Mastering Zirconia Bonding: The Essential Guide to CAD/CAM Ceramic Restorations

Mastering Zirconia Bonding: The Essential Guide to CAD/CAM Ceramic Restorations

Summary:

The recent evolution in CAD/CAM, ceramic, and adhesive bonding technologies offers a whole new range of esthetic, less invasive, and long-lasting treatment options. However, there are still many questions:

How can I apply minimally invasive resin-bonded ceramic restorations such as laminate veneers and successfully in my daily practice? How can I select the best ceramic materials and protocols to achieve optimal esthetics? What are the best cements and bonding protocols for veneers, inlay/ onlays, crowns, and bridges? How to bond zirconia to make resin-bonded bridges and partial coverage restorations that last? What are the best ceramic materials for implants from single units to full mouth reconstructions and why? And what about all these techniques I hear about, like digital smile design, new onlay preparation designs, immediate dentin sealing, and deep margin elevation? And last but not least: is there any scientific evidence on all these topics?

This presentation will answer such questions based on sound science and provide a lavishly illustrated clinical update on esthetic treatment options with ceramics from conservative laminate veneers and posterior onlays to resin-bonded bridges and implant-supported restorations. “Hot topics” such as digital

smile design, minimally invasive preparation guidelines, new adhesive protocols, deep margin elevation, and evidence-based dentistry will bediscussed: from A like “Adhesive bonding” to “Z like “Zirconia”.

Objectives:

• Differentiate modern ceramic materials and their indications

• Learn about CAD/CAM technology and its diverse applications in esthetic dentistry

• Understand strategies for success with ceramic restorations for teeth and implants based on the

• current scientific evidence

• Comprehend clinical guidelines for long-lasting resin-bonded esthetic restorations from

• laminate veneers and onlays to resin-bonded bridges and implant-supported restorations.

Markus B. Blatz, DMD, PhD, Prof Dr med dent

Prof. Dr. Markus B. Blatz is Chairman of the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences and Assistant Dean for Digital Innovation and Professional Development at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia, where he also founded the Penn Dental Medicine CAD/CAM Ceramic Center. A member of several professional societies, he is co-founder and past President of the International Academy for Adhesive Dentistry and a founding member of the European Academy of Digital Dentistry. He is Editor-in-Chief of Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry, Associate Editor of the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry and of Quintessence International, and serves on editorial boards of numerous other dental journals. Dr. Blatz is recipient of multiple teaching and research awards, and voted “Most Educational Instagram Account” (@profmarkusblatz).

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