The Index Technique: no‑prep worn dentition treatment
The Index Technique: no‑prep worn dentition treatment
Course overview
The evolution of composite materials together with adhesive techniques are meeting the requests of patients, who asking for less invasive therapies combined with highly aesthetic results in posterior and anterior severe worn dentition. The range of restorative options, is getting wider, thanks to composite that can adequately respond to mechanical stress, offering natural aesthetics and an effective adhesion when treated with specific protocols.
The main goal of this webinar is to provide a protocol to diagnose and treat severe worn dentition through a new no prep approach increasing the VDO: “The Index Technique”. The webinar will also focus on when and how to bond on worn dentition, additive partial indirect restorations in composite and/or ceramic, depending on the indication. All the step-by-step protocols will be addressed through images and videos in order to have a clear overview of this technique through an analog and digital workflow. Financial costs and sessions for the patient are also very low compared to conventional prosthodontics.
This training combines various topics of direct and indirect restorations, functional dentistry and a digital approach!
Dr. Riccardo Ammannato is a true innovator in the world of dentistry, as he brought the «Index technique» for treatment of pathological tooth wear without preparation into everday dental practice.
The technique is already popular around the world! During the online course, the doctor will teach you how to apply:
A protocol for diagnostics and treatment of complex cases in pathological tooth wear
Wax-up for increasing the vertical dimension of occlusion
No-prep restoration protocols for anteriors and posteriors. HIGHLY IMPORTANT!
The doctor will introduce you the “Index Technique” workflow for analog and digital methods!
Course lessons
Lesson 1. The Index Technique. Indications and contraindications
The Index Technique. Introduction
The Index Technique. Indications
Dentition wear. Aetiology
Tooth wear diagnostics
Tooth wear risk assessment
Tooth wear treatment guidelines
Single Index Technique. Detailed protocol
«Copy & Paste» technique
How to diagnose erosion, abrasion attrition and abfraction
Aesthetic and functional analysis
Clinical cases.
Lesson 2. VDO. Wax-up and mock-up
Aesthetic and functional analysis
Diagnosis of tooth wear using a bruxchecker
Tooth wear. Indications and contraindications for treatment
Choice of tooth wear treatment method
How to increase the VDO
The “restorative” wax-up
Anterior and posterior mock-up try in for aesthetics, phonetics and function
Clinical cases.
Lesson 3. Digital protocol for the worn dentition treatment
Direct and indirect method of tooth wear treatment
Choice of tooth wear treatment method
Failures in the tooth wear treatment
Using digital technologies in tooth wear treatment
Using a transparent index
Video demonstration of making a transparent index
Mock-up in the treatment of pathology in the area of anterior and posterior teeth
Adhesion on worn dentition
Clinical cases.
Lesson 4. No-prep protocol for the worn dentition treatment
Restoration protocol
Color selection
No-prep restorative «Copy & Paste» protocol on the anterior sextants
No-prep restorative «Copy & Paste» protocol on the posterior sextants
When and how to bond additive partial restorations (composite and ceramic) on severe worn dentition
Polishing and finishing
Clinical cases.
