Dr. Geoff Knight
Melbourne, AU
Upcoming Schedule | Lecture Topics

Geoff Knight is a general dentist from Melbourne, Australia with special interests in esthetic dentistry. He is an internationally recognised dental speaker whose formula for successful practice is based upon high quality, highly efficient, minimally invasive dentistry. He has developed a number of recognised clinical techniques and his name appears on several dental patents. Apart from his broad clinical base, he has been State President of his Dental Association and has extensive political and economic experience within the profession. He is well focused on the many problems of dentistry and the solutions needed to survive today's rapidly changing environment.

He has been published in Quintessence International, Australian Dental Journal and Journal of Periodontal Research He has produced a series of clinical videos and written numerous papers on esthetic and adhesive dentistry that have been translated and published in a number of languages.

Upcoming Schedule

02/15/2008 Caries Management
02/22/2008 Caries Management
02/29/2008 Caries Management
03/01/2008 Caries Management
03/08/2008 Caries Management
03/14/2008 Caries Management
03/15/2008 Caries Management
03/28/2008 Caries Management
03/29/2008 Caries Management
06/21/2008 Caries Management
07/25/2008 Caries Management
10/26/2008 Caries Management


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Lecture Topics

Pharmacological Management of Caries
The program will present recent caries research and suggest how teeth may protect themselves against bacterial invasion. It will focus on pharmacologically assisting a tooth’s physiological response to caries rather than the amputation of repairable tooth substance and the consequences this may have on the future viability of the dentition. This is a day that will challenge the foundations of restorative dentistry and provide delegates with exciting information and techniques that are immediately applicable to a busy practice environment.

Minimal Intervention Restorative Dentistry- This is a fast track seminar with a high level of clinical content for immediate application in a general dental practice.

Participants will learn:
• How tooth morphology, hue, chroma and value are combined with contour for lifelike aesthetic dentistry.
• How to create highlights, form enamel like surfaces on laminates and smile design techniques for incorporation into polychromatic, multi layered direct laminates
• How direct laminates can form the basis of a range of procedures such as direct resin bridges and occlusal reconstruction.
• New concepts for minimal intervention cavity design and restoration placement
• Using glass ionomer cements and composite resin in a co-curing layering technique to produce superb aesthetics and enhance the potential of adhesive dentistry that protects teeth from both occlusal wear and recurrent caries
• How minimal intervention aesthetic dentistry can become an important referral source and a high profit centre within your practice
• New products and ideas that will make dentistry fun, fast and financially fulfilling.

 

Mastering Direct Laminate Veneers
The direct laminate veneer has evolved through new resin technology into a predictable, non invasive procedure that empowers dentists to provide their patients with superb aesthetic dentistry. Participants will learn a step by step technique for the construction of polychromatic, multi layered direct laminate veneers that will show:
• How teeth absorb and reflect light
• How tooth morphology, hue, chroma and value can be combined with contour for life like laminate veneers.
• How controlling the value of laminates improves aesthetics.
• How to develop smile design techniques to produce the anatomy of a stunning smile
• How direct laminates can be incorporated into a whole range of aesthetic dental procedures
• How to market direct laminates to your patients and how they become themselves an important marketing tool
• How direct laminates will become a high income centre in your practice

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