Modern Adhesion Course

By Lorenzo Breschi

Lesson program:
– Direct, indirect restorations and fiber posts: analysis of the adhesion force
– Properties and composition of adhesive systems
– Hybrid layer: composition and value for grip strength
– Classification of adhesive systems
– Errors when working with adhesive systems
– Etching: advantages and disadvantages
– Step-by-step adhesive protocol for multicomponent systems
– Advantages of self-etching systems
– Selective etching of enamel: technique
– Protocol for the use of self-etching adhesive
– Universal adhesives: problems when using
– 10 golden rules of the adhesive protocol
– K.I.S.S. methodology.

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 40 min

By Alireza Sadr

Lesson program:
– Philosophy of biomimetic adhesion and minimally invasive dentistry
– The concept of the spiral of dental treatment
– Treatment options for non-carious dental lesions
– Silver diamide: modern principles of application
– The concept of minimally invasive dentistry: anatomical and histological aspects
– Criteria for the success of adhesive restoration
– Optical coherence tomography (OСT): advantages
– Etching of dentin with phosphoric acid: undesirable effects
– Antibacterial properties of adhesives
– Bulk Fill composites: properties and advantages.

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 56 min

By Alireza Sadr

Lesson program:
– Philosophy of biomimetic adhesion and minimally invasive dentistry
– The concept of the spiral of dental treatment
– Treatment options for non-carious dental lesions
– Silver diamide: modern principles of application
– The concept of minimally invasive dentistry: anatomical and histological aspects
– Criteria for the success of adhesive restoration
– Optical coherence tomography (OСT): advantages
– Etching of dentin with phosphoric acid: undesirable effects
– Antibacterial properties of adhesives
– Bulk Fill composites: properties and advantages.

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 56 min

By Alireza Sadr

Lesson program:
– Cracks on teeth: diagnosis and indications for treatment
– Air abrasion: a technique for treating cracked teeth
– Biomimetic approach in the treatment of cracked teeth
– Reinforcement of restoration with fibers
– The mechanism of stopping the growth of cracks
– Fiber positioning technique
– Clinical stages of working with fiber-reinforced composite materials
– Restoration of the stump of the tooth:
- Fiberglass pins vs cast posts
- Endocrowns vs fiber reinforcement.
– The fiber-lamination technique for adhesive restorations
– New approach for the restoration of structurally compromised teeth.

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 45 min

By Roland Frankenberger

Lesson program:
– Factors of success of adhesive restoration
– Errors in determining indications for veneers
– Etching and bonding: methods for obtaining better adhesion
– Misinterpreting of MMPs
– Consequences of underestimating the degree of dentin sclerosis
– Light polymerization: direct and indirect light-curing
– Postoperative sensitivity
– Preparation of the cavity for veneers: tips
– Repair restoration.

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 33 min

By Roland Frankenberger

Lesson program:
– Direct and indirect restorations: indications
– Indications for the adhesive protocol
– Light polymerization in the adhesive protocol:
- Value for direct and indirect restoration
- Light-curing protocol
- Polymerization errors and their prevention.
– Disadvantages of double-curing materials
– Immediate dentin sealing
– Advantages of direct composite restorations
– Overhang control
– Polishing of restorations
– With which teeth to start aesthetic restoration?

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 22 min

By Alessandra Reis Silva Loguercio

Lesson program:
– Classification of adhesives and adhesive fixation strategies
– The mechanism of adhesive fixation when using an adhesive system
– Features of selective etching
– The mechanism of creating an adhesive layer when using a self-etching adhesive
– Methods of using universal adhesives
– Degradation of the adhesive layer: consequences
– Maximum adhesion strength: protocols for improving the penetration of the adhesive into the substrate
– Method of applying a hydrophobic adhesive layer
– Adhesive fixation with dentin affected by caries.

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 34 min

By Alessandra Reis Silva Loguercio

Lesson program:
– Adhesives and adhesion strategies
– The method of applying adhesive for better adhesion
– The spread of myths in dentistry: a systematic approach
– The null hypothesis principle
– Myths in adhesion:
- Adhesive application in moist dentin
- Dentin roughening
- Less postoperative sensitivity after self-etching adhesive
- Optibond FL and Clearfil SE - the gold standard of adhesion
- Rubber dam isolation
- Ethanol bonding
- Placement of bevel to increase retention
- Immediate dentin sealing.

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 28 min

By Marcos Barceleiro

Lesson program:
– Coronal restoration: influence on the longevity of endodontically treated teeth
– Fracture of a tooth with a cast posts: causes
– Endocrowns: indications and benefits of use
– Criteria for selecting ideal dental post
– Cast posts: disadvantages
– Properties of fiber posts
– Violation of fixation of intracanal posts: causes
– Methods of surface treatment of posts before fixing
– Creating a space for a post in the root canal: irrigation and preparation methods
– Fixing the fiber post:
- choice of adhesive
- selection of fixing material
- step-by-step protocol.

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 57 min

By Marcos Barceleiro

Lesson program:
– Light-curing unit: indications
– Problems when using light-curing unit
– Criteria for choosing the ideal light-curing unit
– Technical characteristics of lamps:
- Light-curing unit tip diameter
- Lamp design: light tip angle
- Beam profile
- Cordless or corded
- Monowave or poliwave.
– Clinical tips when working with a light-curing unit
– Lamp care: recommendations
– 7 Steps to Successful Polymerization.

Recommended for: Therapists, Pediatric dentist, Endodontists, Prosthodontists, General dentists.
Duration: 2 h