Symphonic Smiles
209 White Horse Pike
Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
To contact us:
Phone: 856.528.3464
Fax: 856.546.2993
Bringing all the instruments of smile design and smile creation together in harmony. Learn to perform exquisite smile make-overs that will not only enhance the lives of those you touch, but will stand the test of time.

Course Curriculum

 

Our programs for the coming year will be offered in the Fall. Enroll Now.

DATES:

SPRING

  • Sept. 19, 20 2008
  • Oct. 10, 11 2008
  • Oct. 31, Nov 1 2008

FALL

  • Sept. 14, 15 2007
  • Oct. 5, 6 2007
  • Oct. 26, 27 2007

All courses are 9AM - 5PM at our facility. Assistants are invited to attend the entire 6 day program. You will be treating your own patient for 6-10 units of veneers or all porcelain crowns. The patient will only be expected on the second and third Saturdays of the course.

This 48 hour course will be broken down into many of the various components that comprise Smile Design. Major emphasis is placed on appropriate treatment planning, including record taking and analysis, occlusion, communication of expectations with the patient and the lab. To build a cosmetic based practice, your entire team must be committed to the change. You will be the leader, and light the way. Leadership skills will be emphasized. More cosmetic cases means increased income. We will teach you the tools your front desk will need to have to eliminate the insurance driven mentality, and learn how to collect payment in full, before the appointment is even scheduled. Your office must look like a cosmetic office. The digital photographic skills you learn will enable you to deck your walls with dental office art, create albums for your waiting room that is all your own work, create websites that will draw patients to your office. For a complete rundown of all topics to be covered see the bottom of this page.

The most important tool you will garner from this course is learning the simplicity and predictability of blueprinting every case you treat with a cosmetic sculpture mounted on an articulator. The completion of every step insures the success of the step which follows.

Day One

  • Review of cases: Each dentist should bring two potential cases for treatment. There
    will be 4-6 dentists in the group, and each will have a chance to present the
    treatment intended, and talk about the drawbacks they see. Each case should be fully
    documented with mounted models, radiographs, and digital photographs (where
    possible, otherwise print). Periodontal charting and TMJ/ headache evaluations should
    also be included. Forms can be provided.
  • In the afternoon session we will discuss the cosmetic sculpture and functional wax-up.
    We will determine whether the patients you have chosen are good candidates.
  • We will discuss the importance of the face-bow transfer and the use of a semiadjustable
    articulator.
  • We will discuss many of the aspects of occlusion, based on Peter Dawson’s theory. We
    will discuss envelope of function and the neutral zone There will be practical applications for the learning of proper intra and extra-oral digital photography.
  • Sharing problem cases.
  • Discussion of failures.
  • Discussion of the myriad dental materials available for any given case.

Day Two

  • Creating a cosmetic-centered practice - Fact or Fantasy?
  • Patient communication tools.
  • Marketing yourself as a cosmetic dentist.
  • Shade selection, shade mapping.
  • Laboratory instructions for the cosmetic sculpture.
  • Informed consent forms — CYA.
  • Patient comfort.
  • Closing gaps, spaces, and the dreaded Black Hole.
  • Hygiene while in Temps.
  • Get paid before you schedule the appointment.  Learn how to eliminate A/R

Day Three

  • Review of incoming cases.
  • The construction and use of Syltek indices—the paradigm shift that will make this all so simple for you.
  • Step by step preparation for the prep visit tomorrow.
  • Laboratory practice for preparations and temporization.
  • The use of reduction guides.
  • Tweaking the appearance of temporaries so that one could go to their own wedding in them.
  • Portrait Photography Intro.

Day Four

  • Set up operatories and review protocol. Prepare for the 10 AM arrival of your patient.
  • Preparations of patients.
  • The use of reduction guides.
  • Impressions, facebow, and bite.
  • Temporization.
  • Occlusion.
  • Esthetic approval.
  • Post op hygiene instructions and the scheduling of follow up visits.
  • Snacks, drinks, departure .

Day Five

  • Review incoming cases and troubleshoot so that if changes are needed, there will be sufficient time for the laboratory to make changes.
  • Discussion of challenges that have occurred since the last visit e.g. debonding, disappointment, delight.
  • The Esthetic Consultation and how to move patients to yes.
  • Discussion of any items that more information is desired about.
  • A full discussion of the seat visit, “The Big Reveal” for the patient.

Day Six

  • Preparation for the seat visit.
  • Step by step removal of the temporaries.
  • Preparation of the veneers and prepared teeth and how to avoid issues of extreme sensitivity.
  • Isolation.
  • Try-in and releases signed.
  • Bonding.
  • Clean-up.
  • Portraits.
  • Celebratory cocktail party.

Items needed:

  • Digital camera with retractors and mirrors.
  • Facebow and articulator.
  • Laptop computer with card reader and dental imaging software.

I promise you that along the way you will learn many tricks that will make this process much easier for you. I will teach you how the preparations I make never require any retraction cord. I have not used retraction cord in 6 years. You will learn how to bond multiple veneers in place, without the concern that you're going to need a reciprocal saw to eliminate the bonding locking teeth together.

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Contact Us at: 800.520.3440