Chairside Stain and Glaze

Learn the fundamental techniques and applications of today's liquid ceramic paste options to characterize and correct ceramic crowns chairside or in your in-house lab. Basic to advanced techniques will be taught to include material options and equipment requirements in order to achieve optimal results. Color science, how to add contacts and improve contour as well as final surface texture techniques will be covered.

About the speaker: Michael has been a dental lab technician for 38 years. He retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years as a technician. During that time, he completed his associate's degree in dental laboratory technology, became a CDT in Crown and Bridge, and had experience working in labs from 12 to over 100 technicians. His experiences include working in both large production style labs as well as in-house laboratories. Upon Air Force retirement, he operated his own lab, where he specialized in full mouth reconstruction and anterior esthetic cases. Mike has been with GC America as a product specialist since 2012.