Trevor Brooker qualified as a Dental Technician from Brooklands Technical College in 1983 and as a Clinical Dental Technician in 2014, gaining an enviable reputation as a premier Denture and Implant Technician. Working closely with dentists in the design and construction of implant overdentures, enables him to offer advice and troubleshoot, along with sharing his knowledge and experience. In 2012 he was invited to join the International Team for Implantology (ITI) speaker list and has been a guest speaker to numerous postgraduate, study clubs and dental companies. He was recently involved in the development and launch of a new range of prosthetic teeth for a major well known dental company as well as being the first technician to complete the first UK Trefoil case and the first UK Novum case.
Abstract
I will be looking at over dentures on Cad/Cam bars, mainly focusing on the more challenging extreme oncology/obturator cases. All the cases are mainly maxillary but I will touch on the more general overdenture case looking at patient choice verses function. I will look at if going Cad/Cam is always the best option and how can manual milling help or are gold bars still a true positive alternative. How to choose the right attachment for the case and is the choice important? I will also look to see if the choice of the Cad milling company is important or is it the operator that is the key to success and how far can you push the limits?
