinkage and contraction stress, micro-leakage, and eliminating post-operative sensitivity
- Selection of adhesive systems and material choice for Class I, II and V restorations
- Precise and consistent contacts utilizing optimum matrix systems for excellent long term results
- Finishing and polishing materials and techniques
- Review of light curing options and protocols for optimal polymerization
- The controlled placement and delayed polymerization technique for optimum long term results of direct posterior restorations.
Mastering the Indirect Anterior and Posterior Esthetic Restoration
Lecture – Afternoon
- Proper treatment planning of ceramic restorations for optimum outcomes based on scientific evidence, clinician experience and patient selection
- Survival of restorations - composite vs. amalgam vs. ceramic vs. gold for inlays and onlays. The influence of material, clinician experience and the patient. How each factor plays a role in the longevity of a restoration.
- Step by step preparation techniques for all ceramic crowns, inlays and onlays.
- Specific diamonds and rationale for perfect finish lines.
- Predictable impression techniques utilizing simplified retraction and hemostasis.
- Simplified provisionalization for indirect restorations.
- Comparison of all CAD-CAM technologies, all-ceramic (stacked and pressed) and Zirconium systems with specific indication for each.
- Laboratory considerations for all ceramic inlay, onlay and crowns. How to direct your dental laboratory to produce indirect restorations with better fitting margins.
- Cementation: Materials, adhesives and techniques for each substrate - Metal, Feldspathic Ceramic, Lithium Disilicate, Alumina Oxide and Zirconium.
- Simple and predictable smile design methods for proper treatment planning of anterior restorations
- Preventive measures utilized at the hygiene visit to ensure extended survival of the restoration
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