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Riccardo Ammannato

Friday, September 9th, 2022
11:30-12:10

Worn dentition? Direct and indirect adhesive management through a non-invasive approach.

Lecture Description: 

The main goal of this lecture is to provide, indications and protocols to diagnose and treat severe worn dentition through a new no prep approach increasing the VDO: “The Index technique”. The lecture will also focus on when and how to bond on worn dentition, additive partial indirect restorations in composite and/or ceramic, depending on the indication.

All the step by step protocols will be addressed through images and videos in order to have a clear over view of this technique through an analog and digital workflow.

Objective: 
  • How to diagnose worn dentition (erosion and/or attrition).
  • The indications and protocols for a no prep direct adhesive approach: “The Index Technique”.
  • The indications and protocols for an indirect adhesive approach through composite and ceramic restorations
About presenter: 

Graduated at Genoa University (Italy) in 1999.

Internship at the Department of Operative and Restorative Dentistry, University of Zurich under the guidance of Prof. F. Lutz; studying adhesive dentistry and its applications in operative and prosthetic dentistry.

Teacher at University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy), for the year 2017, in Restorative and Esthetic Dentistry. Direct by Prof F. Mangani.

Active Member of the European Academy Esthetic Dentistry (EAED); Active Member of the Italian Academy of Operative AIC (Accademia Italiana di Conservativa) since; Active Member of the Italian Academy Esthetic Dentistry (IAED).

He has developed and published in 2015 and 2018 on the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry (IJED), a new and no prep approach to restore worn dentition: The “Index Technique”

Author of articles on adhesive and restorative dentistry and speaker in international courses and congresses.

He currently practices at his office in Genoa, with multidisciplinary approach, but focusing on esthetics and restorative dentistry.