Direct Veneers: the Shades Dilemma

The participants will learn relevant parameters for aesthetic rehabilitation

They will learn about tooth proportions and possible corrections
They will learn about advantages and disadvantages of direct veneers
They will learn about their limitations
They will learn about new techniques and materials for direct restorations
They will learn how to close a diastema mediale in a minimally invasive and predictable way
They will learn how to use a silicon guide and how to get tight anterior contact points

09:00 – 11:00	Lecture: Color, translucency and opacity; Preparation techniques for anterior restorations; Direct veneers: advantages and disadvantages; Techniques, possibilities and limitations;Characteristics of modern composites, systems, properties,advantages and limitations; Layering technique: Polychromaticapproach; New techniques for optimizing the shape and contours, tight contact points, proper interproximal embrasures and emergence profile
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 –17: 30	Hands-on: Direct veneers on teeth 11 and 21. In addition, both teeth will present a diastema mediale, which make the treatment clearly more difficult. One tooth will also have a class IV defect which challenges the clinician regarding opacity and color match even more.
17:30 – 18:00	Final discussion