Dr. Hakim has balanced private practice and dental education for over 27 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has a true passion for restorative dentistry ranging from complex rehabilitation to optimally conservative, single tooth restoration. He is former Vice Chair of the Department of Integrated Reconstructive Dental Sciences at University of the Pacific and has been a
Director in the Esthetics, Implant and Complex Care Clinic at Pacific.
Dr. Hakim has lectured nationally and internationally in many venues including seminars, continuums and hands-on workshops on topics ranging from technology, esthetic dentistry, occlusion, smile design, CAD/CAM, photography, and adhesive and composite dentistry. Dr. Hakim has several publications and has authored two chapters in the 2010 text, Esthetic Dentistry in Clinical Practice from Blackwell Publishing. Dr. Hakim earned his DDS in 1991 from Pacific and later went on to complete an MBA from his alma mater. He is a member of OKU dental honor society and past president of the Delta Delta Chapter. He is also a fellow and graduate of the ADEA Leadership Institute class of 2007 and sits on the board of Catapult Education. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife Mana, two kids Ash and Tara, traveling, golf, fishing and competitive team sports.

Course Description:

This full-day program will focus on the typical restorative procedures performed daily in general
practice. Emphasis will be placed on the advances in techniques, materials, and supportive
products or gadgetry that can change the way you practice today. The morning session will be
dedicated to direct restorations, specifically “modern, resin based contemporary practice.”
The afternoon session will focus on indirect restorations and “making sense of the explosion of
advances in ceramic options.”
Learning Points:
• Adhesive updates & Isolation protocols
• What to make of the trend towards “bulk filling”
• Improving direct restoration quality while reducing delivery time
• Latest in preparation design & Digital workflow for indirect restorations
• Full proof impression techniques
• Bonding vs. cementation
• Where to use what ceramics
• Economic efficiencies in practice
• How supportive technologies can truly simplify daily restorative challenges


Restorative 101