Dr. Gordon Chee

12/19/2023

We believe that this is the course that every dentist should take at least once in their career but better earlier on. This is our Daily Dentistry course where we eliminate all the noise and teach you science based techniques for improving your bread and butter dentistry.

Less sensitivity with your class 2s... conservative prepping of indirect posteriors and proper bonding protocols...dry rubber dam isolation...beautiful yet efficient class 4 composites...multiple HANDS ON exercises and perspectives from 3 different instructors

BEST OF ALL...THE SUPPORT OF THE ELEVATE COMMUNITY

JOIN US IN MONTREAL!
APRIL 19-20, 2024

10/26/2022

NEW COURSES LAUNCHING TODAY! DON'T MISS OUT!

After overwhelmingly positive feedback from our past attendees, we are proud to announce dates for 2023 for the Elevate Dentistry Anterior Aesthetics Course in Winnipeg, Canada. This is a 3 day over the shoulder live patient course with hands on components and topics on workflow, photography, prepping, cementation, consultation, marketing and everything in between. If you don't feel confident doing smile makeovers or managing patient expectations, this course is for you! We will teach you proven systems for treatments for your patients and get them smiling with confidence. Along with the world class clinical education that you will receive, there will also be amazing social dinners and a chance to really bond with our instructors , and myself as well as the other attendees. It is a truly unique experience! Spots are limited to 12 seats per course. For our American friends, it would be a chance for you to experience Canadian hospitality at Canadian prices!

REGISTER NOW TO AVOID FOMO! The last two courses sold out in a few days.

March 30th to April 1st, 2023 in Winnipeg
June 1st to 3rd, 2023 in Winnipeg

DM for more information and to register.



Contact some of our past attendees for their opinion on the course:
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10/24/2022

Excellent work by Dr. Nicole Robins on this training case . If you would like to learn how to do work like this, message me!

From B1 to BL3 … Six porcelain veneers blended into the smile with the right choice of partial layering on MT bl2 to maintain the level of brightness and add a touch of natural looking
Such a brilliant chair and lab side team work Dr. Gordon Chee

09/07/2022

The STAMP TECHNIQUE is a simple direct composite technique that replicates the occlusal surface contours of the pre existing tooth. When is this technique useful? When the occlusal surface is mostly intact and you have an appliance that fits over the teeth. In this case, the patient wears a precision fit lower TMJ appliance so we wanted to minimize the amount of adjusting after the restoration was done. I'm happy to announce it was perfect fit!

09/07/2022

09/02/2022

BESPOKE OR SIGNATURE? There are many successful aesthetic dentists that have a signature look to all of their smiles. It helps to brand you and the work you do. I on the other hand have always tried to create smiles that the patient desires...natural, Hollywood, and everything in between as long as there is harmony with the teeth, lips, and face. Which is better? Try to tailor your work to each patient or to try and attract patients that want your signature look. What do you think? Should I switch to one signature look? Would love to hear your opinion!

08/25/2022

There are many techniques for shade matching...standard shade photos, cross polarization, elab, send patient to lab, dslr, cell phone, shadewave, standardizing shade tabs, eyeballing...etc. I prefer to give my ceramist as much detail as I can. In addition to a macro photo and a cross polarization photo, I like to also send a panning video with shade tabs which shows my ceramist all different lighting angles of the tabs against the teeth. Often times, he will be there at the insert appointment for custom tinting in our environment.

Which methods do you like and how has it worked out for you? What other tips and tricks have you learned?

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08/14/2022

Had an amazing time at the Canadian Rockies Dental Conference this weekend. It was so nice to catch up with friends ._chan and meet some great new ones. Thank you to the family for putting on such a special event. Looking forward to working more with you guys in the near future!

08/08/2022

I love extraoral before and afters as much as the next guy/girl but for me, intraoral photos are what gives me a proper look at the fit and finish of our restorations. Gum health is a clear indication of how seamless the fit of your dental work is and how clean the margins are. I don't think there's anything in dentistry that improved my quality more than consistent post treatment analysis through dental photography. If you want to learn more about dental photography, message me!

These are six Emax porcelain veneers that we did at the clinic.

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This is a photograph of Dr. Gordon Chee's patient and treatment. Photographs are for informational purposes only because individual treatment results will vary from patient to patient. Some patients may not be candidates for treatment

07/29/2022

WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS WHEN APPROACHING THIS VENEER CASE?  First of all, the chief complaint...The patient didn't like the bonding on her front tooth that was broken from trauma and also wanted to fill in the spacing between her front 4 teeth.  She also disliked the shape of her incisors.

One option is to do composite bonding.  The other is to do veneers.  The patient opted for veneers but what is the difficulty in this case?  Colour consistency.  The patient was young so we wanted to be as conservative as possible with her veneers.  However, as you go thinner, final colour is more affected by underlying tooth colour and cement colour.  (0.8mm ceramic colour prevails).  i learned this from my friend . Therefore, we needed to replace the composite on the upper right central incisor to have proper base colour and create even thickness across all four teeth.  In these cases, I like to use dentin shaded composite that is one shade brighter than the surrounding tooth material.  From here, we use prep through mockup and silicone reduction guides for even reduction and consistent veneer thickness.  Like they say,  "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."  It is far more difficult to be conservative, but it is the right thing to do!



This is a photograph of Dr. Gordon Chee's patient and treatment. Photographs are for informational purposes only because individual treatment results will vary from patient to patient. Some patients may not be candidates for treatment

03/21/2022

4 YEAR BONDING FOLLOWUP. Four years ago I had the pleasure to help this young girl. She recently had some trauma to the upper left central incisor ( #21 🇨🇦or #9🇺🇲) Her family dentist did some emergency bonding to help her but she didn't like how it didn't blend in with her tooth. There was a decent amount of translucency and internal characterization which required a careful layered approach. This case was done with Renamel from .

Upon examination of these photos, it's nice to see that there has been minimal shade change if any. I probably could've shaped the mesial corner a bit better and could've blended the margin more if I made a larger bevel but didn't want to remove very much tooth structure due to the very young age of the patient.

One interesting thing that I noted is how the surface texture of the tooth has changed over the years. Maybe it's just the angle or lighting?

The cross polarization photo shows the internal characterization/mammelons and thin incisal halo by removing the surface glare. Shade match was on point.

There is so much you can learn from using dental photography to analyze your work. Self evaluation is key to growth. I believe that it is the #1 most important tool to improve your dentistry. What do you think?

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03/01/2022

Upper crowns and bridge on models for this patient. Emax and zirconia combination from


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