Vertical preparation protocols: the complete guide in 24 lessons

– Vertical approach: working with hard and soft tissues

– 9 benefits of vertical preparation

– Indications for vertical preparation

– Long-term results of vertical preparation

– Clinical and laboratory prosthetic workflows. Tips.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Why Vertical Preparation is underused? Prejudices about Vertiprep

– How to define a vertical preparation

– Difference beetween feather and and knife edge

– Edgeless and shoulderless preparation

– Conceptional differencies between margin and non- margin preparation

– What is Batt bur in prosthodontics used for?

– Why is vertical preparation friendly for periodontally compromised patients?

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Comparison of soft tissue condition with provisional restorations and without

– Toe-Heel approach that solves many issues

– BOPT and Vertiprep: edgeless strategy

– Geometry of Batt bur

– Establishment of undesired ridges, shoulders and irregularities

– How does the bur move while preparing vertically. Possible side effects.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– What is the Batt bur used for in the prosthetic dentistry?

– The Toe-Heel Concept

– Mechanics of flame-shaped bur tooth preparation

– Problems related to the preparation of the tooth and soft tissues around it

– Preparation technique of hard tissues under the crown using the Batt bur

– Advantages of the Batt bur usage

– Analysis of clinical cases and long-term results».

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Analysis of a clinical case of prosthetic restoration of a severely destroyed molar using vertical preparation:

- The creation of the crown insertion path

- Filling of subgingival undercuts

- Preparation of the tooth and soft tissues

- Permanent prosthetic restoration.

– X-ray folllow-up of the tooth condition and periodontal tissues when deciding on the use of vertical preparation

– Features of endodontic preparation of the tooth before vertical preparation

– Analysis of a clinical case involving the preparation of a frontal teeth with a shoulder and taking an impression

– Preparation of the tooth for digital impression after vertical preparation.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– The technique of maximum enamel saving

– The selective preparation technique

– Indications and contraindications for each of the techniques

– Rules of vertical and horizontal rationality.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Critical biomechanical zones of the tooth

– What is a shoulder and what is it used for?

– Features of preparation, finishing the abutment and impression taking

– Analysis of the clinical case.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– The biological width of the tooth, and how it is affected by various factors?

– X-ray assessment of the condition of periodontal tissues. When should I reject performing of the restoration?

– Risks of furcation lesions during surgical extension of the tooth crown

– Gingival margin expansion and deepening technology (DME and DLE)

– Analysis of clinical cases of dental restorations with extensive subgingival defects

– Analysis of clinical cases of restoration of teeth with odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract (OCST)

– Non-standard and extra-complicated clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Structure of the complex "tooth-cement-restoration"

– "Crackology" - the science of broken restoration. Why is this happening?

– Physical properties of substances that affect the durability of restorations

– The forces that affect the restoration in the oral cavity

– Save or remove the dentin overhanging edges? How to increase the strength of the tooth after restoration?

– Internal and external strength of tooth tissues. "Invisible" fractures

– A strategic approach to the prevention and treatment of tooth fractures and chipped restorations

– The importance of preserving the edge ridges to achieve long-term restorations

– Crash tests of removed teeth

– Is it true that adhesive restorations strengthen the tooth? Breaking the Myths of composite and amalgam

– Structural analysis of the tooth. Optimal depth and width of preparation

– The importance of the anterior guidance in biomechanics and gnathology

– Why is it important to correctly reproduce tooth cusps?

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Advantages and disadvantages of the adhesive protocol. Analysis of the clinical case

– Stress factors of adhesive restoration

– Borders of the adhesion. When is possible to carry out an adhesion?

– Features of adhesion to enamel and dentin

– Features of enamel and dentin preparation for the adhesive protocol

– Which adhesive should I choose?

