ADHESIVES AND DIRECT POSTERIOR RESTORATIONS: FROM RESEARCH TO CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
When it comes to dental treatments, posterior restorations are more than 70% of our daily work.
The main problems reported with composite direct posterior restorations are: post-operative sensitivity, bad contact point, difficulty of achieving a nice occlusal anatomy, and a short life of the restorations.
Adhesives are evolving and are the key of success of our restorations.
This lecture will develop the following topics:
1- Choosing and using modern adhesives and composites, with evidence-based tips and tricks to increase the performance of our restorations
2- Restoring posterior teeth in a predictable way and making a beautiful occlusal anatomy in a fast and easy way (FMT technique), without the need of an extensive adjustment of the occlusion
CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Dr. Louis Hardan
Prof. Louis Hardan, former head of the restorative and esthetic department at Saint Joseph University Beirut-Lebanon (2013-2019), actually director of the master program since 2019, coordinator of the prosthetic and esthetic master since 2021 and member of the digital, virtual and AI department since 2023.
He graduated dentistry in 1989 and continued his post-doctoral education at Saint Joseph University; he obtained a certificate for basic science in 1993, he completed his specialization in restorative and esthetic dentistry in 1995, and completed his PhD in oral biology andmaterials (Esthetic and Prosthetic Dentistry) in 2009.
He was an active member of the Lebanese Dental Association board (LDA) (2006-2009) and was assigned as a general secretary of the LDA in 2009.
At the present, he is a full professor at Saint Joseph University (restorative and esthetic department and digital, virtual and AI department) and owns a private practice in his home town Byblos.
He is an honorary and active international Styleitaliano member and the scientific director of this group. He is the Country Chairperson for Lebanon of the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry (ESCD) since 2020, ESCD certified member, ESCD board member and international affairs chairperson since 2021.
He is the inventor of Smile Lite MDP (Smile Line, Switzerland) a device to take high quality dental pictures with a mobile phone (Winner of the best of class technology award for 2017 in USA and Best product award for 2022 in Europe) and Posterior Misura (LM instrument) an instrument for direct posterior composites.
Prof. Hardan has many publications and he is a guest editor in many indexed, high impact factor and citescoreinternational journals, wrote chapters in many international dental books and author of a book entitled: “Protocols for Mobile Dental Photography with auxiliary lighting” Quintessence Publishing 2020, and has given several international lectures and courses on esthetic, restorative dentistry, digital dentistry and mobile dental photography.
