Digital and Analog Dentures - A Comprehensive Course

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Learn the ideal methods for impressing soft tissue to minimize adjustments.

Understand how to quickly find the ideal vertical dimension of occlusion.

Discuss the principles of smile design, tooth selection, and facially driven positioning.

Explore how facial scanning can drive ideal tooth positioning.

Discuss the pros and cons of several pieces of equipment used in the digital denture workflow such as desktop scanners, intraoral scanners, facial scanners, 3D printers, and milling machines, and see them used during the course.

Develop a workflow to expedite the process of denture fabrication so you can consistently deliver a final denture in 2 to 3 appointments.

Discuss the different software available for digital denture design such as Blue Sky Plan, Exocad, and 3shape.

Hands-on computer exercises for designing dentures in multiple software.

Explore the different approaches for making conventional dentures vs. immediate dentures.

Learn the various material options available for dentures and their strengths and weaknesses.

Learn efficient methods of fabricating dentures including 3Dprinted dentures, milled dentures, and conventionally processed dentures.

Understand how full arch implants can improve patient satisfaction and the restoration of mandibular locator overdentures.

Review indications for unsplinted attachments vs. a bar overdenture.

Learn bonding protocols for bonding denture teeth to denture bases.

Hands-on practice of Adding Pink Composites to Dentures

Demonstration of the complete process of both printing and milling of try in dentures and final dentures

Learn a novel approach to making digital dentures that allows you to accomplish master impressions, VDO, bite records, and an aesthetic try-in during the patient’s first appointment.

This hands-on course will teach the principles of making high-quality dentures using a number of different approaches. It covers both the clinical aspects as well as design and different fabrication options. After course completion, you may pick one of the three special offers:

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