Dentures for a New Era: A Practical Education in Digital Dentures

Category: Digital Dentistry

Instructor(s): Nate Farley, Valerie McMillan

Course structure: Lessons: 15 lessons | Duration: 11 h 52 min

Course overview

With the rise of digital technologies, the denture process has stood on its head.

Digital dentures are exploding throughout our industry with all major players working on their own methods.

We are all faced with choosing a system and knowing how to navigate the differences in this digital workflow.

This course is for everyone, whether you are a doctor, educator, or technician.

We plan to touch on all systems and discuss the pros and cons of each.

This course is bringing together very passionate leaders in the digital denture revolution.

Our mutual passion for the edentulous has brought us together for this unique learning experience.

Prepared to be blown away with information of not only digital processes, but also clinical tips and tricks as well as business and marketing strategies.

It's time to make dentures a fun and very profitable part of your practice.

Some of the topics are as follows:
- Basics of dentures
- Basics of digital (in general)
- How digital dentures can be more profitable
- Using intraoral scanners
- Border molding principles (including hands on practice with chewing gum)
- Review of available systems with pros and cons of each
- How to shorten the number of appointments
- Learn multiple techniques for gathering records
- Options for digitizing impressions and records
- A glimpse into what might be possible in the future with Virtual Reality (yes, you get to try VR glasses)
- Discussion on options for teeth and where things are likely going
- Learn about the pros and cons of CAM (milling vs. printing)
- Profitability marketing and the business of dentures
Learn from some leaders in the digital denture movement, prosthodontist who have completed hundreds of digital dentures in the last couple years.

We are on the cutting edge of this shift and have learned a lot along the way.

We are excited to help you pick up some tips and tricks that we know will make the transition to digital more easy.

Curriculum

Module 1: Some Basics

• Lesson 1: Denture Basics
• Lesson 2: Introduction to Digital Dentures
• Lesson 3: Digital Basics
• Lesson 4: Denture Anatomy & Phonetics

Module 2: Records Appointment

• Lesson 1: Records Appointment Reference Denture Technique
• Lesson 2: Wax Rim on Custom Tray and others
• Lesson 3: Wagner Technique AvaDent
• Lesson 4: Scanning Records

Module 3: CAD/CAM

• Lesson 1: CAD CAM Meshmixer
• Lesson 2: 3Shape
• Lesson 3: 3Shape & 3D Printing
• Lesson 4: Blue Sky Plan
• Lesson 5: Exocad
• Lesson 6: CAM Options

Module 4: Case Reports

• Lesson 1: Sample Cases