Worn dentition treatment

– The complex mechanism of tooth wear: interaction between attrition, erosion, and abrasion;

– Assessment of tooth wear;

– Factors that favor and factors that help to prevent tooth wear;

– The difference between the wear caused from bruxism, abrasion, and erosion;

– Saliva and tooth wear;

– Relationship between gastroesophageal reflux, bruxism, and tooth wear;

– Questionaries that help to identifies the source of the problem.

– Philosophy of minimally invasive dentistry

– Free-hand layering technique

– Causes of tooth wear: friction, abrasion, erosion, perimolysis

– Copy-paste approach in adhesive restoration

– Index technique (single silicone key technique): advantages

– Index technique for tooth wear: digital and analog protocols

– New technique devised by the author of injection with thermo-viscose composites and double-layer mask

– Additional palatine incisor restorations: technique

– Adhesive restoration planning: aesthetic analysis and DSD, diagnostic Wax-up and Mock-up

– Fixation of composite overlays: adhesive protocol

– Durability of direct composite restoration with tooth wear

– Maintenance.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Functional dentists.

– Tooth wear: causes and diagnosis

– The main types of tooth wear

– Methods of treatment of pathological tooth wear

– Total rehabilitation vs dentistry of one tooth: principles of occlusion

– Algorithm of occlusal evaluation in case of pathological tooth wear

– Signs and symptoms of parafunction

– Reorganization approach: protocol and advantages of the method

– DAHL-technique: basic principles

– Limiting factors in the total rehabilitation of the dentition with pathological tooth wear.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Functional dentists.

– The main stages of total rehabilitation in case of pathological tooth wear

– Diagnostic Wax-up and Mock-up

– Plastering of models in the articulator: technique

– Features of modeling the palatine surface 

– The technique of making composite veneers in a direct way using a silicone key

– Mock-up: methodology and criteria for Mock-up control in a week

– Adhesive total rehabilitation: DAHL technique

– The technique of restoring the anterior teeth:

- Using a transparent silicone key

- Injection formation technique

- Composite indirect facets.

– Stabilization of posterior teeth contacts: strategies and techniques

– Restoring posterior teeth with composite materials: techniques

– Restoration of posterior teeth by the imprint method: tips and recommendations

– Stabilization of treatment results: the use of a Michigan splint

– Maintenance protocol.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Functional dentists.

– Erosion of teeth: definition and diagnosis

– Types of tooth wear: attrition, non-carious cervical lesions, abrasion, erosion

– Clinical signs of erosion 

– Etiology of erosion development: 

- Gastro-esophageal reflux disease

- Bulimia nervosa

- Gastric surgery

- Cyclic or psychogenic vomiting syndrome

- Pregnancy induced vomiting

- Chronic alcoholism

- Dietary

- Taking medications

- Industrial workers

- Professional wine tasters.

– Factors affecting the development of erosion: saliva, soft tissues of the oral cavity, temperature of drinks

– Prevention and control of erosion: step-by-step protocol

– Determination of the degree of erosion: BEWE index

– Method of recording and measuring erosion using a silicone key

– Tactics of managing patients with erosions: methods of protecting the damaged surface

– Hypersensitivity of teeth: diagnosis and principles of treatment.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Functional dentists.

– Tooth wear - how does it happen?

– Centric relation - not diagnostic data;

– Long-term predictability?

– If the treatment responds to the diagnosis;

– Vertical dimension - you can change it in each case, just follow the rules.

– Total rehabilitation using the injection formation technique: principles

– Methods of isolation of the working field

– Three-layer silicone key: operation protocol

– Wax-up and Mock-up in the protocol of total rehabilitation

– Adhesive protocol with tooth wear

– Method of forming composite material

– Indirect methods of total compositional rehabilitation: a three-stage protocol

– Planning based on facial features, aesthetic analysis

– Method of biologically oriented preparation

– Ceramic overlays and crowns: indications and protocols

– Total rehabilitation for erosion and abrasion: step-by-step protocol 

– Increasing the vertical dimension of the occlusion: predictability and safety

– Laminate veneers made of zirconium dioxide: protocol.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Functional dentists.

– Biomechanics of the restorated posterior teeth

– Adhesive technique in direct dental restorations

– Universal protocol for the restoration of posterior teeth

– Filling, restoration, artistic restoration

– Integration of the restorated teeth into occlusion

– Long-term results of posterior teeth restoration.

– Principles of achieving an aesthetic result with worn dentition

– Difficulties and risk factors in the rehabilitation of patients with worn dentition

– Etiology of worn dentition:

- Mechanical theory

- Occlusal theory

- CNS theory

- Psychosocial theory.

– The effect of chewing schemes on worn dentition

– Pathophysiology of bruxism: key aspects

– The relationship between bruxism and obstructive sleep apnea

– Worn dentition in children: causes and prognosis

– The effect of the use of drugs on the worn dentition

– Types of tooth wear and their clinical significance:

- "Edge-to-edge" wear

- "Pathway" wear

- "Crossover" wear.

– Protocol of rehabilitation of a patient with "pathway" wear

– Treatment of a patient with "edge-to-edge" wear

– Function range: significant factors.