Overview

Master Precision. Restore Confidence.

At ACE, Understand the latest crown preparation techniques, material choices, and soft tissue management strategies that ensure long-lasting, functional, and aesthetic outcomes.

Credits: 8 CE Category 2

Dates: 2nd November, 2025

Course Lead: Dr. Saurabh Chhabra (Certified Prosthodontist FRCD(C))

Dr. Saurabh Chhabra is a highly qualified Prosthodontist from New Delhi, India. He earned his BDS in 2005 and MDS in 2010, later specializing further at the University of British Columbia in 2021. A Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, he is also a registered Prosthodontist in Ontario and a member of the American College of Prosthodontists. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Chhabra teaches at the University of Toronto, sharing his expertise with future dental professionals.

What You’ll Learn –

Our curriculum blends clinical concepts, material science, and modern techniques to help you excel in crown and bridge procedures:

Course Objective:

• Case selection, diagnosis and treatment planning as applicable to fixed prosthodontics
• Dental materials in fixed prosthodontics and their intended use
• Practical principles of tooth preparation appropriate for single crown (anterior and posterior) and fixed bridges
• Learning efficient and effective techniques for gingival management and tissue retraction
• Impression making with conventional methods and introduction to digital impressions. 
• Fabrication of chair side provisional restorations for single crown and fixed bridge situations
• Principles and techniques for Shade selection and efficient lab communication 
• Material and methods in cementation for various types of fixed restorative options
• Discussion over concepts of occlusion in fixed prosthodontics (which occlusal scheme should be applied based on individual situations)
• Post operative care and long-term maintenance of fixed restorations

Course Outline 

Morning lecture: 

• Diagnosis and treatment planning in fixed prosthodontics
• Crown and bridge materials and new advancements
• Practical principle of tooth preparation

Hands on:

• Single crown prep, Bridge preparation

Afternoon lecture:

• Impression making in fixed prosthodontics with hands on for analog and digital impression making
• Provisional restoration requirements
• Cementation methods and use of different material and techniques based on choice of restoration
• Shade selection and lab communication 
• Discussion on post operative care and maintenance of fixed crown and bridge restorations

Hands on:

• Gingival tissue management and retraction techniques, 
• Provisional crown and bridge fabrication
• Case discussions and Q n A session

Enroll Today

Give your patients the best — and take your restorative dentistry skills to the next level.