IWC Course Descriptions

Marketing Wironium through E Learning
Presented by Dr. Norman Hammer and Mike Sever, Aardvark Design, Inc.

"We need more marketing tools for Wironium" has been a request from many of the IWC laboratories. BEGO has tapped into the internet technology of webinars and will present an exciting new way of marketing your laboratory's services with your accounts. Dr. Hammer will share highlights of his presentation, "Excellence in the Partial Removable Restoration", from the comforts of his home in Boston, MA. You will experience first hand the power and effectiveness of bringing a speaker to a program via the computer. This is an interactive program streaming between Boston and Puerto Rico; that will bring a new and exciting way to present removable partial denture knowledge to your doctors and strengthen their understanding of the benefits of Wironium.

Mike Sever from the Aardvark Design, Inc. will complete the program by taking you step by step through what you would need from the stand point of equipment and internet connections, as well as giving you a good understanding of how webinars can best work for you. The most advanced marketing tool that BEGO has ever presented is only a mouse click away.

Pressing into the Next Ceramic Frontier
Presented by George Thoupas, CDT and Bill Oremus

Many ceramic departments are starting to see the advantages of using Pressable Ceramic systems in the fabrication of both PFMs and all ceramic restorations. George Thoupos CDT, owner of PG Dental Laboratory, Baltimore, MD, will share with you his experiences, his approach to trouble shooting errors in technique, and feedback from his accounts when he added Pressable Ceramics to his porcelain department. If you are thinking about offering this new form of ceramics restoration to your doctors, this is a presentation that will answer all of your pressing questions and expectations.

Bill Oremus, BEGO USA, will present BEGO's new BeCe Press Pressable ceramic system. See how "Your Partners in Progress" can now help you in the ceramic department.

Partials From the Operatory to the Laboratory
Presented by Dr. Norman Hammer and Martin Schmid, CDT

Any question about partial dentures that you or your doctors have ever had, or will have, is answered in this presentation. This is a great opportunity for you to bring your list of questions regarding design, impression materials, attachment cases, and implant cases to have them all answered. The solutions will come from both a Technician and Doctor's perspective. Knowledge is power and this is a great program for building communications with your doctors.

The Pits - Troubleshooting Frameworks
Presented by Martin Schmid, CDT and Bill Oremus

Pits, blemishes, bubbles, and mis-casts can be a nightmare for any partial technician. Just like a CSI (Criminal Science Investigation) team investigating a crime scene, every bit of evidence is so important in understanding what happened. When a bad casting occurs, the framework itself can tell you so much about the cause of the problem. Martin will review his methodology in looking at poor castings and how to work backwards to find out why it happened.

Precise Implant Insertions Using - coDiagnostiX® System & Making Good Impressions!
Presented by Bob Slominski, CDT

Bob Slominski, owner of Dental Crafters Dental Laboratory in Marshfield, WI will explain how they incorporated the coDiagnostix® System into their laboratory to help their accounts plan fast, safe, and extremely precise implant insertions for their patients. The program will guide you through the 3-D software and how it works in conjunction with the patient's CT scan in order to measure and plan the implant placement as well as any necessary bone grafting prior to surgery day. If you are looking to team up with your doctors to create more longevity and aesthetically pleasing implants this is a program you will not want to miss.

Looking to build better communications with your accounts concerning impressions? Bob Slominski, coeditor of the JDT article The Dreaded Remakes, will explain how their laboratory crafted an interesting way of reducing remakes. By obtaining certain information, and asking their doctors to participate in test cases, better communication was fostered among their accounts. Learn how this approach doesn't point the finger yet still obtains the needed information to ensure a stronger partnership with their doctors.

Esthetic Overdentures
Presented by Martin Schmid, CDT

This unique program will guide you through a predictable, step by step process of doing an implant overdenture. Learn in detail how to design and cast the metal components. In addition you will see an easy and accurate way of processing the acrylic.