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Honolulu, Hawaii
November 9, 2017
Location: Kahala Hotel (No room blocks) Seminar Fee: $290 Per Person. In the Aloha spirit, we are keeping the tuition very affordable which includes lunch and hosted parking too. We want this one to be a memorable event for everyone. Registration at the door, add $20. per person, space permitting. Registration Begins: 8:00am Seminar Begins: 8:30am Concludes: 4:15pm (The speakers will be available for questions at that time.) Payment: The preferred way to register is payment by check. It would be wise to reserve your place (and confirm availability) before sending the check. Alternatively you may securely FAX (510-652-8729) or call us (510-483-2411) for registration by credit card. Cancellation Policy: Should you need to cancel, we require at least 7 days notice for a full refund (less any credit card bank fees if you registered using credit card) or with less notice, if we can find someone to take your place CE Credit: 7 Hours |
BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMIMETICS.
THE RESTORATIVE IMPACT.
Dr Graeme Milicich BDS.
This lecture has been described as “an epiphany for dentistry”
What have a mantis shrimp, a bug, a Lamborghini standing on teacups, a Ferrari, the Pantheon in Rome, ruins in Palmyra, the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu and a home damaged in the Christchurch earthquake got to do with dentistry? You will be amazed. When this all comes together, full crown preps no longer make sense. Mother Nature has accurately addressed the issues of fracture with clever and subtle engineering. Conventional restorative techniques tend to upset this finely balanced design and we all observe the consequential ongoing fracturing of teeth.
Advances in our understanding of how a tooth functions at the biomechanical level have led to significant changes in how we can prepare and restore teeth. Restoration designs now focus on how to protect vital biomechanical components Mother Nature has incorporated into our teeth and to also replicate them in our restorations. Utilizing current advances in restorative materials and techniques, and combining them with improved bonding options, we can now come closer to reproducing Mother Nature’s designs than ever before. The better we can mimic natural engineering, and work with natural design, the more likely our restorative efforts will have longer term success.
Natural physics and engineering principles have been used by Mother Nature through natural selection for millions of years, resulting in perfect function. Man has discovered these principles and has successfully used them for thousands of years. We ignore these principles at our peril. Come and see how these concepts are changing dentistry, improving restoration longevity and predictability.
You will learn
Advances in our understanding of how a tooth functions at the biomechanical level have led to significant changes in how we can prepare and restore teeth. Restoration designs now focus on how to protect vital biomechanical components Mother Nature has incorporated into our teeth and to also replicate them in our restorations. Utilizing current advances in restorative materials and techniques, and combining them with improved bonding options, we can now come closer to reproducing Mother Nature’s designs than ever before. The better we can mimic natural engineering, and work with natural design, the more likely our restorative efforts will have longer term success.
Natural physics and engineering principles have been used by Mother Nature through natural selection for millions of years, resulting in perfect function. Man has discovered these principles and has successfully used them for thousands of years. We ignore these principles at our peril. Come and see how these concepts are changing dentistry, improving restoration longevity and predictability.
You will learn
- Important anatomical dental structures we never learned at Dental School. Remove these at the tooth’s peril.
- The compression dome concept. This completely changes preparation designs and restorative techniques
- Why does enamel have Hunter Shreger bands? Ask the Mantis Shrimp.
- Find out about the Bio-Rim, peripheral rim of enamel, the sub-occlusal oblique transverse ridge, and the compression dome of enamel.
- Restorative options depending on what part of the tooth is damaged.
- Understanding the 6 fracture modes in teeth. Learn to identify various fracture modalities
- Failure to correctly identify the fracture mode can lead to restorative failure and unnecessary endo to alleviate the symptoms. Learn the various techniques required.
- How to restore endo posterior teeth without crowns, based on the compression dome concept
- How CADCAM adhesive dentistry fits so well with biomechanics and biomimetics when teeth reach a certain level of damage
- Adhesion, the core to successful biomimetic dentistry. We can now bond restorative materials to teeth as well as enamel is joined to dentin.
- Everything you will learn will be immediately applicable in your practice
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About Dr. Milicich
Dr Milicich practices in Hamilton, New Zealand. He lectures and trains internationally in the fields of minimal intervention, caries risk assessment and management, minimal intervention restorative techniques, on the physics, and clinical applications of hard-soft tissue lasers, CADCAM technology and tooth function biomechanics and how this relates to minimal intervention restorative techniques. These lectures have included many international presentations including FDI, AACD, USA University and State dental meetings. Dr Milicich is also a mentor to the International Bio-Emulation Group. He is a Diplomate and founding board member of WCMID, Master of the WCLI, founding Board member and honorary lifetime member of the NZIMID and recipient of WCMID Clinician of the Year Award, and WCMID Clinical Research Award. Dr Milicich has researched extensively on the physics of Erbium hard tissue laser ablation and associated clinical applications. He has published internationally, and has CDs covering minimal intervention, restorative techniques, caries risk assessment/management, posterior composites, clinical applications of Erbium hard and soft tissue lasers, and Anterior Single Crown Aesthetics using CAD/CAM. He is an international educator for the Sirona CEREC system. |
Testimonials
"I strongly recommend all practising restorative dentists to attend Graeme's presentation. Graeme has the rare ability to convert complex concepts into very simple understandable ideas using analogies from everyday life. His ideas on biomechanics and tooth preservation were a real game changer for me personally."
