Full-Mouth Rehabilitation 101-Full-Mouth Rehabilitation 101

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The webinar, “Full Mouth Rehabilitation 101,” was presented by Dr. Ji-Young Kim and focused on a practical, beginner-friendly approach to full-mouth rehab. Dr. Kim explained how to evaluate tooth wear and determine why a patient might need extensive restorative work, including erosion, attrition, abrasion, and abfraction. He reviewed key planning steps: assessing incisal edge position, occlusal plane, and vertical dimension of occlusion (OVD), and emphasized using diagnostic wax-ups and mock-ups to test esthetics and function before final treatment.<br /><br />He discussed classic references and categories for tooth wear and OVD changes, noting that patients can often adapt to modest vertical increases. He also described different mock-up methods, including removable, direct bonded, injection-molded, and digital 3D-printed approaches. Dr. Kim highlighted the value of keeping cases manageable, selecting compliant patients, and minimizing time spent in provisionals.<br /><br />The lecture concluded with workflow examples for staged or expedited full-mouth rehabilitation, material selection tips for ceramics and resin, and advice on bonding and case selection. During the Q&A, he addressed questions about printed materials, cement choices, splinted versus individual restorations, and when to choose zirconia, lithium disilicate, or other ceramics.

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Description This webinar will focus on the basic principles of full-mouth rehabilitation (FMR). Concepts for etiology and tooth loss will be presented. Main concepts in evaluation will be discussed, and methods for approaching a first FMR will be presented. Learning Objectives Learn about diagnosis for tooth loss. Learn primary evaluation points in FMR. Learn the steps to completing your first FMR. Speaker Bio Jee Young Kim, DDS, FACP, MCDT, graduated from the University of Southern California in 2011. He was then selected for a prosthodontics residency with the U.S. Army at Fort Gordon, Georgia, from which he graduated in 2015. Following his prosthodontics residency, he served as the advanced education in general dentistry (AEGD2) prosthodontics mentor at Schofield Barracks from 2015 to 2019. Following that assignment, he was in Washington, D.C., where he completed his maxillofacial prosthetics fellowship in 2022 at Walter Reed Medical Center. Afterward, he was fortunate enough to return as the prosthodontics mentor at the Schofield Barracks AEGD2 program. He is also a master certified dental technician and a member of the Oral Design organization. He is married to April Kim and has two daughters: 5-year-old Eden and 1.5-year-old Celine.

Keywords

full mouth rehabilitation

tooth wear

vertical dimension of occlusion

diagnostic wax-up

mock-up

occlusal plane

ceramic materials

bonding

case selection