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This is the course I'm most proud of because
it is such a unique topic and covers
information I've never seen anyone else
present; and it's particularly relevant in the
current economic slump because it provides a
lower-cost option for patients. It is
about a composite technique but much of the
information applies to any type of case - from
the simplest to the most challenging cases -
whether increasing VDO or just restoring
anterior guidance. This course can be
extended to 1 1/2 or 2 full days with the
addition of hands-on exercises that enhance the
learning experience dramatically.
Transitional Bonding: Non-traditional
Composite Restorations for Major Occlusal and
Esthetic Changes
An In-Depth Full-Day Lecture on
Bonding
Learn a practical technique using composite
that offers many advantages over traditional
composite of porcelain restorations.
Patients - including those that need
extensive changes for function and esthetics -
love conservative treatment, whether for
financial reasons or just because they don't
want their teeth "drilled down."
Requiring virtually no prep even for
smile make-overs and full mouth rehabilitation
cases, long-lasting results can be
expected.
This course is very different that other
resin courses. It is NOT about how to layer the
resins, tints and opaquers but
covers additional information
that will help any doctor master their
Composite Bonding skills.
- How to provide solutions for common
problems (such as severe wear)
- Why
porcelain isn't always
the best option...even in non-compliant
patients
- How to build large composite
restorations quickly and
conservatively
- Practical occlusal principles for
maximizing longevity
- Enhancing tooth topography for the most
natural look (learn each tooth's specific
key contours to prevent the "Chiclet"
look)
- Treatment planning, using a practical
system to quickly determine the best smile
- customized for the patient - while
delivering excellent function
"This is a course that will truly change the
way you treatment plan certain cases. You will
learn to build your composite resin skills to a
level where patients are given the opportunity
for needed full-mouth rehabilitation using more
affordable materials and techniques. In fact,
the week after attending, I sold a full-mouth
case previously presented and refused twice by
a patient who couldn't afford the more costly
porcelain restorations." Dr. Troy Hoover
(Louisiana)
"Even though it has been several weeks since
your course, I'm still fired up about what I
learned. Your course was not what I had
anticipated, but my expectations were immensely
exceeded. Since your course I've been able to
better diagnose & treatment plan some
difficult, involved cases of which I previously
had felt uncomfortable treating." Dr. Hugh
Jordan (Georgia)
This is the most popular course I do because
it addresses the challenge all dentists face in
creating composite restorations to look natural
- but in a practical and efficient manner.
If you are interested in a hands-on
workshop on layering, tints, and opaquers, this
is the course that best prepares the attendees
for that. This course can also be
extended to 1 1/2 or 2 full days with the
addition of hands-on exercises that enhance the
learning experience dramatically.
Composite Bonding: The "Ultimate Esthetics"
Course
An In-Depth Full-Day Lecture on
Bonding
Composite is the most versatile
material available for making minor or major
changes in dental appearance. With proper
technique, the function and longevity of
composite rivals porcelain while providing
benefits other materials can't match. So
why are so few dentists maximizing this
potential? A dentist's success with basic
operative restorations doesn't always translate
into success with more complex freehand
restorations and full resin veneers. This
comprehensive seminar will benefit each
attendee by sharing an organized step-by-step
approach that includes operative technique as
well as vital diagnostic and marketing skills
to achieve "Ultimate Esthetics" with composite
bonding.
The "Ultimate Esthetics" Course focuses on
these important topics:
- Step-by-step procedure for individual
tooth changes (color change, Class IV's,
and more)
- How to provide solutions for common
problems (worn teeth, diastemas, and
more)
- Layering-understand when and why to use
each material including tints and
opaquers
- Dramatic Smile Makeovers-why
porcelain isn't always
the best option
- Verbal skills that will gain patient
interest and increase patient
acceptance
- Practical occlusal principles for
maximizing longevity
- Contouring and polishing technique for
an incredibly natural finish
- Maintenance for many years of happy
smiles!
Comments from previous attendees:
- Truly life changing techniques-I have
learned to correct problems that I have
been struggling with my entire career.
- What I like is that this information
can be used Monday morning!
- The content was excellent and
relevant.
- Nice pace, well organized, good
handout, and beautiful cases
This course is more motivational
and general. It is great when staff are present
because it promotes cosmetic dentistry as a
valuable and rewarding part of a successful
practice. There is a detailed section on smile
design which is great for dentists but staff
members get excited about it, too. There is not
much time spent on restorative techniques, so
if the audience is all dentists, they may feel
disappointed. No hands-on
workshop--lecture only.
