2025 Courses and Events

Course #: 1160
Date: 11/28/2025
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Riccardo Ammannato, DDS

Topic: Periodontics
Tuition: $430.00
Credits: 4
AGD Number: 780 - Esthetics/Cosmetic Denti
Recommended For:
Dentists, Students, Lab Technicians

Description:

This course provides a comprehensive overview of how to diagnose and treat severely worn dentition using innovative, minimally invasive techniques. The focus will be on a new no-prep molding approach that increases the vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO), including the Single Composite Molding Index Technique and Flow Molding, with a discussion of their respective advantages and limitations. Participants will also learn when and how to bond on worn dentition using additive partial indirect restorations (onlays/overlays) in composite and/or ceramic, depending on the clinical indication. All protocols will be demonstrated step-by-step through clinical images and patient videos to provide a clear understanding of this hybrid direct-indirect adhesive approach.

 Learn to:

• diagnose worn dentition and its causes (corrosion, attrition, abrasion, abfraction)
• perform and stabilize clear index keys (connected and single index) and understand their pros and cons
• apply the no-prep direct adhesive approach using the Single Molding Index Technique and Flow Molding
• understand the indications and protocols for minimally invasive indirect adhesive restorations using composite and/or ceramic onlays and overlays

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