Course Description

This course will help each dentist leave with confidence in their ability to perform direct resin restorations with excellence from the preparation to the final polish. We will review the importance of a complete examination, smile design, and balanced occlusion whether bonding a single tooth or doing a complete resin rehabilitation. Case presentation and profitability will also be reviewed.

Attendees will learn the color theory for tooth restoration, and how to opaque and mask dark stained teeth. Each practitioner will leave with greater expertise and skill to complete an invisible class IV composite, and do an additive equilibration or “bite opening.” Participants will perform 6 direct resin veneers in a single appointment in combination with the additive equilibration. We will review the technique of using a diagnostic wax-up and vinyl matrix in order to complete these procedures with efficiency and consistency. In addition, we will show how the matrix can be used to create an intraoral mock-up for increased case acceptance.

Join us and gain confidence in perfecting the occlusion of direct resin restorations for longevity and discuss warranty and maintenance of these cases. This course will give each dentist the skill and ability to phase treatment with direct resin without compromising esthetics or function.

Learning Objectives

  • Review the importance of a complete exam, smile design, and balanced occlusion when using composite resin for a single tooth or resin rehabilitation.
  • Learn effective isolation, preparation, adhesion, finishing and polishing protocols for direct resin.
  • Learn and perform the skill of masking a single discolored tooth with composite resin.
  • Review and practice the technique to deliver an invisible class IV composite.
  • Discuss and execute an effective technique to complete 6 composite resin veneers and an additive equilibration or “bite opening” in one appointment.

Course Instructors

 

Dr. Javier Quirós

Dr. Quirós is a graduate of the University of Costa Rica School of Dentistry and holds an Advanced Education in General Dentistry with a Fellowship in Cosmetic Dentistry. He concluded a Graduate Prosthodontics Program from the Texas A & M., Baylor College of Dentistry. Dr. Quirós teaches at Odontopolis Dental Training Institute, the Costa Rica Dental Association, and the Graduate Prosthodontics Department from the University of Costa Rica. He has presented numerous “hands on” courses, internationally and has a successful private practice, in San Jose, Costa Rica, which concentrates in Prosthodontics and Cosmetic Dentistry.

Dr. Angie Gribble Hedlund

Dr. Angie Gribble HedlundDr. Angela Gribble Hedlund is an senior faculty member at the Dawson Academy.  She obtained her DMD from the Medical College of Georgia and holds an Advanced Education in General Dentistry with a Fellowship

In Cosmetic Dentistry from Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, TX.  She practiced for 16 years with Goldstain, Garber, & Salama or Team Atlanta from 1994-2010 and has been in solo practice in north Atlanta since 2010.

She has received her Fellowship and Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry and writes and speaks on the topics of Esthetic Dentistry, Salivary Diagnostics, Occlusion, and Treatment Planning.

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Course Dates & Locations

  1. June 19, 2025 - June 21, 2025

    St. Petersburg, FL

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Course Information

Target Audience: General & Restorative Dentists

CE Credits: 18

Class Hours: Day 1 and 2 – 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Day 3 – 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Tuition: $5,795