*CANCELLED* The Aesthetics Of Occlusion: Back To The Future!

For all the advances our profession has made over the last several decades in materials science and digital technologies, it is losing the emphasis on which every dental restoration is conceived. According to Dr. Harold M. Shavell, who many consider “The Michaelangelo of Dentistry”, “Occlusion is the Common Denominator of All Dentistry.” Every restoration placed has the potential to profoundly alter the occlusal and/or the incisal relationships of the patients’ dentition. Thus, understanding, visualizing, and reproducing human dentate morphology, regardless of the material used… is the key to long-lasting dental restoration. 

In this lecture, Dr. Lowe, who started molding his philosophy of practice while still in dental school, after seeing Dr. Shavell present a lecture in which he showed amalgam restorations that looked like they were “waxed and cast in silver”, will discuss how the philosophies of this exceptional teacher helped mold him as a student and practicing dentist. “The…