Annual Ski Seminar at Whistler 2025

Annual Ski Seminar at Whistler 2025 is organized by The University of British Columbia (UBC) and will be held from Feb 28 - Mar 02, 2025 at Four Seasons Resort Whistler, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Description:
Restoration Design for Everyday Prosthodontics:
Achieving predictable and successful long-term outcomes starts with appropriate diagnosis and treatment planning. Once the treatment plan has been developed and the oral cavity is ready to be restored, the restorative dentist relies on prosthetics, fabricated by our dental laboratories, to complete the dental rehabilitations.

Working in partnership with the dental laboratories and providing them with the appropriate preparation design and restorative space helps ensure the strength of our restorations. Furthermore, providing guidance on the desired incisal edge position, proximal contact position and material preference, helps with the creation of esthetic restorations while decreasing the risk of costly complications and remakes. Today’s lecture will focus on indirect dental restorations for natural teeth and dental implants.

Learning Objectives:

• Outline the properties of various dental ceramics and their implications for clinical success
• Understand the relationship between crown margin placement and the periodontium, and how to minimize the risk of recession and accurately predict papilla fill
• Review the desired emergence profile for implant restorations, to maintain peri-implant bone and soft tissue health
• Be familiar with the various implant abutments available for single-unit restorations and how to select between them
• Understand the different options available to fabricate passive, implant-supported bridges, and the advantages/disadvantages of each option

Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries:
A traumatic dental injury is an impact injury to the teeth and/or other hard and soft tissues within and around the oral cavity. It is usually sudden, circumstantial, unexpected, accidental and often requires emergency attention. These can be very damaging with long term ramifications and it is of the utmost importance to understand the management of these injuries to give the affected teeth the best chance of surviving. The survival of teeth that have suffered traumatic injuries is highly influenced by treating the teeth correctly and in a timely manner. Therefore, understanding the varying types of dental injuries and the appropriate management is key when seeing traumatic dental injuries in your dental practice. Managing dental trauma is never the same and presents a challenge to clinicians, therefore it is important to keep abreast of how to manage these injuries. 

Learning Objectives:

• Overview of the classification of traumatic dental injuries
• Case based approach for the management of traumatic dental injuries
• Improve the knowledge for the management of traumatic dental injuries
• Clinical techniques and materials to use for treatment of traumatic injuries
• Follow-up and sequelae of trauma

The Evolution of Endodontics: Are We Getting Better?
Endodontic treatment has changed markedly over the past 40 years as the understanding of root canal anatomy has increased and advanced technologies such as NIckel-Titanium Rotary Files, CBCT and enhanced magnification have been adopted to improve our treatment protocols. However, it is uncertain as to whether the survival of endodontically treated teeth is improving. This session will craft a different perspective on how to view teeth and approach treatment .Modern concepts will be introduced with the goal of increasing the awareness of factors that may lead to teeth surviving longer and remaining asymptomatic and functional.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the barriers to treatment
• Discuss the conventional means of treatment
• Learn about the new technologies in endodontics
• Discuss the concept of dentin preservation
• Discuss modern clinical approaches to treatment
• Learn a different mindset when treating teeth