7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Registration Open

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
ACP Regional Town Hall Breakfast Meeting

The Regional Breakfast Meetings scheduled have been rolled into one meeting - A Town Hall! This town hall meeting will provide members and attendees the opportunity to discuss hot topics in the College and the specialty. ACP Board Members will be present to listen, answer questions and support the open discussion.

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Bone Grafting and Implant Site Development: a Hands-on Cadaver Workshop

CE Credits: 7
Fee: Member $595, Non Member $995
Bach T. Le, D.D.S., M.D., F.I.C.D, University of Southern California

This advanced bone graft course will feature scientific lectures and a hands-on cadaver workshop. The course will focus on the most current techniques in bone grafting to improve long term clinical success with dental implants. New this year, the workshop will also include sinus grafting. Additional topics to be discussed will include ridge grafting, sinus lifts, implant placement into fresh extraction sites, suturing and more. This course is designed for the clinician that had prior implant experience and would like to broaden his/her knowledge and scope of practice and improve surgical skills.
For more information please download the course brochure and registration form.
At the conclusion of this workshop, attendees should be able to:

• Understand minimally traumatic extraction.
• Perform extraction site grafting.
• Understand esthetic flap design.
• Perform immediate implant placement.
• Understand sinus augmentation, osteotome and lateral.
• Understand ridge augmentation.   

Sponsored by:

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Technology Forum

The 2011 Technology Forum is a fantastic opportunity to explore what’s new in the specialty. Companies on the leading edge of innovative technologies will host demonstrations and mini-lectures on key topics in prosthodontics.

Nobel Biocare

Digital dental implant planning 2011 with NobelClinician; better diagnosis, planning and realization - Jean-Francois Bedard, D.M.D.

Team approach to today’s advanced case design incorporating the digital diagnosis, case planning and dental laboratory procedures
- John Haupt, M.D.T.

NobelReplace platform-shifting implant; newer components and protocols
- Jean-Francois Bedard, D.M.D.

Astra Tech

Leveraging innovation and technology in implant therapy

Lectures and workstations will be utilized to highlight:

• OsseoSpeedTM TX Profile implant – for sloped ridge situations
• Screw-retained solution on four implants - for the fully edentulous patient
• New AtlantisTM patient-specific solutions for:
       - implant-supported overdentures
       - screw-retained, single-tooth zirconia

Ivoclar Vivadent     

GC America   

Dental technology is rapidly changing, enabling us to do many things with CAD/CAM. All on 4 dentures are very popular but a technician and clinician who work with those cases know the problems with denture teeth: they stain easily, are hard to clean, will fracture and require an inconvenient amount of repair time. How about All on 4 Ceramic as an option? The only difference is the lab’s processing – the procedure is exactly the same for the dentist! Luke Kahng’s presentation will include All on 4 ceramic and full mouth screw-retained cases, along with hybrid bars and cement retained zirconia implant bridge work

Biomet 3i    
For dental professionals who want “more aesthetic outcomes” for their patients, BellaTek™ is the brand that provides them with ultimate predictable, precise, and premium aesthetic dental implant restorations. This is true because BIOMET 3i uses unique digital solutions including the proprietary Encode® Impression System, which is FDA cleared with ISO certified, to design and manufacture premium aesthetic dental  implant restorations.  The results are patients who are happy, satisfied and confident with their smiles.

For dental clinicians, we are committed to provide solutions one patient at a time resulting in an exceptional patient experience with a beautiful restorative outcome.  Each restoration is specifically designed with the individual patient in mind and allows the process to be more comfortable while achieving desired aesthetic outcomes.

For dental laboratories, we are committed to offering capital equipment which provide a vehicle to allow dental laboratories to achieve aesthetic patient solutions that reduces labor while cost effectively expanding product offerings, resulting in improved profitability.

We invite you to experience a hands-on, interactive experience with our technology partners iTero, 3M Lava, and 3Shape and learn more about our CAD/CAM abutments and bars, copings and frameworks and various digital workflows.

