Composite without Compromise with Jason Smithson

Upgrade your composite game this year: Master advanced direct composite techniques, anterior and posterior.

Elevate your composite skills with our Anterior and Posterior Direct Composite Masterclass. Learn efficient and aesthetic techniques for both areas. Master key concepts in a step-by-step protocol covering everything from shade selection to finishing. Benefit from Jason's 25 years of experience in general practice, backed by the latest evidence.

What you will learn:

Direct composite restorations are a common procedure in dentistry, but achieving optimal results can be challenging. This course will address dentists’ four main concerns when placing direct composite restorations: achieving invisible restorations, avoiding post-operative sensitivity, creating protocols required to create a perfectly fitting restoration, and working efficiently and profitably.

This course covers the art of the anterior direct composite, describing the preparation, layering, and finishing protocols required to create an invisible restoration.

The course then provides a detailed technical analysis of the process of preparing and creating a posterior composite restoration. This without or with only minimal occlusal adjustment, with firm proximal contacts while reducing the risk of postoperative sensitivity.

This course is designed to benefit dentists of all experience levels. The following topics will be covered:

• Shade selection: demystify the science and use it as a practical everyday tool.
• Translucency, opacity, and opalescence: why all composite resin is not created equal.
• Learn two different efficient methods to achieve natural-looking incisal edges and effects.
• How to quickly and inexpensively fabricate diagnostic mock-ups and palatal silicone indices to achieve precise incisal edge position and restore worn palatal surfaces.
• Simple, intuitive finishing protocols to produce highly polished restorations that mimic nature.
• How to layer composite to create lifelike incisal halos and effects such as crack lines and opacity variations.
• Prep, place, and finish Class II restorations with optimal proximal contacts and minimal occlusal adjustments.

75% Hands-On Component

Apply your knowledge and refine your skills through extensive practical experience.

· The ClassI restoration: simplified layering with The Occlusal Compass.

· The Class II restoration: complex layering

· The Complex Class IV & Edge Bonding (Central Incisor)

· The Simple Composite Veneer (Lateral Incisor)

Course information

Date: July 5th-6th 2024

Location: Heathrow Radisson Red @Heathrow

Costs: £ 980,-
Course duration: 2 days (08.30 till 17:00)
Including: Materials, coffee/tea and lunch
Participants: 20 participants
CPD-hours: 14 hours

This course is suitable for all levels.

About Jason Smithson

Jason Smithson, a highly awarded dentist, graduated from the Royal London Hospital in 1995. With a focus on microscope-enhanced adhesive dentistry, he practices at Revitalise Dental Centre in Cornwall, UK. Smithson specializes in direct composite resin artistry and minimally invasive ceramic restorations, presenting internationally and serving as a Post-Graduate Clinical Lecturer. He conducts hands-on programs globally and holds Diplomat Status in Restorative Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons (England). Smithson contributes to dental publications and co-authored a book on fixed prosthodontics.