Dental ED - Live dental lectures

As the popularity of aesthetic dentistry increases, a growing numbers of patients are seeking treatment for the improvement of unesthetic anterior dentitions. The acceleration in dental ceramics and bonding material development has made conservative tooth preparation and restorative procedures possible that were never imaginable before especially in the anterior region.

Tuesday September 4th
7:00pm AUS EST

These rewarding procedures, however may sometimes be frustrating, with either short or long term failures, if not managed properly. Management has been based upon careful examination, diagnosis and treatment planning, so that treatment could proceed in a controlled and predictable manner, regardless of each particular detail.

Creating precision in terms of the preparation, fit and the aesthetic final outcome needs a serious treatment plan which is different for each case. Designing a new smile consists of many steps which are so very important and if followed right, produce predictable success. The key to aesthetic excellence requires patient communication as well as the communication with the laboratory from the beginning of the case till the end. In order to achieve a very precise and predictable tooth preparation, wax-up, silicon indexes and related techniques such as APR (Aesthetic Pre Recontouring), APT (Aesthetic Pre-evaluative Temporaries) or PDP (Permanent Diagnostic Provisional) preparation through the APT or PDP are extremely crucial. This eliminates all the possible mistakes and destruction of tooth integrity when it is prepared realizing the aging affects on the enamel (volumetric enamel loss) or their inappropriate position in the dental arch. 

Biography

Dr. Galip Gurel graduated from the University of Istanbul, Dental School in 1981. He continued his education at the University of Kentucky, Department of Prosthodontics.

Dr. Gurel is the founder and current president of EDAD (Turkish Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry).
He is a member of the American Society for Dental Aesthetics (ASDA) and the honorary diplomate of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry (ABAD) as well as a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) and an active member of European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED).

He is the editor-in- chief of the Quintessence Magazine in Turkey and on the editorial board of the AACD journal, PPAD (Practical Procedure & Aesthetic Dentistry) and Spectrum.

He has been lecturing on dental aesthetics all over the world and a provider of post graduate lectures on aesthetics at NYU and Yeditepe University in Turkey. He is the author of The Science and Art of Porcelain Laminate Veneers published by Quintessence publications in 2003. He has been practicing in his own clinic in Istanbul, specializing in Aesthetic Dentistry, since 1984.

A renown sportsman, Dr. Gurel has been the Captain of the Turkish National Team of Water Polo 110 times, a World Champion of the Camel Trophy and a participant of the Paris-Dakar Rally.