Professional Development Courses

This 4 minute video summarises the basic design features to create a perfect Michigan-style, Stabilisation Splint. These points can be used on the laboratory prescription card, to order a night splint.

The PDF Download contains this information so that it can also be sent to the laboratory when you are prescribing a splint for the first time.

What you will learn:

• 6 important design elements for a Michigan-style Stabilisation Splint
• How to prescribe a night splint from the Laboratory

This is a recording of the full, 1-Day lecture and demonstration program as presented by Dr Michael Mandikos. The course spans a total of over 6 hours and has been separated into chapters to facilitate online viewing. The program is suitable for anyone who attended the live course, who wishes to review certain sections of the program, or for someone who was unable to take the course at the time.

In this 1-day course, Dr Mandikos will provide an overview of modern occlusal schemes used to restore single teeth, multiple teeth, and full mouth cases, including treatment for edentulous patients. In the practical exercise, attendees will learn and practice the correct way to take bite records for their cases.

What you will learn:

• A basic understanding of occlusion for simple and complex cases
• The correct bite records to take
• When to take a Facebow
• The role of Centric Relation and MIP in your case
• When and how to alter Vertical Dimension
• How to make and fit a Splint
• Completion of this online program will provide a CPD Certificate for 7 Points.

6:30 Hours

The Resin Bonded Bridge is a very conservative and relatively simple alternative to conventional fixed bridgework. This 49 minute presentation covers the history of these bridges and how they evolved from a more complex metal-framed design, to the more modern and simpler Zirconia-based construction. The presentation provides guidelines on how to prepare, provisionalize and bond these restorations to place – for both metal and zirconia framed bridges

What you will learn:

• Success rates for Metal and Zirconia bonded bridges
• Correct case selection and contraindications
• Preparation designs for Metal and Zirconia Bonded Bridges
• Bonding protocols for Metal and Zirconia Bonded Bridges
• Multiple case examples

49 Minutes

Course Description:

This 3 minute video will show you how to carefully remove impression cord, syringe light body impression material around each preparation, air-blow it, and then seat a custom impression tray in order to achieve perfect veneer impression. 

What you will learn:

• Impression cord should be carefully “teased” out of the sulcus, not pulled out
• Light Body impression material (PVS) should be refrigerated for at least an hour before use to extend working time
• Air thin the impression material to “blow” it into the sulcus
• Second pass of Light Body starts in areas observed to be deficient in impression material
• Seat the tray loaded with Heavy Body material, and set a timer to ensure full setting time is achieved