OHI-S High aesthetic restorations 2023

Course created: 02/24/2021. Last review date: 02/23/2023.

23 lessons (27h 3min)

Training for prosthetists in the creation of highly aesthetic restorations. Consists of 3 modules:

– fundamental principles of aesthetics: dental, gingival and facial analyzes

– dental photography

– ceramic restorations.

Module 1 (webinars 1-8)

This training is about the fundamental principles of dental aesthetics: dental, gingival and facial. As you already understood, this course is a must have for dentists of all specialties.

Module 2 (webinars 9-12)

The most detailed and modern course in dental photography, which deals with all the key issues: selection and adjustment of equipment, patient positioning, Photoshop from A to Z. This is the training that will completely cover the issue of dental photography for you.

Module 3 (webinars 13-23)

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 High Aesthetic Restorations 2023 course is best for prosthodontists, restorative dentists, and dental technicians who want structured, training in advanced aesthetic restorative techniques. It emphasizes evidence‑based protocols for achieving natural, durable, and highly aesthetic outcomes in complex restorative cases.

Who Should Enroll
Prosthodontists managing full‑mouth rehabilitations and complex aesthetic cases.
Restorative dentists & general practitioners performing veneers, crowns, and composite restorations with high aesthetic demands.
Dental technicians fabricating prostheses that require precision in shade, translucency, and natural appearance.
Orthodontists & periodontists collaborating in interdisciplinary cases where dental and gingival aesthetics are critical.
Residents & fellows in prosthodontics or restorative dentistry seeking advanced aesthetic training.
What You’ll Learn
Principles of high aesthetics: tooth proportion, symmetry, shade matching, and translucency.
Material selection: ceramics, composites, and hybrid materials optimized for aesthetics.
Advanced restorative protocols: layering techniques, adhesive strategies, and finishing/polishing methods.
Integration with gingival and facial aesthetics: ensuring harmony across teeth, gums, and facial features.
Case‑based lessons: real examples of high aesthetic restorations in anterior and posterior teeth.

 

+ Topics:

Lesson 1.Introduction. Aesthetic principles in dentistry

Part I. Principles and analysis in aesthetic dentistry

– Creating colour, counture and texture

– Creating optimal surface

– Artistic principles

– Aesthetic analysis

– Basic skills of perception

– Types of aesthetics

– Facial and oro-facial analysis

– Oral and dental aesthetic.

Part II. Photography in dentistry

– Photoshop smile design technique.

Part III. Contemporary dental ceramics, material selection, treatment planning

– Clinical decision making

– Anterior and posterior adhesive restoration

– Defect driving preparation.

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

Lesson 2.Aesthetics vs cosmetics in dentistry

– Definitions and characteristic of aesthetics, aestetic and cosmetics dentistry

– Creating a teeth in 3D

– Characteristic of natural teeth

– Problems in aesthetic dentistry

– Patient examination

– Types of aesthetics:

– Facial aesthetics

– Dento-facial aesthetics

– Dento-gingival aesthetics

– Dental aesthetics (micro and macro).

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

Lesson 3.Artistic principles in dentistry

– Basic artistic principles:

– Balance

– Emphasis

– Proportion

– Variety

– Movement

– Rhythm

– Harmony.

– Artistic principles in dentisty:

– Blend of symmetry and subtle asymmetry

– Emphasis or the dominant element

– Proportion

– Variety

– Perspective and illusion

– Frames: lips and gingiva.

– Basic skills of perception

– Goals of aesthetic dentistry.

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

Lesson 4.Facial and oral-facial analysis

– Facial aesthetics:

– Key points

– Anatomical orientires

– Facial thirds.

– Steps of facial analysis:

– Face examination

– Asking critical questions

– Checking mid/lower face balance.

– Profile changing:

– By using aesthetic dental prototype

– By using cotton rolls or cured composite.

– Evaluation of facial aesthetic:

– Frontal view

– Sagittal view.

– Oral-facial aesthetics:

– Key points

– Lines and angles.

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

Lesson 5.Oral aesthetics

– Oral (labio/dento/gingival) aesthetic

– Relationships of lips to arches, gingiva and teeth

– Treatmnent plan:

– Maxillary incisal edge position

– Smile line

– Gingival position.

