Price: $545.00 ($495.00 for AGD Members)

This 7-hour "hands on" course is intended for the general dentist that wants to do some or most of their own crown extensions. There are many issues that will be addressed at this workshop including:

• Biologic width
• Soft tissue crown lengthening 
• Osseous crown lengthening
• Crown : root ratio
• Anterior and posterior crown lengthening.
• Radiographic diagnosis and treatment planning
• Learn to make predictable impressions every time
• Hands on exercises with pig jaws and plaster models
  

This course is designed to provide the dentist with all the principles of hard and soft tissue surgery necessary to plan and carry out crown extension procedures, or enough information to enhance your understanding of the procedure if you chose to refer it out. Crown extension is one of the most commonly required, and often underutilized, procedures in operative dentistry. You will learn to utilize it more readily.

Relocation of the structures comprising the biologic width requires varying degrees of soft and hard tissue removal, which will be discussed in detail. We will explore indications and contraindications for crown lengthening and methods of managing the surrounding bone to create positive architecture.

This course provides a maximum "hands on" experience coupled with a detailed slide presentation, a workbook, and two surgical video demonstrations.