MAC Dentistry
The What, When, How, and Why of Current Indirect Restorative Materials, Adhesives, and Cements
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General Dentists
Audience -
Free
Cost -
2 CE Credits
Credits -
Self-Instructional
Method -
Dec 3, 2020
Released -
Dec 3, 2023
Expires
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What's included?
Course Description
As restorative materials, adhesives, and cements, continue to evolve and improve, keeping up with the latest advancements is difficult. Patients continue to have high expectations for long-term clinical success. Having an understanding and working knowledge of these materials will enable you to make sound decisions and drive that long term success. In this 2-hour live webinar, Dr. Dudney will discuss factors affecting the selection of indirect restorative materials that will satisfy the aesthetic and functional goals of the patient as conservatively as possible. Cases will be used to demonstrate the use of these materials, bonding agents, and cements in different clinical situations.
Learning Objectives
- The factors affecting material selection
- Monolithic vs. layered restorations
- Combining aesthetics and function with emax lithium disilicate
- Advantages and disadvantages of full contour zirconia
- The benefits of the new universal adhesives
- Which cements to use when and why
- How to treat the tooth and the restoration when conventionally cementing or adhesively bonding
- The long term benefits of bioactive cements
Course Details
- Course Fee: Free
- Credits: Catapult Education designates this continuing education activity for 2 credits
- Method: Self-Instructional
- Audience: General Dentists
- AGD Subject Code: 250
Course contents
Meet the instructor
Tom Dudney, DMD
Dr. Thomas Dudney is a nationally recognized educator who's programs have an emphasis on high aesthetics and restorative dentistry.
Thomas E. Dudney, DMD is a 1977 graduate of University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Dentistry. He has served as the Clinical Director for the Aesthetic Advantage hands-on programs taught by Dr. Larry Rosenthal at New York University and the Eastman Dental Clinic in London as well as the Clinical Director for the California Center for Advanced Dental Studies (CCADS) programs taught in the US, Canada, and the UK. He presently is serving as the Clinical Director for the new Pacific Aesthetic Continuum (PAC) programs.
In addition to teaching and lecturing, Dr. Dudney has authored several articles on Aesthetic Dentistry. He is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Alabama Dental Association, Academy of General Dentistry, Birmingham District Dental Society, the American Society for Dental Aesthetics, American Dental Association, Catapult Education, and a Diplomat of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry. He maintains a private practice with emphasis on aesthetic and restorative dentistry in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Disclaimer/Disclosures
Catapult Education, LLC is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
Approved PACE Program Provider. FAGD/MAGD Credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. 6/1/16 to 5/31/20. Provider ID 306446.