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Simpler, better posterior composites — Camillo D’Arcangelo on shade, stratification and adhesion in one focused session
Everyday posterior fillings are where most composite happens, and small refinements pay off across a career. The Easier and Modern Approach for Direct Composite Restorations in Posterior Teeth is a two-hour masterclass from Camillo D’Arcangelo covering colour selection, layering, cavity design, adhesion and finishing, with a conservative, aesthetic mindset throughout.
- 1lesson
- 2 h 07 minof video
- 23topics covered
What you’ll be able to do
- Choose shade by reading a tooth’s optical properties
- Rebuild anatomy with a clear stratification technique
- Design occlusal and proximal cavities with sound rules
- Pick the right etching and adhesive system for the case
- Prevent and manage post-operative sensitivity
Inside the course
Colour and layering
The session opens with the optics behind a natural tooth and how composite layering reproduces them, plus the matrix choices that make proximal contacts predictable.
Cavity design and adhesion
You move through preparation rules for occlusal and proximal cavities, then a comparison of total-etch, selective-etch and self-etch protocols and where each belongs.
Difficult cases and finishing
The material closes on extreme posterior restorations, when to reach for fibre posts in endodontically treated teeth, and the advantage of working under the microscope.
About Camillo D’Arcangelo
He chairs a medical and oral sciences department at the University of Chieti, speaks at major international congresses and has published more than a hundred papers.
Built for
- General dentistsA sharper, more efficient routine for daily posterior work.
- Restorative-focused cliniciansAdhesion and layering detail worth revisiting.
- Recent graduatesA clear, conservative method to build on.
Curriculum
Direct composite restorations in posterior teeth (2 h 07 min) 23 topics
- Objectives of restorative dentistry
- Rules for restoring posterior teeth
- Clinical stages of restoration
- The specific characteristics of tooth colour
- Optical rules for reproducing natural tooth colour
- Principles of the stratification technique
- Restoring proximal surfaces: the subtleties
- Types of matrices: advantages and disadvantages
- Simplified technique with single-stage filling materials
- Cavity design and basic preparation rules
- Preparing occlusal and proximal cavities
- Cusp-over-cusp layer-by-layer composite application
- Adhesive protocol: chemical and physical adhesion of enamel and dentin
- Types of dentin and their preparation
- Total-etch versus selective-etch technique
- Problems of the total-etch system
- Indications for self-etch and total-etch systems
- Post-operative sensitivity types and prevention
- The multilayer adhesive technique
- Extreme posterior restoration cases
- Fibre posts in endodontically treated teeth
- Posterior restorations on clinical examples
- The advantages of working with a microscope
Before you buy
Is this a single video?
Yes. It is one continuous two-hour session covering the full posterior composite workflow rather than a multi-part series.
Does it cover adhesive choice?
Yes. It compares total-etch, selective-etch and self-etch systems and their indications in detail.
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 | Online video course |
|---|---|
| Instructor | Camillo D’Arcangelo |
| Contents | 1 lesson · 23 topics |
| Duration | 2 h 07 min |
| Access | Lifetime, self-paced |
| Department | Dentistry |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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