Dr Andrea Shepperson's Upcoming Events and Lectures - 2024
Managing Tooth Wear Course
April - Nov 2024
Develop the necessary design and diagnostic skills to diagnose and treat cases of Tooth Wear with greater confidence and predictability.
Lecture & Hands On: Experience live step-by-step guidance, demonstration and practice from tooth wear diagnosis to delivery. Two hands-on weekends at Shepperson Education Training Centre in May (2 days) and Nov (3 days) 2024.
Monthly Mentoring: Personalised mentoring with Dr Andrea Shepperson. Work through your own tooth wear case step by step with follow-up discussions and reviews at each critical stage of your treatment plan and lab communication.
Monthly Webinars: Monthly live or On Demand webinars with Dr Shepperson and access to online resources. Receive support material for your team and clinical resources for use in your office.
Trends In Measuring & Monitoring Tooth Wear
15th August 2024
Clinicians have a duty of care to note, index and discuss tooth wear with patients. We discuss:
How we index or benchmark wear and discuss it with patients?
The BEWE? How do we integrate this diagnostic tool into our examinations?
How is digital technology paving the way for monitoring new patients at recare appointments?
How do you use your scanner to compare wear? Is it accurate and what are the limitations?
This webinar is suitable for:
Any clinician observing wear in their practice.
Any hygienist or Oral Health Therapist offering recare appointments.
ADA NSW
18-19 September
Sydney, Australia
Porcelain Veneers – A Comprehensive Guide
Develop confidence in designing and delivering a conservative aesthetic option for patients. Dr Shepperson will walk through every aspect of veneer delivery, from initial risk assessment, material selection and treatment steps.
NZDA Southland Branch Conference
27th September
Queenstown, New Zealand
Managing Tooth Wear in General Practice
Tooth wear is the third most common dental pathology after caries and periodontal disease. Dr Andrea Shepperson will provide an in-depth look at tooth wear from a general practice perspective.
Analogue to Digital: Making the Most of Technology in a Modern Dental World
11-12 October
Shepperson Education, Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Understand the science of scanning – its accuracy, trueness, techniques and limitations.
Maximising the New Patient Visit: We look at the role digital tools play in giving us greater insight, data, and calculation. Get patients on board using a predictive, personalized and participatory examination.
Tangible and intangible advantages of digital. How to have your practice explode with work, excitement and efficiency.
Basic scanning technique: important features that you and your staff should know.
Patient Monitoring: A new way to build value in recare, and assess disease, surgical outcomes and tooth wear.
Learn how to use digital tools to evaluate cases, create 2D and 3D designs and create aesthetic mock-up model or shells.
Patient Monitoring: A new way to build value in recare, and assess disease, surgical outcomes and tooth wear.
Your lab - are they digital-ready and what happens if they are not able to meet your digital needs.
Smile Design: A Comprehensive Guide to Facially & Biologically Driven Smile Design.
5 October, 2024
Shepperson Education, Waiheke Island, New Zealand
The Patient Aesthetic Journey. How does visualisation through photography, video and scanning help improve case acceptance and patient co-diagnosis.
Setting up an aesthetic treatment plan - what records and information do I need?
Facially driven design. What are the design KPI’s for any aesthetic case.
How to use tools including digital apps to start designing in the face with the end in mind.
What you can and can’t change with restorative dentistry alone: interdisciplinary case planning.
Where do I start in my planning - knowing the starting point for any smile design, from a single tooth to multiple veneers or crowns.
Learn the lines we need to know - Smile Curve, Incisal Line, Papilla Line, T line, Line Angles, Gingival Curve and more.
Informed Consent and treatment options - what happens if the patient won't accept the ideal solution?
Gingival Surgery and Orthodontics: Biology, Limitations, Guided Treatment. Communicating the planning, biology and delivery of inter-discplinary cases to specialists.
Veneers: A Comprehensive Guide.
7-8 October, 2024
Ivoclar Academy Auckland, New Zealand
Develop confidence in designing and delivering a conservative aesthetic option for patients
Understand the materials available and how to use them effectively
Learn the role occlusion and design play in the success of veneers
Learn the appropriate conversations to have regarding informed consent
NZDA Nelson Branch Conference
29-30 November 2024
Nelson, New Zealand
Friday Lecture - Managing Tooth Wear in General Practice
Tooth wear is the third most common dental pathology after caries and periodontal disease. Dr Andrea Shepperson will provide an in-depth look at tooth wear from a general practice perspective.
Gain a deeper understanding of tooth wear and it's differentiation
Understand the clinical steps involved in its management
Evaluate new materials, including additive and subtractive manufacturing to restore cases with moderate to severe tooth wear.
Saturday Hands-On Workshop - Composite Reconstruction of Anterior Wear.
A hands-on exercise in reconstructing a worn dentition using a palatal key and preformed template. This technique combines the use of conventional and injectable techniques for efficient, harmonious tooth shapes.
Planning and evaluation of a case using simple smile design principles.
Facial photography - key features of the facial photograph.
Use of a palatal index to create support for an injectable technique.
The concept of natural algorithms and recreation of anatomical features of anterior teeth using IVeneer templates.