Anterior Veneers: Smile Design and Treatment Planning by Jan Hajtó

– Analyzing the four components of patients' problems
– Definition of predictable dentistry and how to achieve it
– Value-cost of laminate veneer treatment
– Durability, aesthetics, and minimal invasiveness of laminate veneers
– The competence and ability of the dentist to perform high-cost treatment
– Impression-taking protocols. Why is this step very important?
– Tooth preparation biomechanics.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.

– Defining natural beauty in aesthetic dentistry
– The complex anatomical, morphological, and physiological structure of teeth
– Diversity of form, shape, and color in aesthetic dentistry
– Organic, biogenetic, and morphological forms of anterior teeth
– Dentist-lab communication to achieve the right aesthetic shape, form, and color of laminate veneers
– The concept of dentogenic and photogenic
– Muscular vs. feminine approach to aesthetic dentistry
– Analysis of different smile types
– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.

– Quality of anterior laminate veneers
– Dental aesthetic analysis
– Dental and facial smile design
– Reference planning:

- Facial plane
- Bipupliar plane
- Facial midline
- Dental midline
- Incisal and occlusal plane
- Horizontal reference plane
- Smile line.

– The curvature of the incisal plane
– Gingival height and its impact on the display of smile
– Defining symmetry and asymmetry in aesthetic dentistry
– The golden proportion for aesthetic anterior laminate veneer treatment
– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.

–Step-by-step walkthrough of smile designing for anterior laminate veneers:

- Evaluation of the necessary tools in the smile design pro software
- Determination of reference planes
- Tooth-to-face ratio analysis
- Smile line assessment and customization
- Gingival contouring and symmetry evaluation
- Selection of appropriate tooth shade and translucency
- Scaling and finishing the smile design work.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.

– Creating realistic treatment simulations
– Enhancing patient treatment understanding through visual representation
– Treatment planning with realistic simulations
– Visualizing proposed dental procedures for patients
– Effective communication between dentist and patient
– Customizing smile designs and aesthetic outcomes for laminate anterior veneers.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.

– Advantages and disadvantages of partial wax-up
– Advantages and disadvantages of full-arch wax-up
– Step-by-step laboratory procedures for wax-up
– Step-by-step protocols for digital mock-up using EXOCAD
– Mock-up and alteration of the vertical dimension
– Step-by-step analysis of a clinical case:

- Wax-up
- Digital mock-up
- Tooth preparation
- Delivery of the final veneers and ceramic restorations.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.

– Protocols for direct no-prep mock-up
– Protocols for indirect mock-up
– The silicone matrix technique
– Analysis of clinical cases
– Tips and tricks for diagnosis, digital smile design, wax-up, and mock-up.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.