Organizer
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Dr. Jenny Apekian
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Dr. Jenny Apekian is a proponent of utilizing the latest CAD/CAM, 3D imaging, 3D printing and treatment delivery systems and technologies in dentistry to improve the patient experience. As an accomplished artist, she utilizes those same skills in finalizing restorations for full arch or full mouth rehabilitation cases in her Sacramento practice. A key opinion leader for various DENTSPLY Sirona technologies, Dr. Apekian serves as a mentor and trainer for CEREC CAD/CAM technology throughout the Sacramento region. She also speaks nationwide on how to maximize efficiency through office design and organizational workflows. She recently accepted the Smart Integration Award honoring innovative women in digital dentistry. Course fees will go directly to Apekian Clinical Education.
Treating the Worn Dentition with CAD/CAM Technology
Bring facially generated treatment planning into the digital world. Determine ways to identify the need to change the vertical dimension of occlusion through digital records. Use your CAD/CAM technology to treat comprehensive restorative cases.
Day 1:
– Records, treatment planning, case examples
– Design, mill chair-side zirconia anterior restorations
– Contouring, stain and glaze, finishing techniques
Day 2:
– Live patient – deliver anterior restorations, scan for posteriors
– Design, mill, stain/glaze posterior restorations
– Wrap up, occlusion, follow up
What you’ll learn
- Determine need for changes in vertical dimension through appropriate digital records and facially generated treatment planning
- Learn one workflow to execute comprehensive CAD/CAM cases from records, preparation, provisionalization, and delivery
- Outline an appointment overview to maximize efficiency and clinical outcomes .
- Over the shoulder live patient demonstration from start to finish
- Hands-on design, mill, pre sinter zirconia contouring, post sinter characteristics, stain and glaze will be covered .
- Concurrent assistant course will be led by team members to train them on photography, records, and basic design principles.