2025 Courses and Events

Course #: 1180
Date: 11/28/2025
Time: 8:30am - 12:00pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Timothy Hempton, DDS

Topic: Periodontics
Tuition: $485.00
Credits: 4
AGD Number: 490 – Periodontics - Surgical
Recommended For:
Dentists

Description:

This hands-on workshop is designed to teach the principles and techniques of functional crown lengthening, a procedure that often involves both soft tissue management and osseous resective therapy. Participants will learn how to achieve a proper ferrule height and establish a healthy biologic width relative to the final crown margin.

Using plastic typodonts, attendees will practice exposing a maxillary premolar with a subgingival fracture. The course includes instruction on proper incision design, osseous recontouring (ostectomy and osteoplasty), and suturing techniques. Clinical indications and contraindications for surgical crown lengthening will also be reviewed.

 Learn to:

• recognize the indications and contraindications for crown lengthening
• design a surgical flap appropriate for crown lengthening procedures
• perform ostectomy and osteoplasty to expose sound tooth structure
• apply appropriate suturing techniques for flap closure

Course #: 1170
Date: 11/28/2025
Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Riccardo Ammannato, DDS

Topic: Restorative Dentistry
Tuition: $430.00
Credits: 3
AGD Number: 250 - Operative (Restorative)
Recommended For:
Dentists, Students, Lab Technicians

Description:

The evolution of composite materials in their physical and aesthetic properties, combined with advancements in adhesive techniques, has allowed clinicians to meet the growing demand for minimally invasive yet highly esthetic anterior restorations. This hands-on course is designed to equip practitioners with clinical protocols and indications for anterior direct composite restorations using freehand and molding techniques.

Participants will explore diastema closure and shape modification approaches illustrated through step-by-step images and videos. Clinical cases will be presented utilizing analog and digital workflows, including 3D-printed and traditional silicone molding keys.

Learn:

• to understand indications and step-by-step protocols for freehand anterior direct composite restorations
• techniques and indications for using molding protocols in anterior composite cases
• to evaluate the pros and cons of various composite molding approaches
• to explore the use of analog and 3D-printed keys in composite molding workflows