Contemporary Concepts in Acrylic Hybrid Technology

Speaker: Sundeep Rawal, DMD

Supported by AvaDent Digital Dental Solutions

Innovations in acrylic hybrid therapy are changing rapidly, allowing clinicians to offer treatments that are efficient and affordable, and provide predictable outcomes. Clinically, the process has evolved with established protocols through the digital workflow from diagnosis to delivery, eliminating cumbersome, inaccurate analog practices. Along with these concepts is a revolutionary manufacturing process which incorporates a fully milled hybrid digital denture utilizing a printed titanium bar embedded in a monolithic puck to create unprecedented solutions for hybrid therapy.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss novel clinical protocols to simplify treatment, shortening therapy to as few as four substantive appointments.
2. Describe state-of-the-art technologies used in daily clinical practice to improve outcomes.

3D Printed Dentures in a Multi-Practice Environment

Speaker: Anthony Naranja, DDS

Supported by Dentsply Sirona

Digital dentures offer a multi-practice environment efficiency and a new product offering for patients. The digital record alone increases the value of this new product offering. Establishing standard clinical procedures and a “hub and spoke” model of manufacturing a printed denture is a complex undertaking. Printing dentures offers greater throughput not seen in other digital denture manufacturing methods. Affordable Dentures and Implants foresees the printing workflow as beneficial and necessary for future growth.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe how conventional and digital clinical steps share familiar workflow
2. Discuss the necessary materials and equipment in the clinic to enter into a digital workflow
3. Explore the process to implement centralized manufacturing for multi-practices

Digital Production for Flexibles and Metal-Free Partial Alternatives

Speaker: Kris Schermerhorn, CDT

Supported by Zahn Dental

CAD/CAM production of RPD frameworks is now, more than ever, a viable option for today’s laboratories. Why continue the labor-intensive traditional partial denture process when you can increase your productivity and profitability by simplifying and milling these prosthetics in your own laboratory? Join Kris Schermerhorn, CDT, owner of Northern Virginia Dental Lab and RPD subject expert, for an informative presentation on how this can streamline your current workflow with transformative materials.

Learning Objectives:
1. 1. Learn about design parameters.
2. Desrcibe processing techniques.
3. Explore repair processes.

Huge Value in Digital Dentures: Jumpstart Your Removables Department

Speaker: Arian Deutsch, CDT, CPD

Supported by Merz Dental

A paradigm shift in dental technology is happening! Learn how to quickly and accurately design complete digital dentures. Finishing of the dentures can be carried out in significantly fewer steps compared to conventional dental procedures utilizing CAM milling and polishing, creating a predictable profit center for your removables department.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn how to design, process, and finish an upper and lower denture in as few as 4 hours.
2. Explore flexible workflow options within a digital system including 3D-printed try-ins.
3. Discuss how you can insource or outsource digital process step to suit your needs.

High-Speed Biocompatible 3D Printing Solutions for Dental

Speaker: Rik Jacobs

Supported by NextDent by 3D Systems

Revolutionary new technologies on the market are expanding the role of additive manufacturing in the dental industry. Final crowns, bridges, dentures, and orthodontic biocompatible appliances can be printed in an economical, sustainable, and productive manner. With a focus on customer needs and offering several product solutions in the dental field, the overall workflow is constantly improving. The presenter will provide an overview of this game-changing technology. Furthermore, he will address the chemistry behind 3D printing materials and progress toward obtaining FDA approval. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn how new solutions will help redefine their end-to-end workflow, resulting in improved accuracy and repeatability, lower total cost of operations, and increased productivity.

Learning Objectives
1. Identify the latest technological developments impacting dental laboratories.
2. Explore how this this solution will help redefine your end-to-end workflow, resulting in improved accuracy and repeatability, lower total cost of operations, and increased productivity.
3. Discuss whether 3D printing will contribute to a profitable, sustainable industry .

Clinical Workflow options for Digital Complete Denture Success

Speaker: Nadim Baba, DMD, MSD

Supported by Ivoclar Vivadent

Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) of complete dentures have seen exponential growth in the dental market with the number of commercially available CAD/CAM denture systems growing every year. When determining the best clinical workflow there is no clear protocol, which can lead to confusion, frustration and lack of adoption. Like any new technology, the success rate will be higher as the level of digital knowledge increases for the clinician and technician. In this workshop, Dr. Nadim Z. Baba will present methods to help you succeed, from utilizing unique digital denture tools, the existing denture evaluation and a combination of analog and digital clinical techniques.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the principles of complete denture occlusion.
2. Discuss the unique tools to aid in creating a digital tooth setup.
3. Determine how the digital denture try-in can create the final clinical records.
4. Learn how to utilize analog procedures to transition into a digital workflow.

