DR MARCO DEGIDI

ODT GIANLUCA SIGHINOLFI

PROGRAMME

Day 1

Intra-oral welding: history and background

Electric Resistance Spot Welding: what it is and how it works

The WeldOne Welding Unit and dedicated components

Prosthetic shell lab technique: standard and digital

procedures

Correct design and construction technique for the framework

Partially edentulous protocols

Fully edentulous protocols

Temporary, final and durable prostheses: inclusion/exclusion criteria

Hand-crafted vs digital: synergies between WeldOne and computer-guided surgery

Re-live

Screening and discussion of numerous surgery and prosthetics videos that clearly illustrate and explain the various techniques

Hands-on

– Construction of a partial and complete framework on a model

– Bar shaping and bending techniques  with dedicated instruments

Day 2

Limits of cemented and screw-retained restorations

Advantages of conometrically retained restorations: simplicity, precision, retrievability, maintenance, cost

From the Conometric Concept to Acuris: the evolution of a brilliant idea

How to make a fixed restoration on multiple implant platforms using the Conometric Concept

The Conometric Concept and single implant restorations

Conometric restorations with immediate loading

Conometric restorations using the staged loading approach

Single-crown conometric restorations with digital workflow

Conometric restorations with different materials

Re-live

Screening and discussion of numerous surgery and prosthetics videos that clearly illustrate and explain the various techniques

Hands-on

Acuris crown seating and removal with dedicated instruments

Day 3

The Conometric Concept and multiple implant restorations (partial or fully edentulous)

Decision criteria for choosing between socket-fit (FP1) and hybrid (FP3) bridges

When is it better to employ an immediate temporary and when instead, directly, a final full-arch restoration

Screw-retained vs conometric full arch bridge: decision criteria

Digital workflow with conometric full-arch restorations

Re-live

Screening and discussion of numerous surgery and prosthetics videos that clearly illustrate and explain the various techniques

Learn the following & hands-on:

– How to select the appropriate abutment

– Achieve appropriate parallelism with multiple divergent implants

– Learn how to passivate a definitive conometric bridge