A PERFECT SMILE: The Power, the Passion,
and the Path to Success
An In-Depth Full-Day Lecture for the
Entire Dental Team
A smile's effect on a person's appearance is
more important than most people realize, even
by most dentists! This eye-opening presentation
expands our appreciation for the value of a
great smile. Using case examples demonstrating
the latest techniques available in Cosmetic
Dentistry, Dr. Willhite shows some surprising
ways patients, and your practice, can benefit.
He uses data from some fascinating studies and
an intriguing, very logical rationale for why
the smile is the most
important element of human
appearance! This course creates enthusiasm for
dentists and their team members to increase
production of this type of dentistry that more
and more people are asking about-dentistry
they want, rather
than need. This translates to
treatment they are willing to pay for, even if
there is no insurance benefit for it, which can
help our practices avoid dependence on managed
care and allow us to reach new heights in
professional satisfaction. We owe it to our
patients to maximize dentistry's
unique opportunity to improve patients' health
and appearance!
Topics to be covered:
- Understanding how our culture's
powerful bias for "good looks" relates to
the smile as the most essential element of
our appearance
- How to improve patient's self-esteem
and increase production of Cosmetic
Dentistry
- Reduce insurance dependency and avoid
the managed care "trap"
- Learn exactly what makes a smile look
great-smile design principles to WOW your
patients
- How to get the most out of your
lab
- Communicating the value of Cosmetic
Dentistry-powerful key phrases that
motivate patients
- Teamwork-why all this works best when
staff members understand and believe
it!
Comments from previous attendees:
- I felt like a comrade of the speaker -
he was very down to earth
- Best lecture I've seen, above average
in every aspect
- He put together all of the various
guidelines for smile evaluation that I've
seen only parts of in other presentations -
very thorough
This is the course I'm most proud of because
it is such a unique topic and covers
information I've never seen anyone else present
- and it's particularly relevant in the current
economic slump because it provides a lower-cost
option for patients. It is about a
composite technique but much of the information
applies to any type of case - from the simplest
to the most challenging cases whether
increasing VDO or just restoring anterior
guidance. The half-day option is a
very condensed version of the full-day
course.
Transitional Bonding: Non-Traditional
Composite Restorations for Major Occlusal and
Esthetic Changes
An In-Depth Half-Day Program on a Bonding
Technique
Learn a practical technique using composite
that offers many advantages over traditional
composite or porcelain restorations.
Patients - including those that need
extensive changes for function and esthetics -
love conservative treatment, whether for
financial reasons or just because they don't
want their teeth "drilled down."
Requiring virtually no prep even for
smile make-overs and full mouth rehabilitation
cases, long-lasting results can be
expected.
This course is very different than other
resin courses. It is NOT about how to
layer the resins, tints and opaquers but
covers additional information
that will help any doctor master their
Composite Bonding skills.
- How to provide solutions for common
problems (such as severe wear)
- Why porcelain isn't always the best
option... even in non-compliant
patients
- How to build large composite
restorations quickly and
conservatively
- Practical occlusal principles for
maximizing longevity
- Great no-nonsense approach to
techniques
- Very impressed with your delivery of
information, thoroughness and organization
of your subject!
- Real cases and results, with time
tested evidence
- For patients that cannot proceed to
more expensive options, this is great
This is the most popular course I do because
it addresses the challenge all dentists face in
creating composite restorations that look
natural - but in a practical and efficient
manner. If you are interested in a
hands-on workshop on layering, tints, and
opaquers, this is the course that best prepares
the attendees for that. This half-day
option is a very condensed version of the
full-day course
An In-Depth Half-Day Program on
Bonding
Composite is the most versatile
material available for making
minor or major changes in dental
appearance. With proper technique, the
function and longevity of composite rivals
porcelain while providing benefits other
materials can't match. So why are so few
dentists maximizing this potential? A
dentist's success with basic operative
restorations doesn't always translate into
success with more complex freehand restorations
and full resin veneers. This
comprehensive seminar will benefit each
attendee by sharing an organized step-by-step
approach that includes operative technique as
well as vital diagnostic and marketing skills
to achieve "Ultimate Esthetics" with composite
bonding.
- Step-by-step procedure for individual
tooth changes (color change, Class IV's and
more)
- Layering - understand when and why to
use each material including tints and
opaquers
- Practical occlusal principles for
maximizing longevity
- Polishing technique for an incredibly
natural finish
- Truly life changing techniques - I have
learned to correct problems that I have
been struggling with my entire career.
