Advanced Anterior Esthetics Workshop (Apr, 2016)

This course is for the dentist with a basic understanding of esthetic restorative procedures who wants a system to take esthetic diagnosis and treatment to the highest level. It builds upon the UCLA Aesthetic Continuum with advanced hands-on training.

Objectives:

- How to design, treatment plan, prepare and deliver
- How to contour restorations and temporaries to look like natural teeth
- Smile design analysis that will make sure you cover all the bases and get the best results
- How digital photography will get better results from the lab and communicate effectively with your patient
- How to do a mock-up and understand why it is the most essential tool for predictable esthetics
- How to keep veneers from breaking and how to use “the contact lens effect”
- How to make exquisite temporaries with great margins and high esthetics
- How to use a special matrix to speed up direct composite bonding and get better results
- How to make a “flat bottom” pontic and why it gets a better result than an ovate pontic in most cases
- How to work with a technician/ceramist to produce superior esthetic results
- How to build proper occlusion into your cosmetic cases and how to treat bigger cases
- Strategies for structuring fees