Aesthetic Dentistry BDNT 5278

Course description:

The course is designed to give the student a firm foundation in the science and principles of esthetic dentistry. The course will help students identify how the techniques in esthetic dentistry can be best applied in the dental practice, utilizing the most appropriate technologies available to the dental professionals. Students achievements include simple to more extensive smile reconstruction by the needs of teeth whitening, direct composite restorations, porcelain laminate veneers, all-ceramic crowns and implant-supported crowns.

Course Aims:

The course aims to expand the students' knowledge in esthetic dentistry care and in particular adhesive restorative dentistry that will be useful in the clinical work in all aspect of esthetic dentistry.

Course outcomes:

After completion the course, students should be able to:
  • Discuss the factors affecting material selection as well as the characteristics of restorative materials.
  • Conduct a correct extra oral analysis and diagnosis, underlining those aesthetic and functional aspects of the teeth and soft tissues.
  • Recognize the different types of wear, and knowing the treatment options are instrumental in obtaining the desired results.
  • Carry out diagnostic and therapeutic wax-ups on models, in order to obtain the rehabilitation of their dental occlusion in a functional and aesthetic balance, taking into account multidisciplinary factors of the masticatory apparatus.
  • Diagnose, treat, prevent and research into oral disorders and to keep up to date with diagnostic and therapeutic advances that may develop throughout one’s professional career.
  • Carry out selective grinding of teeth in order to obtain a balance between the mandibular dynamics and the dental occlusion.
  • Acquire the skills to make oral preparations over mucosa, over teeth and over dental implants, in order to make stomatological prostheses in patients who present advanced and multidisciplinary oral disorders.