- What I like is that this information
can be used Monday morning!
- The content was excellent and
relevant.
- Nice pace, well organized, good
handout, and beautiful cases
This course is the least requested because
it is on such a specific procedure but a
special course makes sense because diastema
closure with composite is such a unique
restoration with specific concerns. This
course pulls that together to cover "all the
bases." A hands-on course may be added
that allows each attendee to close a diastema
on a special model with soft "gingiva" allowing
for a realistic exercise building the composite
from the sulcus to have smooth margins with no
"black triangle." (Hands-on courses must be
limited to between 10 and 30
participants-actual number depends on different
factors.)
Composite Bonding: Diastema Closure for
Ultimate Esthetics
An In-Depth Program on a Specific
Bonding Technique
No prepping is necessary to create natural,
long-lasting restorations that will have an
ideal emergence contour from the gingiva and
can be flossed without shredding. This course
will not only teach a predictably successful
technique to close small or even large gaps,
but will cover related issues of Smile Design,
Occlusion and Tooth Topography to assure great
results. Time will also be spent on verbal
skills to motivate patients to accept treatment
and to maintain the Bonding for maximum
longevity.
- Learn a predictable technique to create
smooth, sub-gingival margins with ideal
emergence contour
- Maximizing longevity of composite
restorations
- Enhancing tooth topography for the most
natural look (learn each tooth's specific
key contours to prevent the "Chiclet"
look)
- Polishing technique for an incredibly
natural finish
Comments from previous attendees:
- Superb presentation
- We hope to attend your future
lectures
- Very helpful in my daily use of
composite
- Your knowledge and willingness to share
it is remarkable
(NOTE: the above lecture is required to
make the most of the hands-on, so this workshop
is not offered as a stand alone course)
Using realistic models, you will restore a
significant diastema between the centrals using
a predictable technique to achieve an ideal
emergence contour from the gingiva and can be
flossed without shredding. Little or no
prep is needed to conservatively close gaps.
These long-lasting restorations can
function as a natural tooth. This session
will complement the lecture of the same title,
which is highly recommended to assure you get
the most out of the hands-on.
- Understanding how to layer composite to
achieve natural translucency and color
blending
- Predictability invisible margins even
when in the mid-facial of a tooth
- Learn how to use a practical template
technique (i.e. a putty index) to be more
accurate and to save time
- Contouring and polishing technique for
an incredibly natural appearance
This lecture isn't just for dentists-any
team member can enjoy and can also benefit from
this presentation. It's challenging to make
this course sound exciting, but this is a Smile
Design course with a real difference!
A Practical Half-Day Lecture on
Cosmetic Dentistry
Using case examples demonstrating the latest
techniques available in Cosmetic Dentistry, you
will learn an innovative system to design
smiles that is easier and more predictable than
traditional methods. This practical approach
does more than help you plan a better smile, it
will allow you to determine the best
smile possible for each patient AND
provides a format for communicating with
patients to enhance confidence and accuracy.
This course provides a scientific and
technical basis for becoming a Smile Design
artist.
Receive a PowerPoint template that is ready
to use - just insert your own patient
photographs. Providing a logical
step-by-step guide to communicate with
patients, this tool will increase patient
acceptance of more comprehensive treatment
plans.
Highlights:
- Simple mathematical calculations to
achieve artistic results
- Understand the fallacy of Golden
Proportion
- Smile design principles that are
practical and sensible
- Improve patients'
motivation to choose the most ideal
treatment
- Why the smile is the most
important element of human
appearance
This hands-on is a stand-alone workshop that
doesn't require the lecture (above) because the
method is tough, and practiced using realistic
case exercises, concurrently. Lecture and
workshop together would be even better, but
this is the hands-on that stands alone very
well. And any team member will enjoy and
can benefit from this presentation. It's
challenging to make this course sound exciting,
but this is a Smile Design course with a real
difference!
Whether you are a beginner or a master at
esthetic treatment planning, this course will
teach you a systematic method to design smiles
that is easier and more predictable that
traditional methods. This practical
approach does more than help you plan a better
smile, it will allow you to determine the best
smile possible for your patients. This
course provides a scientific and technical
basis for becoming a Smile Design artist.
Receive a PowerPoint template that is ready
to use - just insert your own patient
photographs. Providing a logical
step-by-step guide to communicate with
patients, this tool will increase patient
acceptance of more comprehensive treatment
plans.
