Prosthetic restoration in the Bio-Emulative concept. Vertical Preparation Technique

– The scientific approach to vertical bioemulative preparation

– The difference between vertical and horizontal preparation technique

– Classification of the finish line margins: preparation with and without the margin

– Marginless preparation: feather edge and knife edge

– Advantages and disadvantages of vertical preparation technique

– The burs choice for vertical preparation technique

– The mechanical preparation of a natural abutment:

- characteristics of the finishing line

- curettage preparation and overcontour preparation technique.

– Provisional prostheses: acrylic or composite?

– Impressions: materials, impression trays, impression techniques, tissue retraction, and impression protocols

– Application of the facebow and the articulator

– The laboratory part of bioemulative crown restoration: 

- the choice of materials

- application of die spacer paint waxing

- casting and welding

- how to choose alloys.

– Occlusion in clinical practice:

- occlusal stability and centric relation

- occlusal vertical dimension

- occlusal functional and esthetic planes: Wilson, Spee and Monson,

- esthetic facebow, articulator, and axiography.

– Clinical cases of zirconia bioemulated restorations

– Clinical cases of ceramic bioemulated restorations

– Crown restoration bonding and cementation:

- zinc oxyphosphate permanent cementation

- adhesive bonding.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Dental technicians, General dentists.