The Modern Restorative Practice This lecture focuses on the most effective and efficient ways to produce modern quality restorative dentistry: anesthesia, shade-taking, preparation technique, digital impressions, restorative materials (monolithic vs. bi-layered materials), etc.
All-Ceramic Restorative Update All-ceramic restorations continue to make inroads into the overall restorative market. They make up nearly 50% of the crowns fabricated today. With the introduction of the monolithic, cementable all-ceramics, this percentage stands poised to grow even more. We will take an in-depth look at clinical cases utilizing materials such as IPS e.max and BruxZir. Few clinical situations call exclusively for the use of PFM restorations.
Chicago MidWinter Dental Meeting; Chicago, IL Yankee Dental Conference; Boston, MA California Dental Association Scientific Session; Anaheim and San Francisco, CA
Future Presentations
Pennsylvania Academy of General Dentistry; Pittsburgh, PA Cincinnati Dental Association; Cincinnati, OH West Michigan Dental Society; Lansing, MI
Biographical Information
As a dentist who practices within the largest lab in the U.S., Dr. Michael DiTolla has access to tens of thousands of doctor’s preps and impressions on a monthly basis. As a result, he has intimate knowledge of the common habits of the dentists getting the best restorative results. As a self-proclaimed “average dentist”, he has found techniques that give him great restorative results with a very average set of hands. His mission is to share these techniques with dentists to help them improve their preps, impressions and restorations. When dentists perform better restorative dentistry they are happier, more profitable, and most importantly, the patient receives excellent restorative dentistry.
