Dental CE Course: Recipes for Predictable Anterior Esthetics

This presentation will discuss the key areas for efficient esthetic diagnosis andsmile design. These key points will be formulated into a simple and systematicstep-by-step approach to resolve esthetic problems and achieve predictableesthetic results and improved laboratory support. This presentation will alsooffer an outline of prosthetic and adhesive techniques in terms of armamentariumand products as well as practical techniques for tooth preparations, bondingsequence, and cementation for all-ceramic crowns and porcelain veneers.
Course objectives include:
Learn the key factors for treatment planning of anterior restorations.
Evaluate the key factors critical to a positive esthetic outcome.
Establish a prognosis for esthetic success.
Shade taking in three simple steps.
Identify the typical shading effects for the young tooth.
Plan the arrangement and prescribe imperfections for life-like restorations.
Discuss essential strategies for communication with the laboratory.
Establish selection criteria between ceramic systems based on estheticperformance.
Systematize all-ceramic crown systems for cement selection.
Establish simple precautions to maximize the prognosis of all-ceramic crowns.
Demonstrate a predictable all-porcelain crown cementation technique.
Discuss preparation variations for porcelain veneers and three-quarter crowns.
Discuss cement selection and bonding for porcelain veneers.
Set Strategies for presenting and managing elective restorative treatment.
Discuss esthetic-restorative and periodontal restorative complications.