– Criteria for the lenght of the maxillary centrals

– Lip framing

– Diagnosis keys points.

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

Lesson 6.Gingival aesthetics

– Gummy smile:

– Diagnosis

– Digital smile design

– Treatment plan.

– Clinical cases

– Dentist/ceramist possibility

– Step-by-step treatment protocols

– Dento-gingival aesthetics

– Gingival and papilla height.

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

Lesson 7.Dental aesthetics

– Key points of dental aethetics

– Macro-dental aesthetics:

– Facial relationship to dental aesthetic

– Intra-dental arch space

– Incisial line

– Inter-tooth proportion

– Intra-tooth proportion.

– Tooth form depending on the face

– Clinical cases.

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

Lesson 8.Macro and micro dental aesthetics

– Levels to create the optimal surface:

– Primary anatomy: outline form

– Secondary anatomy: line angles

– Tertiary anatomy: major grooves

– Quaternary anatomy: fine grooves

– Surface color, polish, luster.

– Ideal aestetics centrals and laterals view

– “The final touch” protocol.

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

Lesson 9.Technical aspects of photography in dentistry

– Camera recommendations:

– Cameras characteristics

– Lenses

– Flashes

– Polarizing filters

– Mirrors.

– Camera settings

– Photoshop smile design images:

– Characteristics and features

– Types.

– Dental photography guidelines:

– Shooting position

– Cheeks retraction

– Lower 1/3 smiling

– Arrangement of auxiliary equipment.

– Types of retractors

– Using the photo box JoStage in dentistry

– Clincal examples of simple portraits technique

– Lightning in dental photography.

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

Lesson 10.Key points of photography in dentistry

– Important moments in dental photography:

– Movements

– Surface

– Sequences

– Pink porcelain

– Glass ceramic

– Lips position

– Composition.

– Light exposure

– Exposure time

– Characteristic of ISO photography format

– Cleaning of camera sensor

– Necessary equipment

– Techniques for making photos from social networks.

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

Lesson 11.Photoshop for dentists

– Necessity of photoshop smile design in dentistry

– Clinical cases of smile design

– Photoshop key functions

– Custom interface:

– Bridge

– Layers

– Selectioning

– Retouching

– Dodge and Burn

– Transform, rotation, crop

– Sharpen.

Basics of photoshop: interface setup

– Photoshop interface

– File opening

– Photography interface:

– Reset interface

– Libraries

– Information palate activation

– New workspace creation

– Tools characteristics.

File opening and Bridge

– Images opening

– Adobe Bridge interface.

Working with files in the Camera Raw add-on

– Features of Camera Raw

– Image formats NEF, CR2 and JPG

– Camera Raw interface

– Working with tools:

– Exposure

– Shadows

– Highlights

– White and Black

– Clarity

– Vibrance

– Saturation

– Temperature

– Luminance.

Basics options of Camera Raw

– Editing multiple images at the same time

– Features of work with programm tools

– Images transformation and rotation

– Сropping a photo

– Images zoom in / out

– Moving images.

Layers in Photoshop

– Layers interface

– Panel options

– Image duplication

– Work with «brush» and «pencil» tools

– New layer creation.

Selection in Photoshop

– Layers modifications

– Work with selection tool

– Tooth selection

– Tooth shape and color changing.

Retouching in Photoshop

– Spots visualization

– Image preparing for retouching

– Image simple retouching technique.

Dodging and burning in Photoshop

– Dodge tool settings

– Burn tool setting

– Dodging and burning for smile design.

Rotation in Photoshop

– Images rotation

– Separatly layers rotation

– Crop tool.

Sharpening in Photoshop

– Step-by-step images sharpening techique

– Features of working with sharpening.

Size and save in Photoshop

– Images size changing

– File saving.

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

Lesson 12.Photoshop smile design

– Using of filters masking and liquify

– Step-by-step video of smile design

– Simple photoshop smile design technique

– Reshaping of teeth and gingiva

– Digital bleaching with the dodge tool

– Photoshop smile design technique:

– Selecting

– Duplicating

– Transforming

– Warping.

– Quick photoshop smile design technique

– Redesigning with individual library teeth or tracings.

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

Lesson 13.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 14.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 15.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 16.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 17.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 18.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 19.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 20.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 21.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 22.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 23.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.