Advanced Posterior Aesthetics

Course Overview

This 3-day live patient training course equips practitioners with the knowledge and skills to practise mercury-free dentistry and perform predictable, aesthetic posterior restorations. It covers lectures on posterior restorations combined with hands-on work in a real clinical setting.

Drs Jerry Lim and Ronnie Yap will outline the need for proper understanding of bonding and excellent techniques in the restoration of posterior teeth — covering material selection, indications for direct versus indirect, resins vs porcelain, with a heavy emphasis on CAD/CAM technology for same-day crowns and restorations.

What You Will Learn

Mercury-free dentistry: A paradigm shift away from amalgams
Understanding adhesive dentistry and immediate dentine sealing
Gain confidence in posterior composites
Setting the ethical criteria for diagnosis — direct vs indirect restorations
Starting your successful mercury-free practice
Marketing and communicating with patients
Choice of materials, rubber dam placement and isolation
CAD/CAM technology: Same-day restorations
Live patients: Opportunities to learn from your patient and your partner’s patient

Syllabus

Day 1

Module 1 — Restorative Trend in Dentistry Are you at risk of being left behind?

Module 2 — Natural Dentition and Understanding Adhesion

Know the difference between tooth structures
Navigate through bonding procedures comfortably
Know your primers and adhesives
Understand Immediate Dentine Sealing (IDS)

Module 3 — Mastering Posterior Composites

Bulk fill technology and proper use
Simultaneous layering technique for strength and accuracy
Master isolation techniques with rubber dam
The Light Wars: choosing your curing units
Pitfalls in adhesive dentistry

Day 2

Module 4 — Mastering Inlays and Onlays

Prep designs for inlays and onlays
Secrets of mastering provision of care
Instruments and equipment the experts use
Impression techniques
Introduction to CAD/CAM with Planscan
Incorporating IDS into indirect restorations

Module 5 — Marketing and Communications

Photography and its use in posterior dentistry
How to educate patients on adhesive restorations
Streamlining your practice
Training the team
Effective clinical communication

Module 6 — Adhesive Luting Protocols

Luting cements and correct bonding steps
Rapid tag cure & clear technique
Preparing restorations for luting — salivating and microetching

Day 3

Module 7 — Mastering Staining and Glazing

Ultimate Staining Protocol for glass-reinforced resin restorations
Ceramic staining and glazing techniques

Module 8 — Materials Advancement and CAD/CAM Dentistry

Introduction to CAD/CAM and material selection for posterior restorations

Module 9 — Live Patient

Apply your knowledge to a live patient treatment
Participants without a live patient will work on a phantom patient

Requirements

Bring a live patient for the hands-on portion — preferably with a quadrant of amalgam restorations needing replacement to either direct resin or indirect resin/ceramic restorations. For international participants, an advanced phantom jaw model simulating real clinical situations will be available.

Instructors

Dr Jerry Lim

BDS (Singapore), FRACDS (Australia), FICD, DICOI. Director of ADDA. Fellowship from The Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons by examination (2002). Currently a part-time tutor at NUS. Special interest in aesthetic and implant dentistry.

Dr Ronnie Yap

BDS (Singapore), DGDP (UK), FRACDS (Australia). Director of ADDA. FAC Ohlers Gold Medal and University Silver Medal recipient. Adjunct lecturer at NUS. Fellow of RACDS, ICOI, and FICD.

Dr Kenneth Tan

Clinical instructor specialising in posterior aesthetic restorations.