How to Select Materials for Direct Restorations

When you are choosing a restorative material, it is important that you understand the physical properties of the materials you choose and their best applications in each situation, with the goal of achieving the best functional and esthetic results.

In this course, Dr. Harry Albers will show participants how to determine when a direct or indirect restoration is indicated for a particular tooth, how to decide which direct and indirect restorations are best, and how to design a restoration for optimal esthetic results.

Even with proper diagnosis, treatment planning, preparation and clinical techniques, the selection of the right material can mean the difference between treatment success and failure.

2 CE Credits

Amount: $199.00
Dr.Harry Albers

Harry Albers, DDS, FAGD attended the University of Santa Clara, 1969-71, majoring in mathematics and transferred to the University of California at Berkeley to complete his undergraduate education. In 1973, he earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. At UCLA Dental School, he did research, worked in community dental programs, served as student body president, and graduated with numerous awards, including many for leadership and public service. Dr. Albers completed a general practice residency at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in San Francisco. He taught fixed Prosthodontics at the University of California Dental School in San Francisco (1978-81) and taught operative dentistry at the University of the Pacific Dental School in San Francisco (1979-86). In 1987, he limited his teaching to postgraduate dental education.

During the past twenty-five years he has written several dental texts and lectured extensively on cosmetic dentistry, tooth colored restoratives, direct and indirect veneers, bonded posterior restorations, fixed Prosthodontics, temporization, impression techniques, and other aspects of clinical dentistry. His best-selling text, Tooth Colored Restoratives, widely acclaimed as the most comprehensive clinical text on cosmetic in adhesive dentistry, is in its eighth edition and has been translated into two foreign languages.

Dr. Albers maintains a private practice in Santa Rosa, California, where he has lived since 1978.

Over the past two decades Dr. Albers has received over a dozen awards for excellence in teaching, exceptional professional service, academic accomplishments, and significant professional contributions to the art and science of dentistry.

In 1994 Dr. Albers was named the “Weclew Honorary Fellowship” (FAGD) from the Academy of General Dentistry. In 2003, Dr. Albers was awarded “Masters of Esthetic Dentistry” from the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry. In 2004, Dr. Albers was awarded “Lifetime Service Award” from the Academy of Cosmetic and Adhesive Dentistry.