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Coming Soon! Diastema Closures with Indirect Restorations
16 Minutes
This tip explores diastema closures using indirect restorative materials. See how both white and pink esthetics influence the emergence profile of the restoration and the key decisions required to achieve predictable outcomes.​​
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New! Managing Undercuts in Veneer Preparations
27 Minutes
Learn how to manage undercuts in veneer preparations, finish margins on tooth or composite, and adapt preparation designs for cohesive or adhesive retention.
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New! Addressing Two Teeth
8 Minutes
Addressing just two teeth can require complex planning—adjusting axial inclinations, closing black triangles, lengthening, and changing color—all combining to transform this patient’s smile
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Mild Aligner Therapy and Minimal Composite Bonding
7 Minutes
Mild aligner therapy to improve arch form and tooth position, paired with minimal composite bonding, can transform a smile. Learn how to plan an additive approach for remarkable results.
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Watch Now: Quick Tip for Easier Long-Span Provisionals with Pink Porcelain
A long-span provisional restoration featuring pink porcelain is redesigned.
Watch Now: Managing Dark Tooth Challenges with Minimal Preparation
This tip addresses the challenges that arise when dealing with a dark tooth while aiming to minimize tooth preparation.
Watch Now: A Predictable Procedure Guide
This tip will guide you through the process of performing crown lengthening on the same day as applying composite veneers, ensuring predictability in your procedure.
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Single-Tooth Restorations: Overcoming Challenges
8.5 Minutes
When extraction and implant placement are involved, achieving ideal tissue height, scallop, symmetry, and natural contours can be challenging.
Crown Lengthening
13 Minutes
Discover crown lengthening's role in cosmetic dentistry. Learn precision in tissue recontouring & smile design for ideal dental restorations.
Planning for Four Veneers
9 Minutes
See how planning for four veneers can help achieve ideal width and length proportions, even when dealing with less-than-ideal tissue heights, resulting in a beautiful outcome.​
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Restoring Severely Eroded Teeth
17.5 Minutes
Severely eroded teeth in need of full coverage present a unique challenge: How to protect and restore them without further reducing the limited remaining tooth structure. ​
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Enhancing Function and Esthetics with Aligners
7 Minutes
Using aligners to enhance function and improve esthetics with minimal to no tooth preparation is one of the most rewarding, minimally invasive ways to transform a patient’s smile.​​
Ultra-Thin Veneers
7.5 Minutes
This tip focuses on the restoration of two ultra-thin veneers, akin to contact lenses, with the goal of repairing a fracture without adding extra volume.​
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Pink Porcelain Placement
Addressing defects in tissue and bone can pose significant challenges, particularly when a patient exhibits full gingival display. In such cases, the use of pink porcelain may be necessary.​
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Perfecting Alignment with Pink and White Esthetics
Balancing pink and white esthetics can effectively correct a canted smile. In this case, involving an odd number of teeth, enhancing the alignment by manipulating these parameters is essential.​
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Leveraging Digital Workflows for Harmonizing Teeth and Facial Features
The application of digital workflows enables the assessment of how teeth harmonize with facial features, facilitating the correction of a canted smile for this patient.​
Orthodontic-Restorative Synergy in Retreatment
Understanding the strategic integration of orthodontic and restorative methods is essential for improving occlusion and optimizing airway space in this case, which involves retreating existing dental treatments.​
Planning for Four Restorations
See how to strategize planning for four restorations with a second phase scheduled for the future.
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Unmasking Tooth Transformations
This tip demonstrates how the removal of old restorations can unveil less-than-ideal tooth positions and preparations and offers guidance on ensuring a harmonious result.​
Implant Restoration Alongside a Veneer
This tip illustrates a single implant restoration alongside veneers and the adjustment of width and length proportions to create a balanced and harmonious appearance.​
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Achieving a Balanced Smile with Same-Day Crown Lengthening and Veneers
Balancing tissue height can enhance the appearance of longer teeth, resulting in a more balanced and harmonious smile. Utilizing same-day crown lengthening along with two veneers offers a straightforward yet highly effective outcome.​
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Strategic Orthodontics for Minimally Invasive Veneers
Intentional planning enables the realization of minimally invasive dentistry. Pre-restorative orthodontics was employed to align the teeth and create the necessary spaces for minimally invasive veneers.​
Grasp Natural Tooth Morphology
To craft exquisite composite restorations, it's crucial to grasp the natural tooth morphology, allowing us to elevate the smile to its finest form.
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Canine Substitutions Present Esthetic Challenges
Acceptable compromises must often be made; this tip discusses how we can strategize and get ready for these types of situations.
Achieve Consistent Color
Discover the secrets to achieving a consistent color when you have an implant restoration placed between veneers.​
Implant Abutment Integration in Smile Makeover
Incorporating an existing implant abutment into a smile makeover, which encompasses crown lengthening and veneers, presents an interesting challenge and opportunity.​
Managing Dark Tooth Challenges with Minimal Preparation
This tip addresses the challenges that arise when dealing with a dark tooth while aiming to minimize tooth preparation.​
Elevating Smiles with Virtually No-Prep Veneers
Discover how to elevate an already stunning smile with virtually no-prep veneers, enhancing ideal shapes and refining the smile design.​
Precision in Tooth Reduction Assessment
Explore the art of minimal prep veneers and how to assess the right amount of tooth reduction for the perfect result.
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Minimal Orthodontics
Transform your patient's smile with minimal orthodontic adjustments, using only four veneers, and a touch of crown lengthening.
Minimally Invasive Veneer Prep
Achieve a desired smile design using orthodontics to prepare for minimally invasive veneers, minimizing the need for extensive tooth structure alteration.​
Lengthen & Widen the Smile
This tip showcases the process of using aligners to add length and widen the smile, followed by the application of minimally invasive veneers for a stunning transformation.​
Veneer Enhancement Opportunities with Aligners
Utilize a few months of aligner treatment to reposition teeth, creating the opportunity for longer tooth display and enhanced results with veneers.​
Color Consistency
Methods to maintain color consistency when dealing with preps at varying positions and uneven ceramic thicknesses.
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