Composite vs ceramic: Shade matching protocols and clinical workflows.
Nowadays, in dental esthetics very conservative morphological modification is possible both with indirect ceramic veneers and direct composite veneers. The color integration is one of the main aspects in these restorations and it is relevant for a sextant esthetic rehabilitation and it is much more important when we talk about the single anterior tooth.
Considering the different materials and approaches also in the shade matching there are some differences and during this lecture some of them will be presented with specific clinical protocols and workflows for this kind of different treatments.
- To approach morphological and color modifications with two different techniques: indirect ceramic veneers and direct composite veneers
- To have a clinical protocol for the shade matching and clinical workflow
Dr. Federico Ferraris received his D.D.S. from the Genoa University in 1999.
He is an Active Member of various prestigious Dental Academies: European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED), Italian Academy of Conservative (AIC), Society for Color and Appearance in Dentistry (SCAD), American Academy of Restorative Dentistry (AARD), Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (IAED), of the International Academy for Adhesive Dentistry (IAAD). He is DSD (Digital Smile Design) Master. He is founder of Adhesthetics.
He is Member of the Editorial Board of IJED (International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry).
He is the Vice-president of AIC (Italian Academy of Conservative) for the biennium 2016-2017 and 2018-2019.
He was Regional Councillor for Europe of SCAD (Society for Color and Appearance in Dentistry) for the biennium 2013/14 and 2015/16 and he is Secretary of the same society for the biennium 2017-2018.
He has been a Visiting Professor in Esthetic Dentistry at some Universities in Italy: the University of Genoa, the Alma Mater University of Bologna, the University of Pisa and the Insubria University of Varese.
He is a Visiting Professor also at some Universities in Spain: the CEU University San Pablo of Madrid, the University of Almeria, and the European University of Madrid.
He was an invited speaker at the New York University.
He is author of several Italian and International scientific publications and speaker at dental congresses and courses in more than twenty different Countries.
Dr. Ferraris’practice is in Alessandria, Italy and he focuses on Operative Dentistry and Prosthodontics.
