For many decades, very little has changed in the way we make dentures. Over the last ten years, we have finally started to see technology transform the status quo. As workflows evolve to incorporate digital dentistry, clinicians can benefit from interweaving components of both conventional and digital denture workflows. 3D printing allows for workflows that have never been possible. This course will walk through incorporating more efficient and profitable digital denture workflows. Systematic clinical guidelines will be presented that make chairside steps easier, and results more predictable for both the clinician and the laboratory team. The program will also demonstrate the evolution of digital denture materials and fabrication methods to provide higher strength, better fit, a permanent archive of the denture, happier patients, and happier staff!
Course Objectives
By the end of this webinar, attendees should be able to:
Capture and provide the best data to achieve predictable results
Walk through clinical guidelines for immediate, reference, & conventional digital dentures
Understand how the digital manufacturing process and expedite patient treatment timelines
Effectively communicate and partner with laboratory technicians to achieve more predictable results
Your Course Instructor
Dr. Wendy Clark
After earning her doctoral degree from the Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Dr. Wendy Auclair Clark earned her master’s degree in clinical dentistry and certificate in post-graduate prosthodontics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She practiced prosthodontics for seven years with Team Atlanta (Goldstein, Garber & Salama), before her full-time prosthodontic faculty role in at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. She has been named a “Leader in Continuing Education” by Dentistry Today since 2017, presenting on a wide range of prosthodontic topics. She has published articles in numerous peer reviewed journals and serves as a key opinion leader for multiple companies on digital dentures. She has won the Hunt Memorial Teaching Award (2020), Young Alumna of the Year from Marquette School of Dentistry (2021) and a Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction from the University of North Carolina (2023).
