The Italian School of Pathological Tooth Wear Treatment

Leading representatives of the Italian school of dentistry will share their protocols for treating pathological tooth wear!

Riccardo Ammannato and Fabio Carboncini will reveal the secrets of functional and aesthetic rehabilitation of patients with pathological tooth wear.

During the online course, you will learn:

• Treatment protocols for tooth wear using composite materials

• Non-prep protocols for managing pathological tooth wear

• Principles and protocols for the treatment of bruxism and tooth wear

Lesson 1. The Index Technique: indications and contraindications

• The Index Technique: introduction

• Indications for the Index Technique

• Pathological tooth wear: etiology

• Diagnosis of pathological tooth wear

• Risk factors for pathological tooth wear

• Principles of treating pathological tooth wear

• The Index Technique for a single tooth: detailed protocol

• “Copy & Paste” technique

• Diagnosis of pathological tooth wear, abrasive wear, abfraction, and erosion of hard dental tissues

• Aesthetic and functional analysis

• Clinical case review

Lesson 2. Non-prep protocol for the treatment of pathological tooth wear

• Restorative protocol

• Shade selection for the final restoration

• “Copy & Paste” non-prep protocol for anterior restorations

• “Copy & Paste” non-prep protocol for posterior restorations

• How and when to bond additive partial restorations (composite and ceramic) in severe tooth wear cases

• Final finishing and polishing of restorations

• Clinical case review

Lesson 3. Bruxism and pathological tooth wear: correlation and treatment principles

• Clinical signs of bruxism

• Causes of tooth wear:

  • Mechanical wear

  • Chemical damage

  • Erosion, attrition, and abrasion

  • Functional tooth wear

• Prevention of pathological tooth wear

• Treatment strategies for patients with bruxism

• Centric relation: methods of determination

• The concept of reversible prosthetic solutions

3 lessons (5h 18min)