- Understand the need for optimal tooth reduction to maximize the strength and esthetics of restorative materials.
- List the types of margins and the indications for each.
- List the burs needed to perform the Reverse preparation technique.
- Explain the benefits of depth cuts to ensure proper tooth reduction of preparations.
- Explain the benefits of electric handpicks.
- Learn a preparation technique for when depth cuts cannot be used, such as replacing an existing crown.
Crown and Bridge Preparations
Course Objectives
1.5 CE Credits
This course demonstrates a predictable step-by-step technique for crown preparation that is essentially sequenced backwards from what nearly all dentists were taught in dental school. With a focus on precise margination and adequate reduction in critical areas through the use of depth cuts, the Reverse Preparation technique gives dentists a way to prepare teeth that will have their laboratory technician complimenting their preparations.
Learning Objectives
Recognition & Approval

Glidewell Education Center is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

Glidewell Education Center
Nationally Approved PACE Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit
Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority, or AGD endorsement. 3/1/2021 to 2/29/2024.
Provider ID# 216789
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