Ceramic restorations of frontal teeth

Analogue protocol

Fluorescence of zirconia. Appearance and features. Where it comes?

Multilayers ceramics. Comparing to natural teeth

Shades of ceramics

Stained and layered ceramic

Review of ceramic layering techniques. Advantages and limitations

Importance of incisor edge restoration

Coloring of tooth structures. Combined techniques

Creating texture for anterior restoration. Layering. Baking, glazing, polishing

Importance of using right materials when layering ceramics

Full ceramics.

Planning aesthetic treatment: from photography to Mock-up

Ceramics or composite: pros and cons

Direct and indirect restoration: indications

Veneers: indications and stages of treatment

Photography in dentistry: planes, light source, size

Digital smile design

Principles of communication with a dental technician

Wax-up: areas of clinical interest

Dental technician: materials for precise minimally invasive restorations

Wear, abrasion, erosion

Preparation of teeth for veneers: practical aspects of the "window" and "butt-joint" methods

Try-on and fixing of indirect restorations: adhesive preparation and materials.

The concept of vertical geometry: paradigm shift in prosthetic dentistry

Gingitage: methods and recommendations for the prevention of complications

Gingivectomy and gingitage: differences and indications

Selection of restoration ceramic material for laminates during vertical preparation

Lithium disilicate for laminates: advantages

The same material on the teeth with different types of prosthetics: veneers and an implant

Indications for the use of non-prep veneers

Step-by-step clinical and laboratory stages of manufacturing non-prep veneers

Methods of surface treatment of veneers and teeth prior to bonding 

Restoration of peg shaped and tetracycline stained teeth with non-prep veneers.

The responsibility and the psychology of the smile:

Patient’s and Dentist’s requests.

Dentist and dental technician communication

Wax up: aesthetic rules, reference points, the V concept, and the patient's desire

Buccal wax up: indications and advantages

Digital Smile Design (DSD)

Physcial properties of dental materials and the choice of materials in various cases

Materials and Techniques:

Glass Ceramics

Feldspathic Ceramics.

Analogic Approach:

Platinum foil technique

Press and stain technique

Press and Build-up technique

Refractory die technique.

Digital Approach:

Oral Scan

Digital Wax-up

Mock up

CAD/CAM Procedures

Shape and Texture.

Clinical cases. 

Ceramic veneers: indications

Planning of treatment with ceramic restorations

Additive restorations: advantages and disadvantages

Step-by-step protocol for making ceramic restorations: material selection, scanning, digital smile design, Wax-up, Mock-up

Partial indirect composition restoration: protocol

Features of the preparation of anterior teeth:

On the vestibular surface

In the cervical region

On the proximal surface.

Silicon guides for the preparation in anteriors

The minimum thickness of the veneer, depending on the manufacturing method

Adhesive veneers fixation protocol

Interdisciplinary approach in the manufacture of aesthetic restoration.

Treatment planning: 

from Wax-up to Mock-up

from analog to digital workflow

DSD and understanding the patient's demand

CEREC BioCopy design

digital mock-up and design with CEREC.

Preparation: no prep, prep-less, full-prep:

preparation geometry and future path of insertion

feathered incisdal edge, palatal chamfer, butt-joint incisal edge.

Introduction to intraoral scanning: techniques, scaning protocols, and reference points

Material selection criteria: biocompatibility, longevity, aesthetics, optical properties, strength, and cost efficiency

Classification and characterization of chairside monolithic materials:

silica ceramics (feldsphatic porcelain)

IPS e.max lithium disilicate.

ZLS (zirconica reinforced lithium silicate):

hybrid ceramics.

Clinical cases.