– The thickness of the tooth walls for the choice of treatment method

– Analysis of errors in the implementation of the adhesive protocol in various clinical cases

– Adhesion of various materials to tooth tissues

– The importance of ferrule preservation in adhesive restoration

– Ferrule as the most important factor of tooth strengthening after endodontic treatment

– Creating a ferrule effect

– Increasing the clinical height of the tooth crown

– Overview and step-by-step analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Provisional restorations are a necessary stage for successful prosthetics

– Margins of provisional restorations. Working with soft tissues

– Interproximal contacts of provisional restorations

– Occlusal contacts of provisional restorations

– Relining of provisional restorations

– Materials for provisional restorations

– Detailed protocol for creating provisional restorations in the oral cavity.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– How to avoid interference between the provisional crown and the tooth?

– The main errors that occur at the clinical and laboratory stages in the manufacture of temporary crowns

– A confirmed and recognized approach to provisional prosthetics. Clinical cases

– Stages of manufacturing of analog (classic) provisional restorations

– Manufacturing provisional restorations for posterior teeth

– Manufacturing provisional restorations for anterior teeth

– Stages of manufacturing digital temporary crowns using Exocad

– Tricks and lifehacks of provisional prosthetics

– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Pros and cons of having a free tooth/abutment height

– The optimum thickness of the restoration

– The relationship between reliability, aesthetics and long-term restoration

– Reasons of chipping of restorations at the stages of fitting and chewing

– Geometry and biomechanics of dental preparation for indirect restorations.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Mechanical principles for the selection of the thickness and material of the restoration

– Occlusal principles for the selection of thickness and material of restorations

– Comparative characteristics of various materials

– Comparative characteristics of different thicknesses

– The choice of material depending on the type of preparation

– Thickness of restoration: digital planning.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Edge and edgeless preparation: indications and contraindications, pros and cons

– Detailed comparative characteristics of edge and edgeless preparation

– Edge location

– Clinical case: restoration of a severely damaged tooth. Choice of preparation method

– Ideal time to take impressions.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Die preparation: tools and techniques

– Errors in the die preparation

– Features of the die preparation with digital and analog methods

– Features of the die preparation depending on the edge type.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Pre-cementation retention (frictional fit)

– Post-cementation retention (cement fit)

– Die spacing improves post cementation retention

– Setting for inverted spacing

– Using digital technologies to calculate the spacing

– Processing of the gingival margin of the crown.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Materials for cementation of indirect restorations

– Comparative characteristics of fixing materials

– How to succeed in indirect restoration cementation

– Selection of the cement according to the material of the indirect restoration

– Clinical cases. Decision making strategy.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Causes of crown fit problems

– Methods for troubleshooting the crown fitting process

– Tools for troubleshooting the crown fitting process

– Planning the ideal contact point using digital technology.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Vertical preparation features

– Control of the preparation depth

– Using a silicone key

– Fabrication and fixation of provisional restorations

– Taking impressions: analog method

– Fabrication and fixation of final restorations

– Orthodontic treatment prior to prosthetics: indications

– Fixation of final restorations.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Prosthetic and surgical treatment of malocclusion: digital planning

– Use of surgical templates for implantation

– JIG in composite for increasing vertical dimension

– Impressions and bite registration using the facial bow

– Working with models in the articulator. WAX-UP

– Design and fabrication of provisional restorations, taking into account the VDO increase

– Intraoral scanning with provisional restorations

– Digital design and production of final restoration

– Аn interdisciplinary approach in the class 3 treatment.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Silicone key

– Milled provisional in PMMA

– Using Bis-Acrylic and a silicone key to obtain a provisional restorations

– Tips in using teflon when taking digital impressions.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– When to take impressions: perfect timing

– Analog VS digital impression: indications

– 2-stage impression (analog method)

– Working with soft tissues when taking an impression

– Impression materials: characteristics, pros and cons

– Putty impressions

– Impression preparation.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.

– Indications for digital impressions

– Analog VS digital impression

– Scanners. Short review

– Perfect scanning. Criteria for excellent scan result

– Undercuts analysis

– Features of taking impressions depending on the clinical case

– Soft tissue informations

– Clinical case: restoration of a severely damaged tooth with milled crown

– Features of taking impressions depending on the preparation.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, General Dentist.