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Dr. Michael Melkers Aesthetics/Occlusion/Case Planning Hanover, NH

  • Master, Academy of General Dentistry
  • Fellow, American College of Dentists
  • Educator, Clinician, Life Long Student

Friday Courses
Fr6069 - Case Planning and Occlusion for the Everyday Practice
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Type: Lectures   
Dentist Fee: $105.00  Other Fee: $75.00

Treatment planning and occlusion are often reserved for complex cases, yet their principles apply to everyday dentistry. This course demonstrates how communication, treatment planning and occlusal concepts can be integrated into routine and advanced care. Through real case examples, from single-tooth to full-mouth and multidisciplinary treatments, participants will learn purpose-driven, facially generated planning, effective patient communication and safe phasing strategies to improve outcomes, case acceptance and patient satisfaction.

Fr5046 - Direct Anterior Provisional Fabrication
Time: 2 - 5 PM
Type: Workshops   
Dentist Fee: $355.00  Other Fee: $295.00

Anterior esthetic restorations demand precision and attention to detail for predictable, successful results. In this hands-on workshop, participants will fabricate various reduction stents to evaluate and maintain proper tooth preparation form. Participants will also fabricate a provisional matrix and use it to produce direct anterior provisional restorations. The course covers efficient protocols for trimming, refining and polishing while highlighting the benefits of reduction stent matrices and techniques that enhances an efficient and effective protocol.

Saturday Courses
Sa5055 - Modification and Characterization of Printed Provisional Restorations
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Type: Workshops   
Dentist Fee: $355.00  Other Fee: $295.00

Computer-aided design and printed provisionals have become wonderful additions in esthetic dentistry, though they present unique challenges. In this workshop participants will refine and characterize printed composite provisional restorations while managing space, shape and contour issues in over-bulked designs. Attendees will learn to correct and modify misshaped restorations, understand the esthetic impact of contour adjustments, and learn efficient and impactful characterization of provisional restorations.

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