The Most Important Dental Restoration in Your Patients Life: How to Place Dental Pit and Fissure Sealants That NEVER leak, NEVER fall out, NEVER get recurrent decay, and NEVER have to be replaced

Thursday, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Classroom:  Cira C

90% of all decay happens on the occlusal surface of the tooth. We have the ability, utilizing our modern methods of tooth preparation, adhesive selection, composite placement, and polymerization techniques to place a sealant that will give the patient a 90% chance they will never get dental decay for their entire lifetime. This program can transform the lives of dental patients.

Learning Objectives:
- Learn how microbial biofilm invades the pit and fissure structures of the tooth
- Understand the shortcomings of traditional pit and fissure sealants
- Become familiar with how to use air abrasion for restorative dentistry
- See how decay may not be detectable with x-rays or with normal vision
- Learn the principles of Immediate Dentin Sealing
- Understand the principles of Stress Reduced Direct Composite Placement
- Understand the importance of reducing surface energy to facilitate bonding
- Be able to know when the microbial biofilm has been removed.
- The importance of magnification in the visualization of the pit and fissure structures.
- The critical role of air abrasion in biofilm removal.