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Decision trees for complex restorative cases — Spear, Kinzer and Mitrani on planning, presenting and pricing treatment
Seattle clinicians Frank Spear and Gregg Kinzer and Mexico City prosthodontist Ricardo Mitrani teach a repeatable way to choose between treatment options in The Art of Treatment Planning and Case Presentation. The single recorded workshop, close to 12 hours long and supplied with a PDF manual, works through more than 20 clinical decision trees — from too much or too little tooth display to a missing central incisor — and shows how to present options to patients and set fees for interdisciplinary cases.
- 11 h 53 minworkshop
- 20+decision trees
- 3instructors
- 1PDF manual
What you’ll be able to do
- Match a patient to the right decision tree by comparing clinical photos and key parameters
- Lay out every treatment option with its risks and benefits for a given problem
- Predict realistic results for worn dentitions and anterior tooth replacement before starting
- Present plans with before-and-after examples so patients engage rather than retreat
- Set fees for interdisciplinary cases with more confidence
Inside the course
How the trees work
Each tree is a map of the treatments available for one problem, built around a small set of clinical parameters. Learn those parameters once and the same tree guides you every time the problem appears, with a checklist of what to examine to pick the best route.
From diagnosis to conversation
Patient photos in each tree help confirm you are on the right one, and before-and-after images for every technique support the case presentation. The instructors discuss how emerging materials and methods may change how predictable some options become.
The instructors
Spear co-founded Spear Education and teaches graduate prosthodontics at the University of Washington; Kinzer practises restorative and aesthetic dentistry in Seattle and reviews for the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry; Mitrani has lectured more than 500 times in 30 countries.
Built for
- Restorative and general dentistsA system for comprehensive cases where several treatments could work.
- Practice ownersBetter case acceptance and a rational basis for pricing large treatment plans.
Curriculum
Workshop (11 h 53 min) 1 lesson
- The Art of Treatment Planning and Case Presentation + PDF manual (11 h 53 min)
Before you buy
Is the workshop split into chapters?
It is delivered as one continuous recording of almost 12 hours, so plan to navigate it with the PDF manual rather than by lesson titles.
Which decision trees are included?
More than 20, spanning excess or insufficient tooth display through replacing a single missing central incisor; a full list of tree titles is not provided.
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Recorded workshop + PDF manual |
|---|---|
| Instructors | Frank Spear, Gregg Kinzer, Ricardo Mitrani |
| Contents | 1 recording |
| Duration | 11 h 53 min |
| Access | Lifetime, self-paced |
| Department | Dentistry |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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