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Restoration Workshop — Four-Course Series — Register for all four and save!

Register for all four courses and save!

Thursday, January 18, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Thursday, June 27, 2024

6:00–8:30 p.m. each day
2.5 C.E. Units core per session
Light dinner is included.

Take all FOUR COURSES and save!
Courses also available individually.

Members and staff
$149 per session, or
$536 for all 4. Save $60!

Nonmembers
$249 per session, or
$896 for all 4. Save $100

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Session 1 — Thursday, January 18, 2024
Restorative Concepts in Implant Dentistry: Be Predictable, Simple and Efficient

  • Proper diagnosis and treatment plan
  • Fundamental differences between Implants and teeth
  • Impression and scanning for single and multiple implants
  • Abutment selection
  • Cement-on, screw-retained, screwmentable restorations and angle correction screw channel restorations
  • Tips on implant tools and clinical techniques

Session 2 — Thursday, March 21, 2024
Digital Restorative Workflow for Modern Implant Dentistry

  • Good first impression—how to obtain the best intraoral scan
  • Scan pattern for teeth versus implants
  • Indication, benefits, and limitations of an intraoral scan
  • Incorporating conventional and digital tools
  • Comprehensive CAD-CAM environment for restoration fabrication

Session 3 — Thursday, May 16, 2024
To Keep or Not to Keep a Tooth, That Is the Question!

  • Clinical decision-making process
  • Factors to influence keeping a tooth or not
  • The benefits of teeth
  • The benefits of implants
  • The transition from dentated arches to implant arches

Session 4 — Thursday, June 27, 2024
Implants in Growing Patients -- Rethinking the Old Issue of Implant Prosthesis Infraocclusion (Submergence and Ankylosis)

  • Review of literature
  • Discussion on the confusion and complexity of implants on growing patients
  • Factors to consider in implant placement for a growing patient
  • Alternative treatment options
  • Long term issues with implant infraocclusion and solutions


Sponsored by Nobel Biocare



Speaker
Dr. Ann Wei

Dr. Ann Wei DDS is a board-certified prosthodontist. She completed her DDS degree and her postgraduate training in Prosthodontics at the University of California, San Francisco. She held a clinical teaching position at UCSF for over 10 years and is a volunteering faculty for the General Practice Residency program. As a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and a member of prestigious Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics as well as American College of Prosthodontists, she upholds the highest standards of care. She is also a member of American Dental Association, California Dental Association, San Francisco Dental Society, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry  and Academy of Osseointegration. Dr. Wei has published in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry and Journal of Prosthodontics. She lectures on various topics in implant and digital dentistry and takes special interests in laboratory technology as well as complex interdisciplinary rehabilitation. Dr. Wei maintains a thriving private practice in San Francisco.