This event is both a lecture documenting why you should choose digital dentures today as the optimal solution for your dental practice or denture clinic together with a LIVE systematic run-through of the process for fabricating BOTH full and partial dentures digitally. You will be able to follow Sam Dias as he explains the step-by-step process he uses in his four clinics across Sydney, Australia every day.

A demonstration of accurate intraoral scanning and prosthetic design ensures that the outcome won’t be compromised while saving time and money for you and your patient.

The program will conclude with a Q&A session discussing options leading to self-design or aided design as well as the finishing and polishing process.

DAY ONE

1. Impression vs Scanning - A discussion and slide presentation comparing intraoral scanning and traditional impressions, including a live scan of dentures will be shown. The scanning process will be shown step-by-step and the many different impression techniques currently used will be reviewed, and details of how these can be carried on to the digital world shown.
2. Clinical workflows for correctly scanning different types of denture cases.
3. Preparing scans before export to fellow colleagues and or labs to minimise errors and patient discomfort, REVIEWS!
4. Adding mesh and articulator adjustment. Combining multiple scans and adjusting the setup of the virtual articulator will be shown.
5. Wizard and model analysis tools explained.
6. Digital denture teeth selection- How to select the correct digital denture teeth library will be discussed as well as the use of the measure tool plus patient notes and extra scans. Denture teeth library options and applications will be discussed.
7. Digital denture teeth setups - Digital denture teeth setup tips and tricks for faster and more effortless setups will be detailed.
8. Denture teeth options, different materials for multiple applications, such as printed, milled and carded.
9. Denture base design - Key principles to bear in mind when designing your denture bases plus a guide to troubleshooting.

DAY TWO

1. Continued denture design with a group discussion and clarification of denture designs.
2. 3D printing - 3D printing techniques plus a guide to material selection and achieving better outcomes.
3. LIVE Carded Teeth modification and milled teeth finishing and tweaking before Bonding.
4. LIVE Carded denture teeth, Milled Teeth and Printed Teeth - Step-by-step bonding technique with tips and tricks.
5. LIVE Staining technique - Techniques for staining and filling in the gaps.
6. Finishing and polishing - Tips to achieve a great outcome.
7. Discussion + Q&A Session.

NOTE: This course will be charged in Australian Dollars