As our patients become more discriminating, dentists must become better diagnosticians as well as clinicians. The most difficult patients to treat in the adult restorative practice are the wear patients. As the teeth wear, they commonly move into positions that make restorative dentistry difficult and sometimes impossible. This condition is termed “Dentoalveolar Extrusion” (DAE). The understanding of the DAE has completely revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment planning of this difficult subset of patients. The DAE wear patient commonly requires an interdisciplinary treatment approach to achieve and esthetic and functional result.
This lecture will discuss the following topics:
Diagnosis of DAE
Interdisciplinary approach to DAE
7 Treatment options for treating DAE
Case studies to illustrate treatment options
J. William Robbins, D.D.S., M.A., maintains a full-time private practice and is Clinical Professor in the Department of General Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Dental School in l973.
He completed a rotating internship at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas and a 2-year General Practice Residency at the V.A. Hospital in San Diego, California.
Dr. Robbins has published over 80 articles, abstracts, and chapters on a wide range of dental subjects and has lectured in the Untied States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He coauthored a textbook, Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry – A Contemporary Approach, which is published by Quintessence, and is in its 3rd edition.
He has won several awards including the Presidential Teaching Award at the University Of Texas Health Science Center, the 2002 Texas Dentist of the Year Award, and the 2003 Honorary Thaddeus V. Weclew Fellowship Award from the Academy of General Dentistry. He is a diplomate of the Federal Services Board of General Dentistry and the American Board of General Dentistry and is a past president of the American Board of General Dentistry.
He is a member of several organizations including the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, the American Dental Association, the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, the Southwest Academy of Restorative Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the Academy of Operative Dentistry in which he currently is serving as President.