Digital Denture Design: 1 Year in Review

Speaker: Rob Laizure Jr.

Supported by 3Shape

The speaker’s design center launched digital denture design in October 2018. After 1 year, and a few thousand cases later, they have learned a few lessons that they will share with attendees.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss experiences with a variety of denture took libraries.
2. Describe the do’s and don’ts for scanning and order setup.
3. Explore insights on market demand for milling vs printing of digital dentures.
4. See some of the newest developments on the horizon.

Smile Design for Implant Dentures: Fabricating a Digital Design over Denture Support

Speaker: Alexander Wünsche, CDT

Supported by Carbon

As advances in digital dentistry continue to improve, technique-specific skills to build a high-quality denture are in high demand. Join the presenter as he shares pearls on creating a denture in conjunction with an implant. During the presentation, attendees will learn how to perform a digital esthetic evaluation and create a smile design for implant dentures. The presenter will also show specific design techniques in CAD software to ensure a quality outcome for the patient. Additionally, attendees will see how this digital design is fabricated utilizing 3D printing technology.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss how to perform a digital esthetic evaluation.
2. Describe how to create a smile design for implant dentures and design in CAD software.
3. Gain insights on the process of fabricating the digital denture.

3D Printing Dentures: Are They Ready for Prime Time?

Speaker: Brian J. Goodacre, DDS

Supported by AvaDent Digital Dental Solutions

3D printing is widely used in dentistry for fabricating models, surgical guides, and, most recently, complete dentures. With the growing popularity of 3D printing dentures, there are still many unknowns. How do 3D printed dentures perform in comparison to conventionally processed and milled dentures? This lecture will compare the properties of conventional, milled, and 3D printed complete dentures to help determine their best clinical applications.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the benefits and limitations of conventionally processed, milled, and 3D printed complete dentures.
2. Describe the physical properties of 3D printed dentures and how they compare to conventionally processed and milled dentures.
3. Explore practical techniques to maximize the applications of 3D printed dentures.

The Power of Digital Dentures

Speaker: Frankie Acosta

Supported by Dentsply Sirona

With the introduction of a game-changing printable material and CAD software, the new era of digital dentistry has begun! This presentation will bring it all together regarding where we are with digital dentures.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the current digital denture processes
2. Explore the different workflows, current and future
3. Discuss the materials that bring the digital denture workflows together

Go Digital: Denture Systems to Reduce Chair Time and Enhance Your Patient Satisfaction

Speaker: Arian Deutsch, CDT, CPD

Supported by Merz Dental

Patients and dentists are often apprehensive about having new removable dentures made because the procedure is very time-consuming due to the many appointments required in traditional denture procedures. Finally, a digital system and workflow is here that delivers simplicity, rapid manufacturing, reasonable costs, and only two clinical appointments!

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn how to capture the ideal impression and incorporate it into your current practice protocols.
2. Gain insights on both conventional and implant-retained digital dentures.
3. Improve and streamline digital workflows with your preferred laboratory partners.

Embracing Emerging Digital Denture Fabrication with Traditional Best Practices

Speaker: Marc Wagenseil, DD

Supported by VITA North America

The era of digital dentures has arrived; are you interested in joining this market? Remember what matters most: FUNCTION. Learned from years of refining traditional best practices of conventional denture processing, a digital denture workflow now eliminates many of the laborious and tedious steps of manual production. Instead of pencils and waxing tools, digital tooling used for model analysis, occlusal setups, smoothing of wax, and prosthetic fabrication are used to make dental technology easier, not harder. Learn from denturist Marc Wagenseil how you can still embrace and incorporate tried and true removable denture knowledge into the digital environment. Concepts of “Freedom of Centric,” lingualized occlusion, balance, and function, combined with theories of patient/laboratory procedures to streamline denture setups and REDUCE errors and post-insertion adjustments to increase profitability and patient satisfaction will also be addressed. Whether for a small or large laboratory, digital denture technologies can be smoothly assimilated into a thriving removables environment

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the digital denture transformation into a laboratory environment.
2. Learn about supporting digital platforms to increase consistent results for denture fabrication.
3. Incorporate removables experience and knowledge into a digital-based workflow.
4. Describer positioning denture teeth into a natural “state” of anatomical space.
5. Explore the relationship of anterior placement and angulation for desired patient outcome.
6. Consider “when” and “why” to use different posterior occlusal set-up schemes.

