Dentofacial Aesthetics
This is an art & science
And not simply about fillers and antiwrinkle treatment. It’s about providing the scaffold for the lower facial volume. We all age, but at a different rate and there is a large difference in men and women in how the face changes
As a dentist you will learn how to assess & treat in terms of clinical dentistry and if required when do facial augmentation procedures that can enhance that “aesthetic effect”
Course Outline
- Reversing Effects of Aging with minimal intervention dentistry
- Recreating the lost facial curtain and buccal strap
Its combination of treatments related to
- Tooth wear TSL
- Reduced OVD
- Accelerated facial aging: why? When to interfere? Patient consent!
- You won’t look at another case without dynamic facial assessment.
Course Topics
- THE MOCK – UP revisited
- Composites in dentofacial aesthetics
- Porcelain in dentofacial aesthetics: Minimal intervention
- The facial frame
- The midface
- Face lips teeth
- Aesthetic Index
- How to recreate the scaffold for supporting the midface without fillers
- When to consider augmentation procedures: fillers simplified
Course Objectives
On completion of this module You should have good understanding of the following
- Dentofacial aging pattern: how diagnosis is achieved
- Aging process: The difference in man and women
- What is Aesthetic or Unaesthetic?
- Body dysmorphia
- The science of visual perception
- When to interfere & patient consent
- How does aging impact on dentofacial aesthetics
- Advanced direct mock-up procedure to determine if dental intervention will work
- How to create that “Look”
What is Aesthetic or Unaesthetic?
- Something is seen which is pleasant or unpleasant
- Complex process involving viewer’s perception of visual experience
- Can be conditioned to a certain extent
- This psychological stimulus and response from interpretation of physiologic processes constitutes the science of visual perception
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