Bridge Course

Bridge Course

1 Day Course

Bridges
- Indications and reasons to do bridges
- Bridge design: Abutments, retainers, connectors & pontics. Essential features necessary to optimise outcomes
- Communication with laboratory, including lab prescription
- How long to bridges last: consent and communication with patients
- Occlusion around bridges
- Sticking bridges in high and how to reduce de-bonding
Resin Bonded Bridges
- Minimal preparation of teeth: how much do we need to prepare?
- Metal resin bonded bridges
- Zirconia resin bonded bridges
- Bonding protocols
- Immediate bridges vs. Delayed bridges
Pontic Site development
- Idealising emergence and ensuring good pink (soft tissue) and white aesthetics
- Using temporary restorations (essex retainers or dentures) to modify pontic sites
Bridges in Periodontal patients
- Bridges for mobile lower anterior teeth
- Bridges for mobile upper anterior teeth
- Splinting teeth
- Autogenous bridges
Fixed Moveable bridges
- Indications
- Bridge designs
Clinical Scenarios
- Various scenarios will be discussed: missing incisor, missing incisors, missing canine, missing premolars, missing molars
- Various cases will also be discussed
Other bridge designs: Hybrid bridges, Full arch bridges on teeth and bridges on Implants
Case discussions using cases from delegates

Theory
- Impression taking vs Digital scanning
- How to make well fitting and long lasting temporaries
- Isolation
- Activation of IDS
- Bonding protocols and sequencing including which materials to use
- Resin cements versus Composite for bonding
Hands-On
- 4 hands on preparation for adhesive gold onlays and emax onlays (up to 8 preparations in two days)
- How to make well fitting temporary onlays.
- Rubber dam isolation for bonding single and multiple units