CEMENTATION: Tips, tricks, and trends for success

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Chad C. Duplantis, DDS
CEMENTATION: Tips, tricks, and trends for success

Course Objectives

1 CE Credit

This course covers the steps required to achieve clinical success with crown cementation. The technical and clinical aspects of each of the major classes of cements will be discussed, along with the selection, preparation and bonding requisites, for both tooth surface and restoration. Also included is a discussion of bioactivity and the cements that fall into this category.

By the end of this course, you will gain in-depth information on what materials are available and how to select and use the appropriate ones to provide long-lasting restorations with minimal or no sensitivity for your patients.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the latest trends in dental cementation.
  • Identify the indications and usage for each class of cements.
  • List the appropriate measures we must take regarding both the tooth and the restoration.
  • Develop a rational approach to cementation of everyday restorations.

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

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Chad C. Duplantis, DDS

Dr. Chad Duplantis is a graduate of the School of Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He has been in private practice since 2000 in the Fort Worth, Texas, area, and has been incorporating CAD/CAM technology into his practice since 2004. Dr. Duplantis lectures and publishes frequently in the field of digital dentistry, with a particular focus on how to transition new technology into the private dental practice.


References

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  2. Ohta Y. Comparative changes in microvasculature and bone during healing of implant and extraction sites. J Oral Implantol. 1993;19(3):184-98.
  3. Vera C, De Kok IJ, Reinhold D, Limpiphipatanakorn P, Yap AK, Tyndall D, Cooper LF. Evaluation of buccal alveolar bone dimension of maxillary anterior and premolar teeth: a cone beam computed tomography investigation. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2012 Nov-Dec;27(6):1514-9.
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