The Dental Wear Patient, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Course overview

The severe wear patient has multiple etiologies. We want to know and understand the cause of the wear and how to tailor our restorative efforts to the patient’s needs.

Initial examination of a new patient occasionally reveals a severely worn dentition characterized by extensive wear and loss of tooth structure. Function and esthetics are compromised, and the prognosis for one or several teeth may be jeopardized if the problem is not corrected. The complex nature of this condition, and its multifactorial etiology, often overwhelms the restorative dentist in treating such widespread tooth destruction.

Loss of tooth structure may be a result of mechanical wear (attrition, abrasion) or chemical attack (erosion). We will review the various etiologies and the risks associated with each when we try to reconstruct the patient. A brief review of dental occlusion will be included as a point of orientation.

We will review the new materials on the market for restoring these patients. The use of zirconia or lithium disilicate will be reviewed. We will discuss material properties and how best to use them for the dental wear patient. Concentration on full mouth reconstruction cases.

This program is a clinically orientated program reviewing over 30 years of cases and follow-up documented by Dr. Hansen.

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Objectives

Following this unit of instruction, the practitioner should be able to:Describe the etiologies for the worn dentitionIdentify the types of tooth wearDescribe how to perform an accurate diagnostic mounting to evaluate wearExplain the use of the diagnostic mounting in diagnosis and treatment planningUnderstand the proper sequence for restoring extensive wear casesUnderstand the various new materials used to restore difficult cases

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Presenter(s)

• Paul A. Hansen, DDS

Disclosure

It is the policy of the UT Health San Antonio Office of Continuing Dental Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Relationships of spouse/partner with proprietary entities producing health care goods or services should be disclosed if they are of a nature that may influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CDE activity. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. Specific disclosure information for each speaker, course director, and planning committee member will be shared with the audience prior to the speaker’s presentation.

Continuing Dental Education Staff members have nothing to disclose.

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Time

Check-in: 8:30 AM
Program time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Location

Live Interactive Webinar

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Tuition

• Individual: $255

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Credit

Hours: 7

Email Notification for Live Interactive Webinar

On the week of the course, you will receive an email with a link to this virtual webinar. This same email will also provide a link to the course handout as a PDF document. Download this PDF to your device. Remember to look for this email notice at the email address you provided us when creating your UT Health CDE account. Check your email account’s inbox, junk, and spam folders.

Live Interactive Webinar

TSBDE considers a “Live Interactive Webinar” equal to an “In Person” course. Full CE credit hours are awarded to those who attend the course in its full duration. This webinar is NOT prerecorded, it is live and interactive with the presenter. This course will not be held on campus.