Clinical Workflow options for Digital Complete Denture Success

Speaker: Nadim Baba, DMD, MSD

Supported by Ivoclar Vivadent

Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) of complete dentures have seen exponential growth in the dental market with the number of commercially available CAD/CAM denture systems growing every year. When determining the best clinical workflow there is no clear protocol, which can lead to confusion, frustration and lack of adoption. Like any new technology, the success rate will be higher as the level of digital knowledge increases for the clinician and technician. In this workshop, Dr. Nadim Z. Baba will present methods to help you succeed, from utilizing unique digital denture tools, the existing denture evaluation and a combination of analog and digital clinical techniques.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the principles of complete denture occlusion.
2. Discuss the unique tools to aid in creating a digital tooth setup.
3. Determine how the digital denture try-in can create the final clinical records.
4. Learn how to utilize analog procedures to transition into a digital workflow.

Understanding Digital Design and Workflow for Full-Arch Guided Reconstruction

Speaker: BJ Kowalski

Supported by Kulzer

In this presentation, the speaker will discuss the digital design process for full-arch immediate-load implant support cases. The advantage of the digital process vs the analog process will be discussed in detail. An in-depth technical focus will be placed on the digital denture systems and their use to create setups idealized for the surgical guide systems. The reuse of the initial design files for the final definitive restoration will also be discussed.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the full workflow for full-arch guided reconstruction from patient proposal to case planning and surgery
2. Review various techniques around bite verification, anchored bone reduction, anchored site drilling, accurate anchored provisionalization, and a method of transferring all surgical and restorative information for the final restorative conversion phase.

Immediate Dentures with Smile Design

Speaker: Joshua Jakson, CDT, and Dave Carballeyra, CDT

Supported by exocad

The presenters will go over the various tools in preparing esthetic immediate dentures, including digital smile design, virtual tooth extraction, virtual articulation and opening of the vertical dimension, try-ins, creation of the digital denture wax-up, and printing or milling using new software programs for fabrication. Additionally, they will review how to pick the best digital protocol for specific types of full denture cases.

Learning Objectives:
TBD

3D Printing: The Journey to Digital Dentures

Speaker: Daxton Grubb and Chris Waldrop

Supported by Carbon

Are you struggling with integrating 3D printing into a laboratory today? Are you interested in learning about the newest materials and innovations in digital dentures? Join these presenters as they share their unique journey into the 3D printing space highlighting victories, failures, and where they are today. During the presentation, attendees will learn how you should look at your laboratory and how to plan for the future. This presentation will also share the presenters' progression into printed dentures, highlighting exciting news on the latest game-changing materials.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss how to integrate 3D printing into the dental laboratory.
2. Explore how to transition dentists from analog to digital.
3. Discuss how the latest materials in the digital denture space can transform a business.

The Digital Denture That Is Your Surgical Guide

Speaker: Stephen F. Balshi, MBE

Supported by AvaDent Digital Dental Solutions

The digital denture workflow has allowed clinicians, denturists, and technicians alike to treatment plan and rehabilitate patients with various prostheses, ranging from removable dentures to sophisticated implant-supported reconstructions. More recently, the denture design portion of the workflow has been merged with virtual implant planning programs to allow a truly prosthetically driven treatment process. This presentation will discuss a new protocol that produces a single digital denture product that acts as an all-encompassing tool to take a patient from hopeless dentition to a screw-retained conversion prosthesis. This denture is your surgical guide that allows precise implant placement and also is your conversion prosthesis. Drawing on actual patient treatment, this presentation will walk you through the workflow for this technique.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the necessary intake information to begin the workflow for the treatment process using this all-encompassing denture product.
2. Follow the digital workflow from denture design and virtual implant planning to production of the denture.
3. Explain the benefits of the process over some of the other workflows available that have multiple/stackable parts.

