dr. Leonardo Bacherini

1-day hands-on course proposal

Hofmeester Dental B.V.

Date: 2023 TBD

Speaker: Leonardo Bacherini

 

Title: Minimally Invasive tooth preparation

 

Abstract: 

The role of the Prosthodontist is very critical in selecting the most suitable prosthetic treatment that should be as less invasive as possible and at the same time aimed at achieving the best functional and esthetic long-term result.  The preparation design represents a significant step for the respect of the residual tooth structure and, in particular, for the maintenance of enamel on the tooth surface. Nowadays, due to the increasing use of the digital technology, it is very important to select the most appropriate preparation design in order to optimize all the steps of the digital workflow and to fabricate a precise and reliable restoration. 

 

Theoretical introduction: 

 

Basic principles of tooth preparation. 

› Bio-mechanic principles of tooth preparation 

› Traditional VS Innovative tooth preparation 

› Traditional tooth preparation: When, How and Why 

› The influence of restorative material selection on tooth preparation design 

 

Minimally invasive tooth preparation 

› Basic principles of innovative tooth preparation 

› Anterior innovative tooth preparation: complete and partial 

› Posterior innovative tooth preparation: complete and partial 

› When and how to use post in modern restorative dentistry 

› How to restore a severely compromised tooth 

 

 

Hands-on program: 

 

How to fabricate the silicone index

• Step-by-step procedure in preparing the silicone index for lateral check
• Step-by-step procedure in preparing the silicone index for occlusal check
• Step-by-step procedure in preparing the silicone index for frontal check

How to use the silicone index

  

Step-by-step tooth preparation for innovative crowns, veneers, full veneers, buccal-occlusal veneers. 

• Crowns:
  1. Innovative preparation
  2. Preparation for full veneers

 

• Veneers:
  1. Buccal preparation 
  2. Interproximal preparation 
  3. Cervical preparation
  4. Incisal shoulder
  5. Palatal extension 

 

• Buccal-occlusal veneers: 
  1. Contact point maintained 
  2. Contact point partially removed 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Leonardo Bacherini CV - Eng

He received his dental technology certificate in 1988 at Istituto Tecnico Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, and after graduating in Dentistry at the University of Florence in 1995, he followed several annual and biennial postgraduate programs with highly qualified Italian lecturers such as  Dr. M. De Sanctis, Dr. M. Fradeani, Dr. M. Molina and Dr. M. Simion. 

He has been a member of the Nobel Biocare Mentor Project performing live surgery courses and he lectures nationally and internationally on prosthodontics and implants. He is Master Tutor of the ACE Institute, Dr. Mauro Fradeani’s Educational Center and  one of the founding members of the Fradeani Education team. 

Member for more than ten years of the Accademia Italiana di Odontoiatria Protesica, he is an Active Member of the Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry. He is the author of scientific articles published in Italian and international magazines and he focuses his professional activity mainly on Prosthodontics and Implants in his private practice in Florence.

 

 

 

Short version

He graduated in Dentistry at the University of Florence in 1995. He has been a member of the Nobel Biocare Mentor Project, he lectures nationally and internationally on prosthodontics and implants. Member for more than ten years of the Italian Society of Prosthetic Dentistry, he is an Active Member of the Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and one of the Founding member of Fradeani Education.  He is the author of scientific articles published in Italian and international magazines and he focuses his professional activity mainly on Prosthodontics and Implants in his private practice in Florence.