Prevent Enamel Cruelty: Conservative Tooth Preparation for Bonded Indirect Restorations

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Steven A. Gold, D.D.S.
Prevent Enamel Cruelty: Conservative Tooth Preparation for Bonded Indirect Restorations

Course Objectives

1.5 CE Credits

For many clinical situations, full-coverage crowns are no longer the best choice for treating posterior teeth. Thanks to CAD/CAM technology, high-quality bonded indirect restorations can be fabricated in-office in one patient visit.  This evidence-based course will present protocols for conservative posterior tooth preparations that lead to better clinical outcomes for CAD/CAM restorations, are more enjoyable to perform and most importantly, prevent enamel cruelty!

Learning Objectives

  • Describe how conservative tooth preparations can lead to better restorations and long-term tooth health
  • Synthesize a tooth preparation process to yield the most conservative restoration for a given tooth condition
  • Discuss how a CAD/CAM design system can be used as a quality check for conservative tooth preparations

Recognition & Approval

Pace Approval

Glidewell Education Center
Nationally Approved PACE Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit
Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority, or AGD endorsement. 3/1/2024 to 2/29/2028.
Provider ID# 216789

Steven A. Gold, DDS image
Steven A. Gold, D.D.S.

Dr. Steven Gold received his dental training from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry and has nearly 30 years of experience as a general dentist. After 16 years of full-time private practice in Southern California, he transitioned to academics and currently serves as assistant professor and coordinator of Digital Dentistry at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine in Pomona, California. With academic experience in restorative dentistry in the clinical and pre-clinical setting, Dr. Gold has been active both nationally and internationally on the topics of CAD/CAM dentistry.


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