Clinical Readiness for 3D Printing and Laboratory Collaboration with Technical Q&A

Speaker: Stephen Wagner, DDS; Jerry Kaizer, CDT; Dan Ammon, PhD

Supported by AvaDent Digital Dental Solutions

In this lecture, Dr. Wagner and Mr. Kaizer will discuss the workflow for a digital printed denture. The speakers will address the learning curve for both clinical steps and laboratory processes, the materials, and manufacturing options. Dr. Ammon will discuss the state of printed materials on the market, plus new and future developments.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the clinical and printed process for a printed denture
2. Discuss the challenges and learnings of the workflow from both dentist and laboratory perspectives
3. Explore the current materials in the printed digital space

Advanced Case Design: Featuring Smile Enhancement Appliances and Unilaterals for Implants

Speaker: Kris Schermerhorn, CDT

Supported by Zahn Dental

Learn about the design and creation of smile enhancement appliances and unilateral for implants. Kris Schermerhorn, CDT, will demonstrate how to design and mill RPDs using revolutionary thermoplastic resin discs as well as how to finish and polish the final product. Also featured will be the latest developments in the flexible materials and applications for today’s demanding consumers and cases.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss design and creation of smile enhancement appliances.
2. Learn how to design and mill RPDs.
3. Describe the latest developments in flexible materials and applications.

Optimize Your Digital Dental Workflow

Speaker: Adrienne Slevin

Supported by NextDent by 3D Systems

The process of manufacturing digital dentures requires a good understanding of the different technology utilized at the different production steps. Scanning the existing dentures or impressions will provide an accurate and easy start of the digital process. For implant dentures, photogrammetry will be used to include the accurate implant positions, as well as any additional needed scan data for projects being done digitally. Different design services and software for denture design are available to transform the scanned data into digital denture files ready for production. These files will need to be transferred into machining language appropriate for successfully milling or printing a denture base or tooth structure. In production, the most commonly used tools are CAM software programs to translate CAD into proper parameters for processing. These software component choices are key to a successful outcome of the digital dentures during manufacturing. Additive, subtractive, and hybrid manufacturing solutions all have varying advantages, disadvantages, and materials available.

Learning Objectives:
1. Explore how the digital denture workflow can be used for achieving high-quality restorations.
2. Identify the digital denture workflow and benefits for printing and nesting.
3. Improve productivity by optimized use of dental software.

Digital Denture Workflows: Unlimited Options!

Speaker: Richard Zimmermann, DDS

Supported by Amann Girrbach

Advances in technology and manufacturing have allowed the creation of digital workflows that combine the techniques and principles of established methods with more efficient production methods. The result is the ability to provide a quality prosthesis for a patient with a reduction in both time and cost. Richard Zimmermann, DDS, will review new digital denture systems, from patient treatment to laboratory fabrication, and how they may change the way dentures are done.

Learning Objectives:
1. Explore the various options for digital dentures
2. Learn impression, scanning and designing techniques
3. Identify the advantages of a digital denture solution

The Latest Innovations in Scanning, CAD Software, and Manufacturing for Digital Dentures

Speaker: Rune Fisker, PhD

Supported by 3Shape

This is your opportunity to learn all about creating dentures through completely digital workflows. Get updated on the latest and exciting advancements in digital denture software, scanning workflows, and manufacturing options. Learn about the latest progress in intraoral scanning and protocols for full and partial edentulous cases. See the latest innovations in CAD software, gain insight about current manufacturing options, and get a sneak peek into the future of digital denture production in the dental industry.

Learning Objectives:
1. - Explore the latest scanning and CAD workflows.
2. Discuss an overview of digital denture manufacturing processes.
3. Observe the latest progress in digital denture solutions.
4. Gain perspectives on global trends and the digital future.

3D Printing over an Implant-Retained Substructure

Speaker: Jeremy Wohlers, CDT

Supported by Kulzer

With 3D printing becoming a profitable and predictable solution, its implementation into full-arch implant-supported cases has created a smoother, more reliable workflow. This course will show how to use 3D design and printing along with a fiber-reinforced resin substructure to create a temporary/long-term full-arch restoration on the same day of implant placement.

Learning Objectives:
1. Review web-based denture design software.
2. Describe how to fabricate a fiber-reinforced substructure.
3. Discuss the completion of a 3D printed restoration and bonding to the substructure.

What’s New in Fixed and Removable Partial Dentures

Speaker(s): Vincent Hammer, PhD, and Larry Bodony, MSEE

Supported by exocad

Clinicians and laboratories have struggled with partially edentulous patients with regard to esthetics, fit, and function for long enough. New scanning and CAD/CAM software allows for unparalleled flexibility and control over all aspects of partial design. The presenters will describe different types of partials and review protocols, materials, and manufacturing processes for them. They will stimulate discussion by looking at the wide range of partial denture styles that designers are creating all over the world, as well as trends affecting the future of partial dentures.

Learning Objectives:
TBD