Course Outline 

Composite restorations offer minimally invasive dentistry and esthetics like no other material in dentistry. However, their utilization can be challenging and frustrating sometimes. Achieving excellent color and blending is critical, as good contours and proximal contacts are primordial to obtaining esthetics, function, and increased longevity.

This presentation will provide the practitioner with tips and techniques to expedite the procedure and obtain excellent esthetic results working in anterior or posterior composites.

Learning Objectives

• Produce ideal cavity preparation for composite restorations
• Shade and opacity selection for anterior composites
• Learn the usage of matrices, wedges, and rings to achieve consistent and predictable contacts
• Learn how to bulk fill and how to eliminate voids
• How to restore Peg Laterals
• Learn simple techniques for creating seamless, invisible margins

About Dr. Vargas 

Dr. Marcos Vargas attended Cayetano Heredia University School of Dentistry in Lima, Peru and graduated in 1985. He spent two years, from 1990 to 1992, in the AEGD program at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, New York. Dr. Vargas received his Certificate and Masters Degree in Operative Dentistry in 1994 at the University of Iowa where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Family Dentistry. His primary research interests are in the area of dental materials including glass ionomers, dentin bonding, composite resins and esthetic dentistry. Dr. Vargas is also recognized for his expertise of Direct Restorative Treatment Procedures and conducts numerous lectures and hands-on seminars in the US and internationally.

Dr. Marcos Vargas has published extensively in the area of dental adhesion and resin composites for over 25 years. He maintains a private practice limited to Operative Dentistry with an emphasis on esthetic dentistry.

Course Outline 

Composite restorations offer minimally invasive dentistry and esthetics like no other material in dentistry. However, their utilization can be challenging and frustrating sometimes. Achieving excellent color and blending is critical, as good contours and proximal contacts are primordial to obtaining

esthetics, function, and increased longevity. This presentation will provide the practitioner with tips and techniques to expedite the procedure and obtain excellent esthetic results working in anterior or posterior composites.

Learning Objectives

• Produce ideal cavity preparation for composite restorations
• Shade and opacity selection for anterior composites
• Learn the usage of matrices, wedges, and rings to achieve consistent and predictable contacts
• Learn how to bulk fill and how to eliminate voids
• How to restore Peg Laterals
• Learn simple techniques for creating seamless, invisible margins

About Dr. Kaminer

Dr. Ron Kaminer is a 1990 graduate of the State of New York (SUNY) Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. He has always been passionate about technology and was one of the first 100 dentists in the USA to include a hard tissue dental laser in his practice.

Over the years Dr. Kaminer has taught dental lasers, technology and minimally invasive dentistry to thousands of dentists worldwide. He sits on the Board of Catalpult Education, is a frequent contributor to Mentor magazine, sits on the editorial board of Dental Product Shopper and acts as a clinical consultant to numerous dental manufacturers. While doing all of the above, Dr. Kaminer practices full-time in both his offices in Hewlett and Oceanside, NY focusing on minimally invasive and digital dentistry. He is a Fellow of The Academy of General Dentistry, a member of The American Dental Association, and a member of the Academy of Laser Dentistry.