CE Dinner Meeting: Applying Advance Adhesion Knowledge to Achieve Highly Esthetic and Predictable Direct Anterior and Posterior Composites Restorations, including rehabilitations

Dr. Jose-Luis Ruiz returns to Marin County Dental Society!

Space is limited. Please RSVP by 4/14 to secure your spot. Members’ Office Staff/Team and non-members also welcome!

Synopsis of Course:

The goal of a responsible clinician is to provide his or her patients with functional, long
lasting, and esthetically pleasing anterior and posterior restorations, in the most
conservative and bio-compatible fashion; direct composite restorations fulfills these ideal
requirements. Direct anterior and posterior composites can be technique sensitive,
difficult, time consuming and often financially unrewarding procedures; this may be due
in large part due to the incorrect use of new materials. Some of the new material require a
completely new approach, if we are going to be successful with them. Dr. Ruiz presents a
completely new, scientifically based, approach to tooth preparation and restoration of the
most widely performed procedures in dentistry direct composites, using supra-gingival
principles.

Dr. Ruiz will review the latest knowledge in advance adhesion, techniques, materials, and
will review the principles necessary to perform exquisite, predictable and simple, direct
anterior and posterior composite restorations, including rehabilitation with direct
composite.

Learning objectives:

 Describe new preparation techniques which maximize success and minimize
complications, using supra-gingival principles.
 Describe a predictable and simple technique for placing composite, with ideal
marginal seal, managing the effects of polymerization shrinkage.
 Identify the different composite resins and bonding systems by category and
describe when and how to use them.
 Identify the principle of form, texture, color and the use of stains to perform
beautiful composite restorations.
 Fully understand adhesives (bonding systems) and how to be successful with
them..
 Describe the different matrix, wedge, and ring system and when to use them.
 Identify the principle of smile design necessary to perform beautiful composite
veneers and much more…

About Dr. Ruiz….

Dr. Ruiz is Founder of the “Supra-gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry” movement, as well as the Los Angeles Institute of Clinical Dentistry. Former Course Director of the “University of Southern California’s Esthetic Dentistry Continuum”, Associate Instructor at Dr. Gordon Christensen PCC in Utah, & independent evaluator for CR. Author of “Supra-gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry…” with Dr. Ray Bertolotti, published by Wiley, as well as author of many research and clinical articles.  He has been named as one of the “Top Clinicians in CE from 2006-Present” by Dentistry Today. Also in private practice in the Studio District of Los Angeles.