Direct Restorations Master Class
Direct Restorative Solutions, Covered from A to Z
40% OFF, 15 CEs
Ultimate Restorative Skills Bundle
Step up your restorative game with the Ultimate Restorative Skills Bundle—a collection of three expert-led masterclasses designed to elevate your dental practice. Covering anterior aesthetics, direct restorations, and overdentures, this bundle offers essential techniques to enhance patient outcomes and expand your expertise.
What to Expect
Why You Can't Miss This Course
Course Lessons
Master Class Curriculum
Learning Objectives
Module 1: Principles of Adhesion
The Foundation for Modern Restorative Dentistry
- Select appropriate adhesive classes
- Implement substrate-sensitive conditioning protocols
- Master critical delivery techniques
- Learn strategies for mitigating sensitivity
- Identify effective isolation techniques
- Establish protocols for durable bonds with optimized shear bond strength (SBS) values
- Understand the impact of poor bonding on ROI, efficiency, productivity, and patient satisfaction
Module 2: Introduction to Composite Resin Materials
• Review general information on composite resin materials
• Identify principles of light curing composite resin materials
• Explore classes of composite resin materials
• Discuss composite warmers and their implication in clinical practice
Module 3: The Minimally Invasive Approach
• Understand evolving definitions of Minimally Invasive Dentistry (MID) and the concept of sustainable dentistry
• Explore contemporary strategies and technologies for diagnosing and identifying caries
• Examine prevention and remineralization concepts within the CAMBRA framework
• Learn about treating lesions using modern infiltrate-based products
• Focus on surgical intervention and restoration aimed at lifelong tooth preservation
• Identify critical material characteristics necessary for effective surgical restoration
• Discover modern approaches to caries removal and guidelines for decision-making
• Equip yourself with the essential tools for practicing MID at an advanced level
Module 4: Class V Lesions and Restorations
• Master preparation techniques for Class V lesions to enhance retention and aesthetics
• Understand bonding protocols that ensure predictable outcomes
• Learn efficient placement techniques using modern materials
• See contouring and finishing techniques that will yield lifelike restorations
Module 5: Class II, IV, and VI Restorations
• Select appropriate adhesive classes
• Implement substrate-sensitive conditioning protocols
• Master critical delivery techniques
• Learn strategies for mitigating sensitivity
• Identify effective isolation techniques
• Establish protocols for durable bonds with optimized shear bond strength (SBS) values
• Understand the impact of poor bonding on ROI, efficiency, productivity, and patient satisfaction
Meet the instructors
Foroud Hakim, DDS
Dr. Foroud Hakim is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker with an unwavering passion for all aspects of contemporary restorative dentistry. He is particularly motivated to help colleagues in improving treatment outcomes, patient experiences, as well as practice efficiency. He thrives on audience participation and interactive learning models. “I learn just as much from my audiences as they might from me; if it’s not a two-way street, something is wrong!”
Dr. Hakim has balanced private practice and dental education for 31 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He splits his time between “real world/wet fingered” private practice, and teaching dental students at University of the Pacific, as well as colleagues across the country. He earned his DDS in 1991 and went on to earn his MBA in 2000. His areas of focus range from predictable and lasting adhesion, minimally invasive single tooth dentistry, all the way through to full mouth esthetic rehabilitation and smile design.
Dr. Hakim is the founder of San Ramon Dental Excellence, Director of Occlusion at the University of the Pacific and an active board member and speaker for Catapult Education’s Speakers Bureau.
Patrick Jones - Course author
Marc Geissberger, DDS
Dr. Marc Geissberger taught at University of the Pacific for 30 years and ran Pacific’s prestigious complex and esthetic rehabilitation program. He is also a researcher and a published author in the areas of dental materials, contemporary fixed prosthodontics, and esthetic dentistry. He serves as a consultant for many dental materials companies and helps guide product development.
During his 30 years in academia, he has maintained a private practice geared toward restorative dentistry with his brother and fellow Pacific alum Dr. Jeffrey Geissberger. He believes his continual involvement in providing patient care as well as a role in academia has given him a unique balance that allows him to blend the best of both worlds.
Dr. Geissberger is a member of the Catapult Education Speakers Bureau, has won several teaching awards, and has presented over 450 lectures and hands-on workshops to colleagues in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Peru, Denmark, and Taiwan. He has co-authored and published numerous scientific papers and a textbook entitled Esthetic Dentistry in Clinical Practice for Wiley-Blackwell which is currently available in 4 languages (English, Spanish, Polish, and Turkish).
Dr. Geissberger earned a master’s degree in educational psychology in 1994 and has been a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) with the National Academy of Sports Medicine since 2008. He completed his Fitness Nutrition Specialty (FNS) training in 2011.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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