Crown and bridge is the bread and butter of general practice and is routinely recommended for patients requiring indirect restorations. Advances in material science and CAD/CAM technologies have revolutionized and simplified the treatment procedures.

Forward thinking clinicians must negotiate this rapidly changing landscape and evaluate these new advancements, that have the potential to improve and enhance the desired treatment in both interim and the final phase of treatment outcome.

With an increased demand in procedures comes a desire to simplify the experience regarding:

A)      Patient management skills, treatment acceptance.

B)      Chairside fiber post and cores.

C)       Crown and bridge preparation, temporization, final impression, lab communication, occlusion, and final prosthesis.

Course Objectives:

1. Chairside post and core preparation and cementation.
2. Learn efficient techniques in crown and bridge provisionalization.
3. Overview of tooth preparation.
4. Pontic designs, soft tissue management, and balance with pink and white esthetics.
5. Digital and conventional impression techniques and tissue retraction.
6. Shade selection, lab scripts, lab communication.
7. Ceramic selection.
8. Cements and cementation techniques.

Dr. Baig received his dental degree from H.K.E.S Dental College, Gulbarga University, India in 1997. He has completed his residency at Government Dental College and Hospital in Hyderabad India, after working for seven years in India as a general dentist he decided to move to Canada for a higher education. Dr. Baig worked at Prosthodontic Associates, Toronto, Canada for 3 years as an Implant education coordinator.

Dr. Baig completed Advance Education in General Dentistry program and Graduate program in Prosthodontics at Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester New York state USA.  Dr. Baig is a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Rochester in the Department of Advance Education in General Dentistry at Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester, USA.  He also works as a Clinical Instructor in Prosthodontics in the Department of Periodontics at University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry, Staff Prosthodontist at Mt Sinai Hospital. Toronto, Canada. 

Dr. Baig is a board certified Prosthodontist in Canada and has a special interest in aesthetics and implant dentistry, CT guided Implant surgeries, Dental Ceramics and smile makeover procedures. Dr. Baig lectures to dental study clubs and professional organizations across North America and Southeast Asia. Dr. Baig is a fellow of Royal college of Dentists of Canada, member of Ontario Dental Association, American Dental Association, American Prosthodontic Society, New York State Dental Association, Seventh District Dental Society.

Dr. Elahe Behrooz obtained her first DDS degree in Iran and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University. She obtained her second DDS degree from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto with honors in June 2016 and is currently a resident in the Graduate Prosthodontics program in the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto.

She has been the recipient of numerous awards and has authored and co-authored multiple publications both in Iran and Canada.

She holds fellowships of multiple organizations including the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO), Ontario Dental Association (ODA), the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) and the OKU honorary dental society.

In addition to her passion for prosthodontics, she enjoys playing the guitar, socializing and traveling to underserviced areas to provide dental care.