technical programs
TECHNICAL PROGRAM 1
( Each hour lecture = 1 CE Credit )
Pam Rehm
RDT
9:00am - 10:00Am
New 2-Step Dentures with Advanced Milling Strategies
Description: Learn how to streamline your digital denture workflows with the Roland DGA’s DGSHAPE DWX-53DC and new 2-step denture milling strategies. Explore how to enhance precision and efficiency, from the initial chairside consultation to milling the final denture in lab. Discover the benefits of two-step denture milling for increased accuracy, minimal milling time, and greater ROI.
Bio:
Pam Rehm is a Registered Dental Technologist (RDT) with over a decade of experience in prosthetic removable workflows. Since 2014, she has been at the forefront of digital prosthetic workflows, starting with designing full-arch implant bars and restorations. Her commitment to advancing dental technology is evident in her contributions to local Denturist study groups and her extensive lecturing and training across North America. Pam specializes in integrating digital manufacturing workflows with clinical and patient workflows, creating optimized and seamless denture clinics transitioning from analog methods.
Dani Farago
RDT
10:00am - 11:00Am
Esthetic Meets Function: How to Use Logic to Achieve Natural Results
Description:
With all the innovations in dental materials on the market today, mixed with the endless information that is willingly shared online, it is now easier than ever to achieve realistic and esthetic fixed restorations.
But how do you take all this information and realistically incorporate it into your daily workflow?
Join and Dani and VITA North America as we go over color, morphology, texture, and other aspects you need to consider when attempting to create a beautiful, life-like restoration. She will combine years of her own continuing education classroom experience with the practical lessons she learned while working hands-on in the lab. She will discuss the reality of social media, the mistakes that many technicians make and how to fix them, the information gap between beginner and master technicians, as well as answer the frequently asked questions that technicians often approach her with. Learn to view your cases from a logical perspective and incorporate a new outlook as well as some new, simple practices, into your daily workflow!
Bio:
Dani Farago is a RDT, content creator, VITA KOL, published author and a second-generation dental technician, working with her family at their boutique crown and bridge lab in Toronto, Canada. She has dedicated countless hours to CE over the last decade of her career and has made it her goal to teach fellow techs the beauty and artistry of their craft.
11:00Am - 11:30Am
Exhibit hall break
Christian Ferrari
MDT
11:30am - 12:30pm
Progress and Innovations in the field of Dental Ceramics
Description: The professional world is changing rapidly. Our laboratories present a very different face from those I knew when I started. The advent of digital technology has considerably changed the overall vision of our porcelain rehabilitations. Until now, aesthetic crowns in traditional ceramic, with low coverage thicknesses, seemed to be a challenge that was very often doomed to failure. Over the past 7 years or so, new porcelain has emerged, in the form of pastes, and powders have become a thing of the past. With an extremely fine grain size, these paste porcelains have a strong covering power, which allows, even at very low thickness, to provide color, saturation and depth. With an aesthetic result that is more than satisfactory. During my conference, by illustrating some clinical cases, I will present my ways of approaching these ceramic pastes on a daily basis, the different applications and the many benefits. I will also present the new CADback software and its advantages.
Bio:
Dental ceramist, opinion leader, internationally recognized speaker, Christian Ferrari is a dental technician from France, recently arrived in Canada. After spending ten years in Switzerland with renowned ceramists, he opened his first laboratory in France. Very quickly was recognized for his sense and mastery of aesthetics. He was approached by an international company and contributed to the development of ceramic products, including his own porcelain line. Equally recognized for his photographic talents, he contributed to the development of many works. In 2008, he created his own dental Academy, where he trained many ceramists from many different countries. His passion, but mostly his curiosity is what today pushes him to explore the potential for new generations of ceramic pastes "Ceramotion One Touch"
12:30Pm - 2:00Pm
Exhibit hall LUNCH break
Mark Chan
DD
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Implant Scan Bodies 101: Featuring the “Dynamic” approach to Implant Scanning from singles to full arch
Description:
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Are all scanbodies equal what to look out for
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Single unit implants and problems labs face
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Are full arch edentulous implant scans possible? Streamline your clinicians workflow with game changing technique and system. Immediate Load and next day load all on x workflows possibilities
Bio:
Mark Chan received his diploma from Denturism in Toronto at George Brown College with honours. Currently, Mark is practicing in Ontario with a main focus on high-end removable and implant prosthetics. With a passion for both technical and clinical techniques he is certified in Bio-logic, BPS and SDC denture concepts and is a ZunstZhanWerk “Art of Denture” award winning Denturist, he is a sought after consultant and opinion leader in the Denturist and Lab community.
Kene Miller
MS, CDT, TE
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Smile Design Techniques for Modern Denture Esthetics
Description:
Are you tired of multiple patient try-ins, laboratory re-sets and choosing the correct tooth size and form for your Analog and Digital patients ? In the very first appointment the patient will be involved in choosing their Smile and the Clinician will have the clinical tools to prescribe the desired lip position, tooth size and shape. No more waiting for tooth try-in to see if we are successful.
Learning Objectives:
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Patient specific denture tooth selection.
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Clinician/Patient/Laboratory Communications
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Perform esthetic and functional positioning of maxillary anterior denture teeth.
Bio:
Kene Miller, is from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and proudly retired from the US Navy after 20 years of service where he received his dental laboratory training and attained a CDT in both removable and fixed prosthetics. He earned a Master of Science degree from the American Military University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University.
Prior to joining Ivoclar, Kene taught dental laboratory technology at the Medical Education Training Center in San Antonio, Texas. He is currently a technical consultant working in the Ivoclar Technical Services Department specializing in digital and analog dentures. He has given presentations to clinical and laboratory groups throughout the United States and Canada.
4:00Pm - 4:30Pm
Exhibit hall break
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Scott Gillespie
Territory Manager
Ontario and Atlantic provinces BEGO CANADA
Conrad Venne
CDT, TPAD
4:30pm - 5:30pm
“The New World of SLM printing and how quality materials make a difference” is one lecture you don’t want to miss !!!
Description:
Scott Gillespie and Conrad Venne join forces for a most dynamic conference: “The New World of SLM printing and how quality materials make a difference”. During this 1-hour presentation, learn how SLM printing is changing the Dental Industry! Scott and Conrad will unravel the SLM printing processes, and how quality materials and know-how make in difference in RPD printed with this amazing technology.
Bio:
Scott Gillespie has over 11 years of experience as a digital specialist and in consulting services with major brands in the dental industry. He recently joined the BEGO team as a territory manager in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. Having lectured throughout North America, Scott is renowned for his passion for dentistry.
Conrad Venne graduated as a dental technician in 1984 from Collège Edouard-Montpetit, Canada. Since then, he has worked for the Canadian Armed Forces and managed several private dental laboratories. Since 1999, he has adopted digital technologies. Mr. Venne led the first Camcube milling centre in Gatineau in 2013 and participated actively in the expansion of Camcube.
5:30Pm - 7:00Pm
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
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Provider:
Toronto Implant Academy (TIA)
Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 9-1-2022 to 8-31-2025.
Provider ID# 355116
