Location:
Scott's Seafood (Harbor Room)
2 Broadway, Oakland, CA
Schedule:
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Dinner buffet, social & networking
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Program (2 CEs)
Clinical Occlusion: Tips to Minimize Restoration Fractures
Richard G. Stevenson III, DDS, FAGD, FACD, ABOD
Likely to be the least well-understood topic for both recent graduates and seasoned dentists, OCCLUSION doesn’t need to be so complicated! This course will focus on how to perform a functional diagnosis, and how to predict which patients will have issues that may affect restoration longevity. Techniques will be described to troubleshoot occlusal mysteries that ultimately have simple solutions. Selecting the best materials for restoration longevity is smart but adjusting and polishing these materials within the functional and parafunctional occlusal framework is even smarter! Dr. Stevenson will provide real world clinical examples to show the solutions to common dental challenges.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how to render a functional diagnosis
- Learn how to take an accurate CR record and know when it’s indicated
- How to minimize ceramic fractures by understanding the materials and occlusion
- Learn how to implement the 5-Step Occlusal Harmony finishing and adjusting protocol
Speaker
Doctor Stevenson earned his DDS from the UCLA School of Dentistry in 1986. After practicing general dentistry for 7 years in Laguna Niguel, California, he accepted a full-time teaching position at the UCLA School of Dentistry in 1993 where he served as Chair of the Section of Restorative Dentistry for 17 years. He has published dozens of articles on dental materials, the principles of evidence-based dentistry, and restorative techniques has written several textbook chapters and syllabi. He is the inventor of several unique dental instruments which are used in dental education and clinical practice. Dr. Stevenson is Board Certified in Operative Dentistry. He practices dentistry in San Dimas, CA with a focus on Microscope, Implant and Esthetic Dentistry. Although he retired from UCLA in 2018 as Professor Emeritus of Clinical Dentistry, he says that he’s just getting started! After leaving UCLA he founded Stevenson Dental Solutions, a teaching institute dedicated to hands-on training where he serves as the Director of Education. Recently he established a non-profit corporation investigating best practices in dentistry and innovative methods of delivering quality care and pre-professional education to communities with the most need. He lives in La Verne, California with his wife Savi.
Clinical Occlusion: Tips to Minimize Restoration Fractures
Presented by:
Location:
Scott's Seafood (Harbor Room)
2 Broadway, Oakland, CA
Schedule:
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Dinner buffet, social & networking
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Program (2 CEs)
Clinical Occlusion: Tips to Minimize Restoration Fractures
Richard G. Stevenson III, DDS, FAGD, FACD, ABOD
Likely to be the least well-understood topic for both recent graduates and seasoned dentists, OCCLUSION doesn’t need to be so complicated! This course will focus on how to perform a functional diagnosis, and how to predict which patients will have issues that may affect restoration longevity. Techniques will be described to troubleshoot occlusal mysteries that ultimately have simple solutions. Selecting the best materials for restoration longevity is smart but adjusting and polishing these materials within the functional and parafunctional occlusal framework is even smarter! Dr. Stevenson will provide real world clinical examples to show the solutions to common dental challenges.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how to render a functional diagnosis
- Learn how to take an accurate CR record and know when it’s indicated
- How to minimize ceramic fractures by understanding the materials and occlusion
- Learn how to implement the 5-Step Occlusal Harmony finishing and adjusting protocol
Speaker
Doctor Stevenson earned his DDS from the UCLA School of Dentistry in 1986. After practicing general dentistry for 7 years in Laguna Niguel, California, he accepted a full-time teaching position at the UCLA School of Dentistry in 1993 where he served as Chair of the Section of Restorative Dentistry for 17 years. He has published dozens of articles on dental materials, the principles of evidence-based dentistry, and restorative techniques has written several textbook chapters and syllabi. He is the inventor of several unique dental instruments which are used in dental education and clinical practice. Dr. Stevenson is Board Certified in Operative Dentistry. He practices dentistry in San Dimas, CA with a focus on Microscope, Implant and Esthetic Dentistry. Although he retired from UCLA in 2018 as Professor Emeritus of Clinical Dentistry, he says that he’s just getting started! After leaving UCLA he founded Stevenson Dental Solutions, a teaching institute dedicated to hands-on training where he serves as the Director of Education. Recently he established a non-profit corporation investigating best practices in dentistry and innovative methods of delivering quality care and pre-professional education to communities with the most need. He lives in La Verne, California with his wife Savi.
