Brief Description:

Enables the technician and dentist to design the best possible occlusion for the unique requirements of every patient.

DeVreugd’s concepts are reality-based. Information furnished to the technician varies with each patient and through this uncertain course, each with its own unique challenges, the technician and dentist can rely on DeVreugd’s training in the use of the Occlusal compass concept to actually serve as a map for better Occlusal design.

A variety of changes in the dental profession have resulted in new and different challenges for today’s dental technician. The common use of osseointegrated implants is just one innovation to impact the field in recent years. With the advent of other changes such as stepped-up marketing efforts resulting in a diverse patient base, technicians and dentists must again focus on sound principles of occlusion.

COURSE CONTENTS:

In the first portion of the course, as he does in his own laboratory, DeVreugd begins his instruction with an emphasis on the common element of all Occlusal designs: determining the objectives and the determinants of occlusion. The variables of occlusion are also examined and unlike any other course taught in North America or Europe, DeVreugd demonstrates using a stereo-microscope and video projection. The student totally dissects two teeth using the Occlusal compass concept.

CLASSROOM CONCEPTS TRANSLATE INTO CLINICAL SUCCESS:

From the content of the course, participants will learn:

• A clear understanding of how the Occlusal compass concept can be applied to tooth sections with different Occlusal contacts or different rotations and every possible articulation of the mandible.
  
• How the dentist and technician can effectively communicate with each other in order to obtain accurate, sufficient information.
  
• How to achieve and maintain a more natural morphology for the patient by considering cusp to fossa, embrasure and any other possibilities.
  
• How these techniques save the technician’s, dentist’s and patient’s time by reducing or eliminating the need for chair side adjustments and costly remakes.

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