Aesthetic and Functional Prosthodontics. Workflow for the Prosthodontist-Dental Technician Team

– Importance of the NHP (natural head position)
– Plane System by Udo Plaster
– Phonetic bite registration
– Influence of face asymmetries on treatment planning
– Proper dentist/lab communication as a key for success
– Analog vs. Digital, Layered vs. CAD/CAM
– Testing the new functional and aesthetic situation: how and when
– Step by step approach for a predictable result even in complex functional and/or aesthetic cases
– Q&A session. 

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Dental technicians, General dentists.

– Functional diagnosis prior to full-mouth cases
– Mouth-body connection in full-mouth rehabilitation cases
– Protocols of phonetic bite registration
– Profound systematic approach
– Step-by-step wax-up protocols
– Aesthetic and functional considerations and solutions
– Analysis of clinical cases
– Q&A session. 

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Dental technicians, General dentists.

– Patient-dentist-technician communication and its importance in achieving aesthetic results
– Understanding functional and structural anatomy and its analysis
– Application of the facebow and mounting on the articulator
– Natural construction of restorations: layering vs. milling
– Colorimetry in aesthetic dentistry.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Dental technicians, General dentists.

– Material selection by dental technicians
– Analog vs. digital indirect restorations
– Protocols for manufacturing veneers on refractory dies
– Step-by-step layering protocols for ceramic aesthetic restorations
– Where analog techniques should be used and where digital workflows should be applied
– Aesthetic and functional considerations and solutions.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Dental technicians, General dentists.

– What is "minimally invasive dentistry"?
– Benefits of minimally invasive dentistry
– Layering protocols for minimally invasive veneers
– Treatment planning for minimally invasive veneers
– Fluorescence of zirconia: appearance, features, and origins
– Multilayer ceramics: a comparison to natural teeth
– Shades of ceramics
– Stained and layered ceramics
– Review of ceramic layering techniques: advantages and limitations
– Surface and texture of indirect restorations
– Step-by-step creation of a wax-up and mock-up for veneers
– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Dental technicians, General dentists.

– Oral anatomy features
– Facebow: importance, technique of application
– Artificial teeth: structure, size, color, choice depending on face and nose form
– Artificial gum features
– Individual modulation of the gum
– Different colors of the gum
– Static aspects of dentures and model measurements
– Acrylic transformation
– Posture and occlusion
– Phonetic aspects: FSO-test
– Step-by-step analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Dental technicians, General dentists.