For More Information, Please Contact Your Local
BIOMET 3i Sales Representative Or Visit
www.biomet3i.com or www.bellatek.biomet3i.com

DTI MicroDental

Candent

Cendres + Metaux

Zirkonzahn

1:00  - 5:00 p.m.
Digital Restorative Symposium- Beauty Through Technology

CE Credits: 3.5
Moderator: J. Robert Kelly, D.D.S., M.S., University of Connecticut Health Center

The ACP together with Spectrum/Dialogue is pleased to present his symposium focused on digital technologies and the ongoing enhancement of prosthodontic therapy. Internationally renowned clinicians and technicians will guide the participants from the fundamentals of esthetics to the esoteric phenomena of ceramic technology to the processing of complex ceramic prostheses. The goal of this symposium is to inform and inspire clinicians and technicians working together to embrace new digital technologies that offer diverse opportunities to make prosthodontic therapy “excellence.”

Presented by:

Speakers:
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Balanced Smile Design: All-Ceramic Solutions on Diverse Conditions
Jurgen Seger, M.D.T., Schaan, Liechtenstien

It is evident that simply using an all-ceramic restoration will not ensure aesthetic and functional success. Cases with multiple preparation designs, such as bridges, single crowns, veneers, thin veneers and implant abutments are more and more reality in the all-ceramic field. This challenging situation makes it difficult to fabricate a perfectly balanced smile design efficiently, when dealing with different substructures, thickness and materials. The underlining color of the natural dentition, the different color of the implant abutment, translucency and opacity characteristics of the all-ceramic materials have to be taken into considerations as well. Comprehensive skills on the materials and adequate experience with the fabrication of all-ceramics solutions are the foundation to succeed.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:

• Identify techniques and materials for aesthetic solutions in metal-free restoration.
• Understand the three criteria's to select the right material related to color and translucency.
• Discuss the use of lithium disilicate material with restorations from thick to thin and opaque to translucent.
• Reproduce the steps how to control the characterization of various all-ceramic restorations.
• Understand morphology, contour and anatomical details for enhanced anterior cosmetics.

 

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Aesthetic Approach with Bonded Ceramic Restorations: A Distinctive Approach to Nature
Michael Magne, M.D.T., University of California Oral Health Center

The most exciting developments in dentistry have emerged within the past decade. Oral implant dentistry, guided tissue regeneration, improvement of CAD/CAM technologies and adhesive restorative dentistry are growth areas. However bonded ceramic restorations off a solution that balances the functional and aesthetic needs of the anterior and posterior dentition almost ideally. Dental ceramic's optimal stiffness, its ideal surface characteristics and the bio-mechanical strength achieved through high-performance bonding enable the crown of the tooth as a whole to support incisal or masticatory function. Together with the optical effects inherent in the tooth and the lifelike features of the dental ceramic makes this restorative approach the ultimate in aesthetics.

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Zirconia-Based Restorations: What Have We Learned
Arial Raigrodski, M.S., D.M.D., F.A.C.P., Washington University

This presentation will discuss the mechanical and optical properties of zirconia, as well as the results of clinical studies on zirconia-based restorations. The program will address the question of how the advent of CAD/CAM technology and various veneering porcelain application techniques may support the fabrication of these restorations. Comprehensive cases will be presented to demonstrate the use of zirconia-based restorations as part of an interdisciplinary treatment approach.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:

• Understand the unique properties of zirconia, and how they translate to its clinical usage, including results of clinical studies.
• Describe the techniques and technologies available for fabricating zirconia-based restorations with the advent of CAD/CAM technology supports.
• Discuss the advantages and limitations of zirconia-based restorations.

4:00 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
The "New Age" Digital Dental Office and Dental Lab: "The Digital Dental Team"
Edward McLaren, D.D.S., M.D.C., Los Angeles, CA

The new millennium has brought many advances in dental ceramics. None more important than processing techniques using CAD-CAM technology. These technologies have allowed the use of solid sintered Zirconia based ceramics that could not be used with conventional techniques. Also, existing materials that have been used in pressed glass systems have been developed for us in certain CAD-CAM systems. Thus, today it is possible to generate any type of indirect dental restoration with CAD-CAM device. This presentation will cover the different types of restoration possibilities, "the current possibilities for the boutique digital dental lab and in-office digital dental team", and the clinical and laboratory steps in the process for different types of restorations, along with esthetic enhancements for the use of these ceramics.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:

• Utilize the "in-office" digital dental team.
• Perform materials selection based no clinical conditions.
• Utilize preparation guidelines.

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