Jason Smithson, BDS (Lond), DipRestDentRCS (Eng)
"Graeme Milicich has such a succinct way of presenting with his slides and analogies that he takes a fairly complex concept and makes it very understandable. The information that he teaches should be taught at all of the Dental Schools in the world as he has tooth form, function and force distribution dialed in. His very approachable style of teaching enables participants to learn in a very comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. There are few lecturers who have the ability to share their life's works so freely with their audiences. This is a must see educational opportunity."
Mark Malterud DDS
"Dr. Milicich presents a clinically relevant symposium that is packed with information, which you can immediately take to your practice. He supports his clinical presentation with compelling research data that will increase your productivity. This is one presentation that you need to attend!"
Dr. Charles F. Cox, DMD, PhD.
"I am happy to recommend Dr. Graeme Milicich as a speaker for your meeting. Dr. Milicich just presented at our organization’s (Academy of Biomimetic Dentistry) Annual Meeting and he was given the highest evaluations by 100% of conference attendees. His topic was The Biomechanics of Tooth Function and the Impact on Restorative Techniques. His ability to portray micro-movements of the tooth was the best I’ve ever seen. His whole presentation followed logically and left learners with a higher level of appreciation of why Biomimetic Dentistry is of paramount importance. Dr. Milicich’s years of study and command of his topic are only surpassed by his congeniality, excellent speaking voice, and being a kind, warm human being. You will not be disappointed by his presence and presentation. I just wish I could be there at all Graeme’s talks as I’d never tire of hearing and learning more from him."
Margaret M. Ames, DMD, MS. Past President ABD
"I was very fortunate to have attended Dr. Graeme Milicich's seminar in Lake Tahoe on Sat. Aug. 2. 2014. It was the best continuing education Dental lecture I have ever attended. Dr. Milicich is an excellent teacher using relevant examples from daily life to illustrate his concepts of Biomimetic Dentistry. The lecture greatly improved my understanding of Biomimetic concepts and helped me implement techniques which I was immediately able to utilize to better care for my patients. I cannot recommend a lecturer more highly than Dr. Milicich. His presentation is an absolute must for dentists who want to understand, practice and deliver the highest quality dentistry to their patients."
Saul Pressner DMD New York. President ABD
"WOW!! I am waking up thinking about arches, pressure domes, immediate dentinal sealing, crack dissection, bite paper compression and tension cusps. This has taken me some processing! Thank you for reigniting my passion for Dentistry. I was getting very disillusioned having little confidence in composite, none in amalgam and grave concerns re crowning. I now understand why and that there is a brighter restorative future for my patients based on common sense, nature, not dogma and thanks to YOUR tireless search for solutions. Your contribution to dentistry is incredible."
Mark Smith BDS, NZ
"I strongly recommend all practising restorative dentists to attend Graeme's presentation. Graeme has the rare ability to convert complex concepts into very simple understandable ideas using analogies from everyday life. His ideas on biomechanics and tooth preservation were a real game changer for me personally."
Jason Smithson, BDS (Lond), DipRestDentRCS (Eng)
"Graeme Milicich has such a succinct way of presenting with his slides and analogies that he takes a fairly complex concept and makes it very understandable. The information that he teaches should be taught at all of the Dental Schools in the world as he has tooth form, function and force distribution dialed in. His very approachable style of teaching enables participants to learn in a very comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. There are few lecturers who have the ability to share their life's works so freely with their audiences. This is a must see educational opportunity."
Mark Malterud DDS
"Dr. Milicich presents a clinically relevant symposium that is packed with information, which you can immediately take to your practice. He supports his clinical presentation with compelling research data that will increase your productivity. This is one presentation that you need to attend!"
Dr. Charles F. Cox, DMD, PhD.
"I am happy to recommend Dr. Graeme Milicich as a speaker for your meeting. Dr. Milicich just presented at our organization’s (Academy of Biomimetic Dentistry) Annual Meeting and he was given the highest evaluations by 100% of conference attendees. His topic was The Biomechanics of Tooth Function and the Impact on Restorative Techniques. His ability to portray micro-movements of the tooth was the best I’ve ever seen. His whole presentation followed logically and left learners with a higher level of appreciation of why Biomimetic Dentistry is of paramount importance. Dr. Milicich’s years of study and command of his topic are only surpassed by his congeniality, excellent speaking voice, and being a kind, warm human being. You will not be disappointed by his presence and presentation. I just wish I could be there at all Graeme’s talks as I’d never tire of hearing and learning more from him."
Margaret M. Ames, DMD, MS. Past President ABD
"I was very fortunate to have attended Dr. Graeme Milicich's seminar in Lake Tahoe on Sat. Aug. 2. 2014. It was the best continuing education Dental lecture I have ever attended. Dr. Milicich is an excellent teacher using relevant examples from daily life to illustrate his concepts of Biomimetic Dentistry. The lecture greatly improved my understanding of Biomimetic concepts and helped me implement techniques which I was immediately able to utilize to better care for my patients. I cannot recommend a lecturer more highly than Dr. Milicich. His presentation is an absolute must for dentists who want to understand, practice and deliver the highest quality dentistry to their patients."
Saul Pressner DMD New York. President ABD
"WOW!! I am waking up thinking about arches, pressure domes, immediate dentinal sealing, crack dissection, bite paper compression and tension cusps. This has taken me some processing! Thank you for reigniting my passion for Dentistry. I was getting very disillusioned having little confidence in composite, none in amalgam and grave concerns re crowning. I now understand why and that there is a brighter restorative future for my patients based on common sense, nature, not dogma and thanks to YOUR tireless search for solutions. Your contribution to dentistry is incredible."
Mark Smith BDS, NZ