Optimizing Dental Treatments: Advanced Techniques with Bulk Fill Composites
Instructor: Marcos Vargas, BDB, DDS, MS
Course Description - MV403
1-HOUR COURSE
AGD SUBJECT CODE: 250
Are posterior composites taking too long to place? Not getting nice, predictable proximal contacts and contours? Are you having problems with establishing a good gingival seal? Are you disappointed with the overall result of your posterior composite restorations? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this presentation is for you. This hands-on program will guide you, step-by-step, through the restoration of a Class II restoration, providing the knowledge to select the proper matrix, wedge and ring to use. In addition, by providing you with critical information on bulk fill, flowable and conventional composite materials, you will gain the knowledge to maximize your technique efficiency while improving the predictability and profitability of your posterior composite restorations.
Who Should Attend This Course:
This program is best suited for all Dentists, regardless of their level of experience, as well as Restorative Hygienists who wish to achieve better, faster, and efficient dentistry with today’s modern materials. Dental Assistants would benefit in that it would help them develop a workflow with their Dentist to make dental life less stressful in the operatory.
Course Outcomes & Hands-On Learning Objectives
- Understand Bulk Fill restorative composites and how to use them.
- Learn cavity preparation to facilitate placement and prevent white lines.
- Deal with deep and extensive carious lesions.
- Contour and polish posterior composites restorations with speed and predictability
Course Technique Kit includes:
3D Printed Model, Sectional Molar Ring, Sectional Pre-Molar Ring, Sectional Matrix Bands, Blue Active Wedges, White Active Wedges, Universal Dental Adhesive, Microbrush, Dual Cure Bulk Fill Syringe, 1:1 Mixer tips, All Surface Access Polishers, Finishing & Polishing Discs, Mandrel, Flame Diamond Bur, Composite Instrument
Required Materials (not included):
Handpiece, High Speed Motor, Air Water Syringe, Dual Port Impression Gun, Football Diamond, #12 Scalpel, Curing Light, Teflon Tape, Cotton Plier, Ring Forceps
Hands-OnLine Technique Kits will be sent the day after registration closes.
Marcos Vargas, BDB, DDS, MS
Dr. Marcos Vargas attended Cayetano Heredia University School of Dentistry in Lima, Peru and graduated in 1985. He spent two years, 1990 to 1992, in the AEGD program at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, New York. Dr. Vargas received his Certificate and master’s degree in Operative Dentistry in 1994 at the University of Iowa where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Family Dentistry. His primary research interests are in the area of dental materials including glass ionomers, dentin bonding, composite resins, and esthetic dentistry. Dr. Vargas is also recognized for his expertise in Direct Restorative Treatment Procedures and conducts numerous lectures and hands-on seminars in the US and internationally. Dr. Marcos Vargas has published extensively in the area of dental adhesion and resin composites for over 25 years. He maintains a private practice limited to Operative Dentistry with an emphasis on esthetic dentistry.
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This Hands-OnLine Live course premieres January 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Paid Without Technique Kits
$139 USD
1 CE Credit
(No Technique Kit)
$199 CAD
1 CE Credit
(No Technique Kit)
HANDS-ONLINE LIVE
Nationally Approved PACE Program
Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit.
Approval does not imply acceptance by
any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement.
4/1/2023 to 3/31/2026. Provider ID #401651
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