New Materials and Technologies Along with Fusion of Digital and Analog Workflows -A Lecture and Hands-On-Course

Improvement in materials and technologies make it possible for all dentists to expand on direct restorative services they provide for their patients and improve indirect restorative workflows for difficult aesthetic cases. .

This lecture portion of this course will discuss the fusion of digital and analog workflows to enhance predictability and patient satisfaction. Step-by-step case review will highlight the individual procedural elements to improve aesthetic  and functional outcomes of your most challenging cases.

The hands-on portion of the course will include, 1) the use of bioactive restorative materials and minimally invasive preparation techniques, 2) fabrication of anterior composite veneers using a unique, new matrix system, 3) Class II direct restoration using bulk fill and warned composite materials.

After attending this course, the participant will be able to:

1)    Integrate digital workflows into your indirect restorative protocols to enhance aesthetic outcomes of indirect cases.
2)    Use new innovations in direct composite technologies to enhance and build upon direct restorative elements of your practice. 

Dr. Robert A. Lowe, graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University School of Dentistry in 1982. Upon graduation, he entered private practice, as well as teaching as an Associate Professor in Operative Dentistry at Loyola until its closure in 1993. In 2000, he relocated to continue his practice of dentistry in Charlotte, NC.  In January of 2021, Dr. Lowe joined the faculty of MUSC James B Edwards College of Dental Medicine and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Reconstructive and Rehabilitative Services, while continuing to maintain part-time private practice as an associate at Charlotte Dental Arts in Charlotte, NC.   Dr. Lowe lectures internationally and publishes in well-known dental journals on esthetic and restorative dentistry.  He is a clinical evaluator of materials and products with many prominent dental manufacturers.  Dr. Lowe received fellowships in the AGD, ICD, ADI, ACD, ASDA, and received the 2004 Gordon Christensen Outstanding Lecturers Award .  In 2005, he was awarded Diplomat status on the American Board Of Aesthetic Dentistry.  He is a consultant for a number of the most prominent dental manufacturer’s world wide.