Using Chairside Color Modification to Achieve Superior Ceramic Restorations

Patients today are becoming more aware of what can be accomplished in cosmetic dentistry, and their desire to look beautiful and more natural and have straighter and whiter teeth has increased.

With this demand for a high level of cosmetic results comes an ever-greater challenge. In fact, the demands on dentists have become more demanding over the past decade. The successful dentist today has to learn and master techniques, tools and technology needed to create beautiful and natural-looking restorations.

In this course, Dr. Bruce Crispin will demonstrate chairside color modification techniques using ceramic stains. The following will also be covered:

• Using extrinsic ceramic staining to optimize the results of restorations.
• Using the subtractive color system and partitive theory to achieve lifelike vitality.
• The essential details to consider when analyzing crowns for color modification.

2 CE Credits

Amount: $199.00

Dr.Bruce Crispin Bruce J. Crispin, DDS, MS Recieved a DDS in 1972 and an MS in 1975 (Fixed Prosthodontics) from the University of Michigan. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, Professor emeritus from UCLA and an alumni member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon. He founded the UCLA Center for Esthetic Dentistry as well as "Esthetic Professionals," an educational, patient care, and laboratory facility in Tarzana, CA. Dr. Crispin has published over 45 research and professional publications including the textbook "Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry: Practice Fundamentals." He has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally for the past 30 years. The focus and scope of Dr. Crispin’s practice is on Esthetic Restorative Dentistry and Conservative Treatments to Reconstructions and Implants. His esthetic hands-on programs are in great demand and have widely imbued great value to the dental practitioner.