FUNDAMENTALS IN OCCLUSION
ALPHA & OMEGA PROTOCOL
22ND – 23RD MARCH 2025
“The alpha and omega” means the beginning and the end. In dentistry the alpha and omega are occlusions. The phase of diagnosis, planning and final adjustments of any restorative treatment must be executed based on occlusion principles. The course “The Alpha and Omega Protocol” develops a sequence of diagnostic assessment and planning for cases of different complexity, from a single restoration, and modification of a sector or quadrant to a full occlusal reconstruction.
• Learn the fundamentals of occlusion and criteria of normality.
• Understand how to apply a functional evaluation and determine treatment objectives.
• Identify the signs and symptoms of occlusal disease.
• Recognize the need to use different types of articulators and records depending on the complexity of the case.
• Develop the skills to correct the anterior guidance in models mounted by progressive wax-up.
• Understand how to determine the mandibular position and working height by varying the vertical dimension.
• Learn how to make the induction and deprogramming of patients using a multifunctional deprogrammer, Jig of Lucia and occlusal guard.
• Develop the skills to make a centric relation record.
• Understand the protocol for full mouth reconstruction by a progressive wax-up of a clinical case with the occlusal disease.
Course Coordinator
Dr. Stefano Cossar
• Dental Surgeon graduated from University San Martin de Porres.
• Dental practitioner since 2008.
• Master in Higher Education from University San Martin de Porres.
• Professor of Occlusion and Morphology course at University San Martin de Porres since 2010.
• Author – Research: Modifying the inclination of the plane of occlusion and its repercussions on the interocclusal relationship.
Lecturer of private courses focused in Occlusion and Morphology, wax up and composites. Performed in 22 countries: Peru, Bolivia, Brasil, Ecuador, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Iraq, Egypt, Oman, A.E.U., United States, Phillipines, Taiwan and Malaysia.
Course Curriculum
OCCLUSION
• Fundamentals of occlusion
• Criteria of normality
• Functional evaluation
• Determination of treatment objectives
INTERMAXILLARY RECORDS I
• Face bow record
• Mounting of models in semi-adjustable articulator
• Assessment of anterior guidance in mounted models and patients
ANTERIOR SMILE DESIGN
• Correction of the anterior guidance in models mounted by progressive wax-up
• Verification of disocclusion in eccentric positions
APPLICATION IN RESTORATIVE AND PROSTHETIC PROCEDURES
• Clinical functional assessment of the stomatognathic system and occlusal disease.
• How to determine the mandibular position and working height by varying the vertical dimension
INTERMAXILLARY RECORDS II
• Induction and deprogramming
• Preparation of the multifunctional deprogrammer, Jig of Lucia
• Centric relation record Evaluation of mounted models
POSTERIOR SECTOR DESIGN
• Interference occlusal adjustment
• Correction by progressive wax up
• Wax up reading
• Occlusal guards
Should there be a need for cancelation or withdrawal from this course with a valid reason, kindly inform us by email at info@thedentalacademy.com.my, at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the course date.
The following terms apply:
- More than 30 days prior to commencement: Store credit will be granted
- Less than 30 days prior to commencement: Forfeiture of any amount paid
- The management reserves the right to make changes due to unforeseen circumstances.
- All fees paid are strictly not transferable to other courses.
