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Announcing Jensen Dental's Virtual Study Club

Midwest Region

Jensen’s Virtual Study Clubs are geographically defined and meet online every other week on the same day and same time for one hour in duration. Each Club consists of a series of modules that are eligible for on CE credit per hour/module.

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Module 1: Essentials of Framework Design

Tuesday November 9th, 2010 at 10am EST with Peter Pizzi, MDT - 1 CDT Credit

The first step in the fabrication of restorations that are esthetic, functional and enduring begins with a properly designed and executed substructure.

This module will cover:

  • Basic design and support for single unit anterior/posterior restorations

  • Designing bridge frameworks, ideal connector size and positioning

  • Simplifying the treatment plan, wax-up, and the role of the silicone matrix

  • Investing, casting, and metal finishing considerations by alloy type

  • Multiple margin configurations: when to use them; how to achieve them

  • Preparing the alloy for ceramic; proper cleaning and oxidation

Module 2: Application of Opaque, Opaque Modification and the Ceramic Shoulder

Tuesday November 23rd, 2010 at 10am EDT with Peter Pizzi, MDT - 1 CDT Credit

Often overlooked and unappreciated, the opaque layer significantly influences not only the structural integrity of the PFM restoration, but the esthetic outcome as well.

This module will cover:

  • Establishing the bond; proper opaque application; first and second bake

  • Eliminating the dreaded “headlight” in the incisal third

  • Controlling color saturation and value on the lingual and margin areas

  • Modification techniques for bridge connectors and occlusal of posteriors

  • Value modification and the role of opaque as “transition medium”

  • Various geometries of the ceramic shoulder: what, when and how

Module 3: Opacious Dentin and Opacious Dentin Modifiers

Tuesday December 7th, 2010 at 10am EDT with Peter Pizzi, MDT - 1 CDT Credit

Widely used under pontics and in areas where space is insufficient for dentin materials alone, opacious dentins are also indispensable when supporting or enhancing light reflection from within.

This module will cover:

  • Controlling color, value, and light transmission in lingual and margin areas

  • Modification of bridge connectors, pontics, and occlusal of posteriors

  • Opacious dentin as transitional material: from opacity to translucency

  • Eliminating grey shadows in the interproximal space

  • High value in the presence of high translucency; making the ideal light shade

Module 4: Constructing the Dentin Layer

Tuesday December 21st, 2010 at 10am EDT with Peter Pizzi, MDT - 1 CDT Credit

Ninety percent of the esthetic characteristics of a ceramic crown are established in the dentin layer. However, the desired effects can rarely be achieved with dentin powders alone. For this reason, shoulder powders, mamelon materials, effect enamels, and stains are often incorporated as part of the “dentin” build up.

This module will cover:

  • The emergence profile: metal to the margin or ceramic shoulder

  • A systematic approach to dentin layering: control, color and value

  • Mamalon materials: mimicking dentin color and architecture in the incisal third

  • The wet stain technique simplified

  • Essential labial and lingual transitional material:; what, where and how

  • How to identify the ideal firing temperature 

Module 5: The Enamel Filter

Tuesday January 4th, 2011 at 10am EDT with Peter Pizzi, MDT
1 CDT Credit

Standard enamel shades (57 – 60) are typically coupled with specific dentin groupings in order to achieve a desired shade on the shade guide. However, these materials prove even more useful when understood as varying degrees of translucency.

This module will cover:

  • The concept of enamel as a filter

  • Expanding your enamel palette using colored translucencies and opal materials

  • When to use fluorescent translucencies 

  • Segmental enamel layering techniques

  • Selective manipulation of value with effect enamels

     

Module 6: Contour, Surface texture, and Luster

Tuesday January 18th, 2011 at 10am EDT with Peter Pizzi, MDT
1 CDT Credit

The most important aspect of crown fabrication is achieving the proper tooth form. Whether the blueprint is derived from adjacent teeth or the treatment plan wax up, tooth form must be carefully considered and faithfully executed during every phase of crown fabrication from dentin build up through internal characterization and final enamel layering.

This module will cover:

  • The importance of the tissue cast

  • Managing the emergence profile and the inter-dental space

  • Establishing tooth form: manipulating planes and transitional line angles

  • Creating the correct surface texture

  • Natural versus over-glaze, and achieving small corrections in the glaze bake

  • Achieving the proper glaze temperature; surface polishing and luster

Module 7: Metal Ceramic Overview

Tuesday February 1st, 2011 at 10am EDT with Peter Pizzi, MDT - 1 CDT Credit

Taking what you you’ve learned over the past several weeks and applying it to your every day work just got easier!  This 7th and final module will provide a brief overview of the 6 topics covered in the previous metal ceramic modules to include:  

This module will cover:

  • Essentials of Framework Design

  • Application of Opaque, Opaque Modification & the Ceramic Shoulder

  • Opacious Dentin & Opacious

  • Dentin Modifiers

  • The Enamel Filter

  • Contour, Surface Texture, & Luster