Fundamentals of Tooth Preparation in Operative Dentistry: from outline form to caries removal
Presenter: Fatemeh Keshani, DDs, MSc
Credit hours: 2
Tuition: $69
Date and time: 2025-03-30 at 2 PM ET
This 2 hour course offers a comprehensive understanding of direct restorative management in dentistry, focusing on the essential principles and steps involved in cavity preparation in operative dentistry. The aim is to equip dentists with the knowledge and skills required for effective cavity preparation and caries removal.
This course provides a structured and detailed overview of the step-by-step process of tooth preparation. Dentists will explore the essential principles for establishing proper outline form and initial depth, and learn how to effectively incorporate retention, resistance, and convenience form into the tooth preparation. Through this course participants gain proficiency in pulp protection and master the techniques for caries removal, with a special emphasis on selective caries removal and how to approach it in various clinical scenarios.
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the aim of restorative management in dentistry
- Describe different steps in tooth preparation
- know principles and features of establishing proper outline form and initial depth, retention and resistance from, convenience form and pulp protection
- know how to remove caries and different strategies in selective caries removal