- Simple mathematical calculations to
achieve artistic results
- Understand the fallacy of Golden
Proportion
- Smile design principles that are
practical and sensible
This is a hands-on course that is a great
adjunct to the Transitional Bonding course.
All hands-on courses require a corporate
sponsor to provide the equipment, materials and
the set-up.
(NOTE: the Transitional Bonding
lecture is highly recommended to make the most
of this hands-on)
This program is aimed at the dentist who
wants to offer a more practical and affordable
option to patients who traditionally would be
prepped for porcelain restorations to add
incisal length to small or worn teeth.
This experience will help you to
immediately improve traditional resin
restorations and understand how to use
composite in situations typically only done in
porcelain. Participants will complete
their own composite restorations featuring one
of the most common situations - making a worn
tooth longer to look and function better.
- Step-by-step procedure for lengthening
a tooth to build or restore anterior
guidance while achieving natural beauty in
a composite restoration with little or no
prep
- the exercise will allow each attendee
to build functional incisal anatomy using a
practical template technique (i.e. a putty
index)
- Understand how composite materials are
handled for results that will look great
for years
- Polishing technique for an incredibly
natural finish
It has become evident after teaching
composite technique for many years, that most
courses cover so much information that very few
doctors can actually incorporate most of what
is taught. The following courses are on
very focused topics and the response to this
format has been very positive.
Beautiful and functional direct resin
restorations don't happen by accident.
Much skill is required to achieve great
results. This course will focus
specifically on Class IV restorations although
this predictable technique will improve your
success with other composite cases as well.
This course will improve your ability to
achieve maximum function and ideal esthetics
with Freehand Composite Bonding.
- Step-by-step procedure for Class IV
restorations
- How to create an invisible margin in a
very visible portion of the tooth
- Solutions for common problems such as
translucency and contour issues
- A simple, quick and practical method
for predictable shade matching
This hands-on is a great exercise for
creating Ultimate Esthetics in Class IV
restorations.
(NOTE: the above lecture is highly
recommended to make the most of the
hands-on)
Using realistic models, you will restore a
significant fracture on a central using a
predictable technique to achieve an
"undetectable" restoration. Step-by-step
instruction will include how to prep
conservatively, avoid tooth show-thru, and
provide the patient with long-lasting
restoration that can function as a natural
tooth. This session will complement the
lecture of the same title, which is highly
recommended to assure you get the most out of
the hands-on.
- Layering the resins, tints and opaquers
to achieve natural translucency and color
blending
- Controlling the opacity and
translucency to match any natural
situation
- Predictably invisible margins even when
in the mid-facial of a tooth
- Polishing technique for an incredibly
natural finish
These new "stand alone" hands-on
workshops are popular because a separate
lecture isn't needed to succeed. The
focused topics allow for attendees to learn
specific techniques that will enhance their
composite restorations on aspect at a time -
and the information covered is reinforced with
effective hands-on exercises. Plus the
fun titles draw attention!
Shape is key and contouring is critical to
making restorations look great! This
hands-on course will give you a systematic
approach to contouring and polishing to achieve
better restorations each and every time you
restore a tooth with composite. A proper
finish will also reduce recurring stains, white
lines and visible margins.
- Learn an effective combination of burs
and discs to quickly achieve primary and
secondary anatomy
- Why polishing should take less than 5
minutes
- How to use contouring strips so
proximal contact is maintained
The right lingerie enhances a great shape -
just like incisal translucency in a
restoration. Learn how to create
incredibly realistic translucency in composite.
This hands-on course will give you a
systematic approach to develop natural yet
subtle effects to mimic a single tooth or for a
smile makeover. Through observation and
creativity, learn the key principles for
successful replication of translucency and
characterization tooth after tooth, case after
case.
- Differentiate between using tints,
opaquers, and translucent composite to
create incisal translucency
- Understand the difference in
translucency patterns for each tooth
- Avoid the common mistakes that often
create a fake look
Teeth wear down and VDO is lost, but we can
rejuvenate smiles - and faces - by adding back
what's gone. Some jaws never grow into
ideal occlusion, and knowing how to open the
bite can be the crucial element to resolving
such problems. This course will simplify
the steps to increasing VDO, and help you
restore cases whether you can plan to complete
the case in composite or porcelain.
- A method of opening Vertical Dimension
that is practical and effective
- Understanding how to maximize longevity
and conserving tooth structure
- Step-by-step procedure for building new
centric stops to increase VDO with
no prep
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