The Full Arch Restoration: Is it a Clear Choice (6 CEs)
June 14, 2025 / 8:30am - 4:30pm / Lecture / Wael Garine, DDS
Harborside Hotel, Spa & Marina - Bar Harbor, ME / Intended audience: Dental professionals
Course Description:
The need for treatment for edentulous patients is projected to increase in the US over the next decade. Multiple analog and digital treatment options are available to the clinician ranging from removable to fixed prosthetics. Currently, there is no consensus over the guidelines for treatment, procedures, and material selection. This program will present a systematic decision-making approach to restore health, function, and esthetics for the edentulous patient starting with the end in mind. In addition, different material choices will be discussed. Throughout the presentation, current literature will be analyzed to highlight the pros and cons, predictability, and limitations of different treatment approaches.
Course Objectives:
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When to call a dentition “terminal”
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What are the treatment choices for the edentulous patient
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Present different provisional restoration workflows
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Compare different analog and digital impression techniques for the full arch
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Discuss material choices for the definitive restoration
Meet Your Speaker
Wael Garine, DDS
Dr. Garine graduated from Cairo University School of Dentistry in Egypt. Dr. Garine joined the Dental School at the University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, where he earned his dental degree.
Graduating first in his class, Dr. Garine received the Dr. Gerald Z. Wright Award for excellence. He then joined the Eastman Dental Center at University of Rochester, in NY where he spent three years specializing in the area of Prosthodontics.
Dr. Garine spent the following year teaching at the University of Rochester and completed the Implant Fellowship, for which, he received the Dr. Gerald N. Graser Fellowship Award.
Dr. Garine’s research in implant dentistry has received several awards and was published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants.
Dr. Garine is the Director of the Seaside Study Club (local chapter of the Seattle Study Club in Jupiter, FL), a clinical assistant professor at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY and an adjunct clinical assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma.
He currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens with his wife Jasmin, their daughter Sabrina and son Phoenix. They enjoy traveling around the United States and other countries during their time off.