OHI-S Ceramic restorations

11 lessons (14h 2min)

This course focuses on detailed protocols for creating ceramic restorations. ALL stages of creating veneers, inlay and onlay, alternatives to full crown (vonlay) are waiting for you. The course examines the creation of ceramic restorations in the most modern trend: the combination of analog and digital protocols.

The OHI‑S Ceramic Restorations course is best for prosthodontists, restorative dentists, and dental technicians who want structured, training in the design, preparation, and delivery of ceramic restorations. It emphasizes evidence‑based protocols for achieving durable, aesthetic, and minimally invasive outcomes with veneers, crowns, onlays, and bridges.

Who Should Enroll
Prosthodontists managing complex restorative and aesthetic cases requiring ceramic restorations.
Restorative dentists & general practitioners performing everyday indirect restorations who want predictable, natural results.
Dental technicians & ceramists fabricating ceramic restorations and collaborating closely with clinicians.
Residents & fellows in prosthodontics or restorative dentistry seeking structured training in ceramic materials and workflows.
What You’ll Learn
Material science: properties of ceramics (feldspathic, lithium disilicate, zirconia) and their clinical indications.
Preparation protocols: minimally invasive tooth preparation for veneers, crowns, and onlays.
Bonding & cementation: adhesive workflows for long‑term stability and aesthetics.
Layering & finishing: techniques for natural translucency, shade matching, and polish.
Case selection & planning: when ceramic restorations are the best choice versus composites or other materials.
Clinical demonstrations: step‑by‑step video guides showing preparation, bonding, and delivery.

 

+ Topics:

Lesson 1.Bonded functional aesthetic prototype

– Indications and necessity of using bonded functional esthetic prototype (BFEP)

– Step-by-step protocol of BFEP technique:

– Occlusion registration

– Wax Up design

– Wax Up impression and silicone key making

– Teeth preparing: etching, bonding

– BFEP making

– Polishing.

– Material choosing depends on potentional lenght of service

– Clinical cases of BFEP using.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.

Lesson 2.Сlinical decision making

– Treatment choise

– Crown:

– Functional definition

– Materials and characteristics.

– Restoration and ceramic choosing:

– Space requirements for material

– Substrate condition

– Potential for flexure

– Tensile stresses

– Bond or seal.

– Mistakes in the restoration choice and ways of prevention

– Fracture resistance of all-ceramic crowns

– Occlusal veneers or onlays

– Ceramic selection guidlines

– Lingual enamel as a treatment planning key

– Clinical cases of mistakes prevention.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.

Lesson 3.Ceramics in dentistry

– Classifications of dental ceramics:

– By micro-structure

– By etchability

– By micro-structure and processing techniques.

– Rational for ceramic selection

– Ceramics characteristic

– Comparison of ceramics and metals

– Material selection

– Flexural strenghth of ceramic cores and veneering porcelains

– Critical elements that causing materials failure

– Translucent zirconia.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.

Lesson 4.Сeramic veneers. Preparation features

– Minimally invasive approach to teeth preparation

– Keys for successful minimal preparation

– Step-by-step video protocol of minimal invasive tooth preparation

– Removing A-prismatic layer and sclerotic layer

– Vertical preparation and esthetic re-contour

– Recommendations for tooth preparation

– Features of interproximal area micropreparation

– Cord technique

– Non-conventional tooth preparation

– Reduction controlling

– Instruments selection

– Video protocols of preparation:

– Incisal zone

– L-zone

– Margine zone

– Interproximal area.

– Clinical cases:

– Esthetic rehabilitation

– Diastema closing

– Teeth fracture treatment

– Discoloration masking.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.

Lesson 5.Defect driven preparation for lays

– Inlays and onlays indications

– Recommendation for teeth preparation

– Step-by-step onlay/inlay protocols

– Finish line design

– Adhesive metal-free restorations

– Burs selection

– Material selection

– Onlay preparation video protocols:

– On patient

– On typodont.

– Vonlays: conservative alternative to full crown

– Clinical cases analysis.

Recommended for: General dentist, Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist.

Lesson 6.Immediate dentin sealing and “the block out restoration”

– Ceramic onlay fracture causes

– Keys for long-term ceramic restorations success

– Build-up or foundation restorations: indications and contraindications

– Resin-coating technique

– Video protocols:

– Dentin sealing

– Block out restorations

– Standard immediate dentin sealing technique.

– Clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.

Lesson 7.Shade analysis and communication. Selection of the color of the future restoration

– Color choosing

– Shade trilogy:

– Visual shade analysis

– Shade analysis photography

– Computerized shade analysis.

– Contrast enhancement

– Classical shade guide

– Camera position for taking photography

– Shade guides positioning for photography

– Photoshop for shade analysis.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.

Lesson 8.Integration of digital into aesthetic and restorative dentistry. Introduction of “The digital dental team”

– The «Digital Dental Team»

– Digital scanning

– Digital dental team concept

– Laboratory perspective

– Material choosing.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.

Lesson 9.Dentist ceramist communication in a digital world

– Treatment planning and communication:

– 1st visit

– 2nd visit

– Laboratory stage

– 3rd visit.

– Patient examination:

– Visual analysis

– Photoprotocol

– Digital scanning

– Photoshop smile design.

– Digital scans analysis

– Patient motivation

– Digital smile design

– CAD/CAM techologies

– Bonded functional esthetic prototype

– Guided dental preparation

– Implant dentistry planning

– CAD/CAM materials.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.

Lesson 10.Сurrent concepts in adhesion. Adhesion and cementation

– Surface cleaning before veneer fixation:

– Cleaning systems

– Steam cleaning.

– Video protocols of:

– Restoration preparing

– Tooth etching

– Adhesive tooth preparing

– Anterior restoration cementation and polishing

– Posterior onlay cementation.

– Conventional and new universal adhesives

– Immediate dentin sealing vs Delayed dentin sealing

– De-sensitisers and adhesion

– Occlusion correction.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.

Lesson 11.The final touch of ceramic restorations

– Levels of macro-dental esthetic

– Optimal surface creations levels

– Choosing tooth form depending on the patients face

– Steps of tooth shaping:

– Initial measurements on tooth proportion

– Canine angle creation

– Lingual surface creation

– Embrasure forming.

– Profile and incisal view

– Step-by-step video protocol of surface creation

– Burs selection

– Wax texturing

– Polishing tools and materials.

Recommended for: Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Orthodontist, Periodontist, Implantologist, Endodontist, Pediatric Dentist, General dentist.