Esthetic Techniques and Materials
Dr. Frank Spear with half-day guest lecture by Dr. Gregg Kinzer, Spear Faculty
Course Info 
2.5 days
17 CE Credits
$1,650 Doctors
$950 Staff Members
2011
Feb. 17 – 19
Location
Scottsdale, Ariz.

Course Objectives
A firm understanding of today’s extensive materials choices will increase efficiency and effectiveness in creating natural looking, lasting results for your patients
The ever-growing spectrum of materials choices can be overwhelming. This seminar will give you insight into choosing the materials that work best in varying clinical situations so that you can more easily achieve the exceptional results you and your patients desire.
Participants Will Learn:
- Materials: composites; powder and liquid ceramics; pressed ceramics; high strength cored ceramics; metal ceramics; CAD/CAM: chairside and lab
- Preparation: veneers; full and partial coverage; mal-aligned teeth
- Margin placement: supra-gingival; equi-gingival; sub-gingival
- Impressions: materials; trays; retraction (cord/laser); optical capture
- Temporaries: materials; fabrication; customizing
- Adhesives and Cements: material categories and names; current research; indications and contraindications; techniques
- Implants: techniques for abutment fabrication; connecting implants and teeth
- Laboratory: the most common issues encountered in high value cases and what you can do about them
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