Course validity: 90 days

In this course you will learn:

Part 1: Material options

– Material options for indirect fixed prosthodontics

– All about PFM

– A complete guide to PFZ

– Everything you need to know about monolithic zirconia

– Can zirconia fracture

– Everything you need to know about E-max

– How are E-max restorations made

– PFM vs PFZ vs E-max for single unit posterior restorations

Part 2: Material selection

– Material selection 1: Position

– Material selection 2: Length of edentulous space

– Material selection 3: Interocclusal space

– Material selection 4: Need for bonding

– Material selection 5: Parafunctional habits

– Material selection 6: Age, allergy and laboratory competence

Part 3: Biologic width

– Rest In Peace biologic width!

– Understanding biologic width

– Where should I place my margins

– How to place finish lines subgingivally in a shallow sulcus

– How to place subgingival margins in a deep sulcus part 1

– How to place subgingival margins in a deep sulcus part 2

– Why is there recession or inflammation around my crown

– Diagnosing a biologic width violation

Part 4: Tooth preparation

– Principles of tooth preparation

– Detailed demonstration of tooth preparation of a molar

– Detailed demonstration of tooth preparation of a premolar

– Detailed demonstration of tooth preparation of an incisor for full ceramic crown

– Detailed demonstration of tooth preparation of an incisor for PFM crown

– Average reduction for PFM prosthesis for posterior teeth

– Average reduction for monolithic restoration for posterior teeth

– Average reduction for PFM prosthesis for anterior teeth

– Average reduction for metal free prosthesis for anterior and posterior teeth

– Tooth preparation for bridges

– Wing preparation

– Preparation of tilted, rotated and supra-erupted teeth

– Ferrule and ferrule effects

– Preaparation of intracoronal restoration

Part 5: Clearance and finish lines

– Clearance: The goal of reduction

– How can interproximal clearance be correctly achieved

– Making sense of finish lines in prosthodontics

– The importance of finish lines

– Finish line refinement

– Margin placement with respect to gingival crest

– Avoiding ski-jump ramps in finish line

Part 6: Tips and tricks in preparation

– Implications of under reduction

– Preparing the distal margin of a maxillary second molar

– The secrets to ensuring longevity of prosthesis part 1

– The secrets to ensuring longevity of prosthesis part 2

– Logic behind secondary retention and resistance features

Part 7: Tissue retraction

– Is tissue retraction really important

– Different techniques for tissue retraction

– Choosing the correct retraction cord

– What size retraction cord should I use

– Demonstration of cord packing technique

– Single cord technique

– Double cord technique

– The correct way to retrieve a cord from the sulcus

– Are there any drawbacks of retraction cords

– Cordless techniques for retraction

– Chemical haemostasis: Bleeding gums before impression making

– Techniques to achieve haemostasis prior to impression

Part 8: Impression making

– Perforated trays: A universal choice

– Metal or plastic tray for my next impression

– Triple trays for impressions

– Is buying a tray adhesive a waste of money

– Understanding impression materials and their techniques

– All about polyether

– Do automixing systems waste material

– Preparing a cartridge for light body impressions

– Bleeding a cartridge

– How to prepare putty for an impression

– Making the perfect C-Silicone impressions

– Making perfect triple tray Addition Silicone impressions

– Making one step polyether impressions

– Perfect polyether impressions using triple tray

– Disinfecting an impression

Part 9: Troubleshooting in impressions

– Troubleshooting in impressions

– Suppose my impression isn’t accurate

– Voids at the margin of my impression

– My impression tray keeps contacting teeth

– My impression separated from the tray

– My impression margins are lacking detail

– My impression keeps tearing

– Drag marks at the margin of my impression

Part 10: Pontic design

– Ideal requirements of pontics

– Natural tooth pontic

– What pontic design should I choose

– Saddle or ridge lap pontic

– Modified ridge lap pontic

– Ovate pontic

– Sanitary pontic

Part 11: Occlusion

– The basics of occlusion

– The ONE video everybody needs to watch about occlusion

– Importance of ideal occlusion

– Mutually protected occlusion

– Dynamic Occlusal Relationships

– Static occlusion for anterior teeth

– Static occlusion for posterior teeth

– Restoration of anterior guidance in anterior aesthetic case

– Canine guidance vs group function

– Types of interferences in occlusion

Part 12: Pre-cementation

– Coping trial for prosthesis

– A guide to shade selection

Part 13: Cementation

– Consequences of leaving an occlusal interference

– Cementation or bonding: A better choice

– An important tip post bonding of indirect restorations

– Sensitivity even after a root canal

– Bonding mechanism for indirect restorations

– Cementation of PFM prosthesis

– Cementaion of Emax prosthesis

– Cementation of Zirconia prosthesis

Part 14: Long lectures

– Simplified techniques of tooth preparation

– Occlusal considerations in dentistry

– The game of crowns

– Restoring endodontically treated teeth

– Articulating papers in dentistry

– Dental Ceramics