This is the most requested lecture I offer. It covers the traditional information about composite technique to achieve a beautiful, natural appearance—Ultimate Esthetics. If you are interested in a hands-on course as well, this is the course that best prepares the attendees for that.Freehand Composite Bonding: The “Ultimate Esthetics” Course An In-Depth Full-Day Lecture on Freehand Bonding The “Ultimate Esthetics” Course focuses on these important topics:
Freehand composite restorations provide the most versatile technique available for making minor or major changes in dental appearance. With proper technique, their function and longevity rivals porcelain while providing benefits other materials can’t match. So why are so few dentists maximizing this potential? A dentist’s success with basic operative restorations doesn’t always translate into success with more complex freehand restorations and full resin veneers. A trial-and-error learning curve isn't cost-effective for busy offices to master this technique. This comprehensive seminar will benefit each attendee by sharing an organized step-by-step approach that includes operative technique as well as vital diagnostic and marketing skills to achieve “Ultimate Esthetics” with freehand composite restorations. Comments from previous attendees:
This is the course I’m most proud of because it is such a unique topic and covers information I’ve never seen anyone else present. It’s about composite, but the information applies to any type of case. A hands-on course may be added as a second day that allows each attendee to increase VDO and restore anterior guidance on mounted models of a severely worn patient—a full mouth rehab in composite! When this is presented as a half-day course, I prefer to call it Transitional Bonding: Non-traditional Direct Resin Restorations for Major Occlusal and Esthetic Changes. (Hands-on courses must be limited to between 10 and 30 participants—actual number depends on different factors.) Freehand Composite Bonding: The “Structure” Course An In-Depth Full-Day Lecture on Freehand Bonding The “Structure” Course focuses on these important topics:
Course objectives: Whether you are a beginner or a master with direct resin, this course will expand your options and enhance your success. In fact, this course could be considered a supplement to Corky Willhite’s “Ultimate Esthetics” course. The techniques taught in that course—how to layer the resins, tints, and opaquers to achieve natural translucency and color blending, and achieving an enamel-like polish—won’t be repeated in the “Structure” course. This course covers invaluable additional information that will help an experienced doctor take their “Freehanding” skills to a higher level. And for the doctor that hasn’t had much experience with resin cases, this “Structure” course will provide a great foundation to accelerate the learning curve. Comments from previous attendees: “This is a course that will truly change the way you treatment plan certain cases. You will learn to build your composite resin skills to a level where patients are given the opportunity for needed full-mouth rehabilitation using more affordable materials and techniques. In fact, the week after attending, I sold a full-mouth case previously presented and refused twice by a patient who couldn’t afford the more costly porcelain restorations.” Dr. Troy Hoover (Louisiana) “Even though it has been several weeks since your course, I'm still fired up about what I learned. Your course was not what I had anticipated, but my expectations were immensely exceeded. Since your course I've been able to better diagnose & treatment plan some difficult, involved cases of which I previously had felt uncomfortable treating.” Dr. Hugh Jordan (Georgia) This course is more motivational and general. It is great when staff are present because it promotes cosmetic dentistry as a valuable and rewarding part of a successful practice. There is a detailed section on smile design which is great for dentists but staff members get excited about it, too. There is not much time spent on restorative techniques, so if the audience is all dentists, they may feel disappointed. A PERFECT SMILE: The Power, the Passion, and the Path to Success An In-Depth Full-Day Lecture for the Entire Dental Team A smile's effect on a person's appearance is more important than most people realize, even by most dentists! This eye-opening presentation expands our appreciation for the value of a great smile. Using case examples demonstrating the latest techniques available in Cosmetic Dentistry, Dr. Willhite shows some surprising ways patients, and your practice, can benefit. He uses data from some fascinating studies and an intriguing, very logical rationale for why the smile is the most important element of human appearance! This course creates enthusiasm for dentists and their team members to increase production of this type of dentistry that more and more people are asking about–dentistry they want, rather than need. This translates to treatment they are willing to pay for, even if there is no insurance benefit for it, which can help our practices avoid dependence on managed care and allow us to reach new heights in professional satisfaction. We owe it to our patients to maximize dentistry's unique opportunity to improve patients’ health and appearance! Topics to be covered:
This course is the least requested because it is on such a specific procedure. Since diastema closure with composite is such a unique restoration with very specific concerns this course pulls that together to cover “all the bases.” A hands-on course may be added as a second day that allows each attendee to close a diastema on a special model with soft “gingiva” allowing for a realistic exercise building the composite from the sulcus to have smooth margins with no “black triangle.” (Hands-on courses must be limited to between 10 and 30 participants—actual number depends on different factors.) Freehand Composite Bonding: Diastema Closure for Ultimate Esthetics An In-Depth Full-Day Program on a Specific Freehand Bonding Technique One of a series of courses focusing on specific solutions to common problems! No prepping is necessary to create natural, long-lasting restorations that will floss without catching and have an ideal emergence from the gingiva. This course will not only teach a predictably successful technique to close even large gaps, but will cover related issues of Smile Design, Occlusion and Tooth Topography to assure great results. Time will also be spent on verbal skills to motivate patients to accept treatment and to maintain the Bonding for maximum longevity. The “Diastema Closure” Course focuses on these important topics:
This half-day course is only offered as a half-day presentation. It is actually included as a portion of the Structure Course and the Perfect Smile course but it stands alone very well, too. This lecture isn’t just for dentists—any team member can enjoy and can also benefit from this presentation. This is a Smile Design course with a real difference! Esthetic Zone Ratio Method of Smile Analysis and Design A Practical Half-Day Lecture on Cosmetic Dentistry Using case examples demonstrating the latest techniques available in Cosmetic Dentistry, you will learn an innovative system to design smiles that is easier and more predictable than traditional methods. This practical approach does more than help you plan a better smile, it will allow you to determine the best smile possible for your patients. This course provides a scientific and technical basis for becoming a Smile Design artist. Highlights:
This half-day hands-on goes perfectly with the Ultimate Esthetics course: Freehand Composite Bonding:Hands-on Technique for "Making a Dark Tooth Bright" A Half-Day Hands-on Course on Freehand Bonding “Making a Dark Tooth Bright” is a practical hands-on course to improve your bonding skills:
This program is aimed at the dentist who wants to achieve the ultimate in lifelike direct resin restorations while enjoying the artistry of creatively replacing tooth structure with his or her own skills. Learn what it takes—using your own hands—to build a freehand composite veneer. This experience will help you to immediately improve the resin restorations your patients want and need. Participants will complete their own composite restoration featuring one of the most challenging situations—a full veneer to brighten a dark tooth. This is a slightly more involved hands-on that is a great adjunct to Ultimate Esthetics or the Structure Courses. There are some additional fees for materials with this course. Freehand Composite Bonding Hands-on Technique: "Adding Incisal Length for Function and Esthetics" A Half-Day Hands-on Course on Freehand Bonding “Adding Incisal Length” is a practical hands-on course to improve your bonding skills:
This program is aimed at the dentist who wants to achieve the ultimate in lifelike direct resin restorations while enjoying the artistry of creatively replacing tooth structure with his or her own skills. Learn what it takes—using your own hands—to build a freehand composite veneer and add incisal length to small or worn teeth. This experience will help you to immediately improve the resin restorations your patients want and need. Participants will complete their own composite restoration featuring one of the most common situations—making a tooth longer to look and function better. |
The Smile Design Center: Corky Willhite, D.D.S. (Practice limited to cosmetic dentistry)
For a Lifetime of Wonderful Smiles!
