General Membership Meeting: Minimally Invasive Rehabilitation – A Healthier, Less Costly and More Predictable Approach
Every practice has 5% to 15% of patients who have severely damaged their dentition and would benefit from a mouth rehabilitation but cannot afford it, and we see them suffer and deteriorate feeling helpless. Additionally, a larger number of our patients would greatly benefit by opening their Vertical Dimension of Occlusion (VDO) to restore their worn-out dentition. They need help! The old approach of a mouth full of crowns is destructive, with many negative side effects and unpredictable. In this practical lecture Dr. Ruiz will offer a more real world approach to treating these patients using direct composite, partial coverage adhesive restorations and limited implants. Even partial mouth rehabilitation cases are like remodeling a beautiful building, meticulous designed and diagnosis must be done before the first scoop of dirt is ever removed, (or before a hand piece touches the tooth). This fast paced course will cover proper diagnosis to avoid problems, step by step techniques for partial and full mouth rehabilitation, as well as research and many clinical cases.
Objectives:
• Learn a practical technique to treat larges cases in multiple stages, making it affordable to almost every patient.
• Proper methodic diagnosis for this type cases, which will maximize success, satisfaction and minimize complications.
• Learning techniques for proper adhesion of bonded rehabilitations.
• Understand how to record patients’ unique esthetic perspective and goals and how to blend it with our own.
• How to implement occlusal treatment into an overall oral treatment.
• When to use a semi-adjustable articulator and why it has great importance.
• When to use a CR bite.
• Step by step techniques, and much, much more…
Biography:
Dr. Ruiz is Founder of the “Supra-gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry” movement, as well as founder and director of the Los Angeles Institute of Clinical Dentistry. Former Course Director of numerous CE Courses at the University of Southern California (USC). He is an Honorary Clinical Professor at Warwick University in England and a member of the editorial board for Dentistry Today. He is also an Associate Instructor at Dr. Gordon Christensen PCC in Utah & an independent evaluator of dental products for CR (CRA). Dr Ruiz has been named as one of the “Leaders in CE 2006-Present” by Dentistry Today. Dr. Ruiz is the author of the textbook “Supra-gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry; A Healthier Approach” published by Wiley-Blackwell and edited by Dr. Ray Bertolotti and has also published several research papers as well as many clinical articles on adhesive dentistry, occlusion and esthetic dentistry. He regularly lectures at all major dental meetings, nationally and internationally. Dr. Ruiz has been practicing in the studio district of Los Angeles for over 25 years and enjoys a clientele of many stars and entertainers. His focus is on treating complex Cosmetic, Rehabilitation, and Implant cases. Dr. Ruiz has made numerous television appearances highlighting his Esthetic Dental makeovers, including NBC Channel 4 News, ABC’s News, Good Morning America & Vista La, VH1 and Channel 52’s Telemundo and 34 Univision.
