FEE: $3999

DATES: November 8th-9th 2024, March 8th-9th 2025

CE Credits: 16

In the last 40 years, dentistry has benefited from many advances in adhesives, composites, and ceramics that have allowed the profession to transition from mechanical restorative goals to biologic ones. These materials provide clinicians with the ability to restore teeth in a minimally invasive manner, close to their original biomechanical function. Unfortunately, these materials are not often used to their full potential and are employed with only slight variations to more invasive traditional preparation designs.

Why Choose Direct Composite Restorations?

Direct composites allow for the most minimally invasive restorative treatment: only the decayed and/or damaged tissue is removed. Direct composites can last and serve patients for decades, as supported by published evidence. However, many dentists face early failures such as fractures, leakage, post-operative sensitivity, pulpal failure, recurrent caries, and marginal staining. In fact, dental insurance expectations are that direct composite restorations last only 2 years. In this course, Dr. Schiffenhaus will review advanced adhesive techniques, material science, biomechanics, diagnosis, and preparation design to ensure that minimally invasive direct composite restorations can last long-term.

Course Format This course provides both didactic and hands-on training. To allocate more time for hands-on training during the live course, many didactic lectures have been moved online, which can be watched before and up to 6 months after the course. Therefore, the “total CE” for the course includes both online and in-person coursework.