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	Ultimate Esthetic and Function Connection
	“Success” in the Esthetic/General Dental Practice
	A Missing Link: On the edge of esthetics and function
	Clinical Success for Anterior and Posterior Restorations

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Function can be Beautiful, Predictable, and Profitable
also called
Ultimate Esthetic and Function Connection

Cosmetic Dentist, Dr. William E. Bruce II DMD PA Instructor: William “Bo” Bruce, DMD

Course length: Can be all day with lunch break or half day

Attendants: Doctor, Assistant, Hygienist, office personnel

Description:
This course will allow you to build on the fundamentals of occlusion to make your esthetic dentistry gorgeous, functionally sound, and financially rewarding. Techniques and concepts that have stood the test of time are driving the age of excellent dentistry. Learn how to apply these to your practice, appropriately treatment plan your patients, and ultimately increase case acceptance. Digital photography is one of your most valuable assets in this process; if patients are able to see what you see, chances are they will better understand.

Course Objectives:

Develop an understanding of why occlusion is so important in the general/esthetic practice.
How to recognize disharmony and imbalance in the masticatory system.
To find, verify, and record centric relation
To utilize digital photography in pursuing optimum results.
To choose the most appropriate camera system for your needs.
To determine necessary records in working up a case for ideal esthetics and function.
To learn how verify provisionals-this is the most critical stage in advanced restorative procedures.
How to predictably choose the correct length for ideal function.
To learn how to set up the gingival plane for optimum esthetics.
To learn how to predictably manage interproximal tissue and never see that black triangle.
Your assistant will learn how to verify accurately mounted models.
Your assistant will learn how to constantly deliver beautiful model work that will make your labs call you and ask how you did it.
How to eliminate fractures and chips on those new veneers while developing harmony and balance.

“Success” in the Esthetic/General Dental Practice

Instructor: William “Bo” Bruce, DMD

Course length: Can be all day with lunch break or half day

Attendants: Doctor, Assistant, Hygienist, office personnel

Description:
A system for success in your practice and life without compromising excellence is a key to happiness. If we do not have proper balance between our practice and family life we will find ourselves burned out. The most important thing we have is time. There is nothing that wastes more time in an office than a lack of predictability. You will learn a simple and systematic, 4 step process to approaching any case that walks into your office. You will gain an understanding of why balance in the masticatory system is so important. I will give you systems for success so you can be home with your family.

Bring your team members! We will never change anything in our practices without our teams understanding why. Predictability begins at the heart of the practice!

Course Objectives:

Scheduling for excellence-how to manage your time in the office.
Learn how to think through a treatment plan with function and esthetics.
4 steps to clinical success.
Why practice profitability is tied to your knowledge of occlusion.
How to recognize disharmony and imbalance in the masticatory system.
How to minimize your remakes.
What records you need for predictability.
How to eliminate fractures and chips on those new veneers, while developing harmony and balance.
Organizational systems for success.
Blocking blue time for the family.

A Missing Link
On the edge of esthetics and function

SYNOPSIS:

The relationship of the maxillary and mandibular incisal edges is often the key determining factor in the success or failure of anterior restorative treatment. Fractured anterior teeth and broken porcelain, as well as loose teeth and the extension of parafunction, are the consequences. A simple method to optimize the relationship of the incisal edges will be presented. Dr. Bruce will develop your understanding of the anatomy of incisal edges. In addition, a method will be presented to show how the dental lab can precisely duplicate the desired anterior guidance, including the necessary details of incisal edge positions. You will be shown how this information will give complete harmony of anterior guidance, which will lead to a predictable, esthetic, and functional predictable result.

THE MISSING LINK

On the Edge of Esthetics and Function

Basic Outline:

I will be teaching the relationship of anterior guidance with cracked, fractured, and worn incisal edges of crowns and natural teeth
I will demonstrate what happens in parafuction
How to harmonize anterior teeth beyond the canines
Illustrating the role and purpose of the pitch, slope, and bevel of upper and lower incisal edges
How the leading and trailing edges and there shape of the upper and lower incisors play a major role in anterior guidance and crossover
How to use this teaching to determine proper incisal edge tooth length
I will show how this information will give complete harmony in anterior guidance and crossover which will lead to a more esthetic and predictable outcome

Clinical Success for Anterior and Posterior Restorations

Instructor: William “Bo” Bruce, DMD

Course Length: Half day or full day , hands-on

Attendants: Doctor

Description:

The world of dentistry changes, it seems, from hour to hour. There are some proven techniques that have not changed and some new techniques being developed everyday. You will get the opportunity to use some of the latest and proven materials and equipment on the market. You will see how understanding and restoring balance to the masticatory system will make you more predicable. If we can learn and apply procedures that work and make sense, we will spend less time in the office. We will walk through an anterior case, in a step by step fashion, so you can take it back and apply it on Monday. You will also place posterior composite using the “Casper” technique.

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