Cements course for Dental Practice
This session provides an overview of currently available luting cements for indirect restorations. Their advantages and short-comings are discussed and guidance given to suitable applications.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Discuss the advantages and limitations of traditional and contemporary luting cements
- Describe the role of bonding in the retention of contemporary indirect restorations that lack traditional retention and resistance form
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the role of luting cement selection and application in the performance of indirect restorations
When a tooth requires an indirect restoration such as a crown, a luting cement will have to be employed to retain the restoration.
Before commencing this session you should have completed the following sessions:
- 8 Restoration of Teeth/Crowns/Crowns: Principles, Planning and Preparation (141-0327)
- 8 Restoration of Teeth/Dental Biomaterials/Dentine Bonding (141-0352)
- 8 Restoration of Teeth/Tooth Surface Loss/Dentine Sensitivity (141-0362)
Luke is a General Dental Practitioner who graduated from The University of Sheffield School of Clinical Dentistry in 2001. Between 2001 and 2005 he completed Vocational Training and Senior House Officer rotations at Royal Preston Hospital, the University Dental Hospital of Manchester and Liverpool University Dental Hospital gaining MFDS from The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Luke completed a Master of Science Degree in Prosthodontics in 2007 at the University of Manchester and currently works in private practice and at the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne in Australia.
Julian graduated from Cardiff in 1996 and then moved to Bristol, working in both general practice and hospital posts. Following a short period in Surrey and completion of the Fellowship in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDS), he returned to Bristol early in 1999 as a Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry, completing the Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MFDS) shortly after. He then moved to London to undertake a Masters degree in Conservative Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute which was awarded (with distinction) in October 2001.
He has been at The University of Manchester School of Dentistry since 2001, where he completed specialist training in Restorative Dentistry, together with a PhD in Biomaterials Science. He is currently Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, and Director of the University’s MSc programmes in Periodontics and Fixed & Removable Prosthodontics. He is an examiner for the Royal Colleges of England and Edinburgh, examining the Diploma in Implant Dentistry and the Membership in Restorative Dentistry (which is the exit qualification for specialist training).
His clinical work includes all aspects of restorative dentistry, and he has particular interests in complex/extensive treatments, toothwear, hypodontia, and restorations utilising dental implants.
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