Synopsis:

Creating of a ‘new smile design’ and its execution comes from our past experiences, present experiments and their reflection for the future expectations.

In today's dentistry regardless of how complex a case is, the patients will not be happy if the final aesthetic outcome will not fit their expectations. Therefore it is imperative that outlines of the final smile design should be communicated with the patient even before the treatment planning is decided and approved. For an aesthetically and functionally successful case this is mandatory and called the PRE-VISUALISATION. The dentist should never start any procedure without visualising the final result at the very beginning of the whole treatment.

However in order to pre-visualise the final smile design in the mouth, in 3D, it needs certain tasks to be realized. Going back to basics, the simplistic approach to that will be the application of the direct mock up in the mouth. Even though it appears to be a simple task, in reality in order to get a true realistic design, that needs a solid communication between the dentist, specialist(s) and the lab.

Recently with the introduction of smart softwares that you can design these cases digitally, the most precise and repeatable communication between the team, patient and the lab can be achieved.

Learning objectives:

1. importance of the mock up

2. digital vs direct design

3. reality behind minimal invasive dentistry