From “Everyday” to Extraordinary: Level-Up Your Composite Skills
Thursday, January 29, 2026
8:00 – 11:00 am; 1:00 – 4:00 pm FULL DAY
Course Code:
308TH
Cost:
$559
Credits:
6
CE Hours
Dental materials and techniques have evolved significantly over the past 10 years. Many of these advancements have been engineered to help us become more efficient in our practice while still delivering the best outcomes for our patients. In this hands-on course, the instructor will give you an evidence-based overview of the latest bonding and composite materials while also showing you his techniques for placing beautiful composite restorations (anterior and posterior) in an efficient manner. This course will cover materials and techniques for restoring class I’s, II’s and IV’s with all the tips that the instructor has learned over his 20 plus years of practicing dentistry. Attendees will execute the restoration of a class I and class IV restoration on typodont teeth while following the instructor as he shows them his thought process and rationale for each step of the process, including how to troubleshoot when things don't go as planned.
Speakers
In this course attendees will:
- Identify material characteristics of composite resin and most likely causes for premature failure
- Discuss bulk fill composites and clinical caveats for case selection
- Manipulate bulk-fill materials on a typodont tooth to learn the best practices for restoring posterior teeth efficiently and durably
- Discover how digital tools such as photography and 3D printing can enable you to create more predictable anterior composites
- Review optical properties of teeth and how to best mimic these with composite resin
- Execute a simplified technique for restoring fractured anterior teeth utilizing composite resin on a typodont model
Handouts are available for this course: Download Now
Supplies Needed
Loupes and Headlamps.
Thanks to Ivoclar Vivadent for course materials.

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