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Aesthetic analysis, dental photography and bonded ceramics — Edward McLaren’s 23-webinar programme on veneers and partial coverage
Edward McLaren, former director of the UCLA Center for Esthetic Dentistry, leads High aesthetic restorations through 23 webinars and around 26–27 hours of teaching. The programme builds from facial, gingival and dental aesthetic principles to clinical photography and Photoshop smile design, and then to a detailed ceramic block on prototypes, preparation for veneers and onlays, immediate dentin sealing, shade communication, digital teamwork and cementation.
- 3modules
- 23webinars
- ~27 hof teaching
What you’ll be able to do
- Analyse a smile at facial, gingival and tooth level, and tell aesthetics from cosmetics
- Set up a camera and shoot consistent clinical photographs
- Use Photoshop for smile design and case communication
- Test a plan with a bonded functional aesthetic prototype
- Prepare teeth for veneers, inlays, onlays and vonlays using a defect-driven approach
- Seal, shade-match and cement ceramics with current adhesion protocols
Inside the course
Principles of aesthetics
Eight webinars cover artistic principles, facial and oral-facial analysis, and oral, gingival and dental aesthetics down to macro and micro detail. This block is useful to clinicians in any specialty.
Photography and image editing
Four sessions explain the technical side of dental photography, the shots that matter, patient positioning, and Photoshop from basic tools to smile design mock-ups.
Ceramic restorations step by step
Eleven webinars, about 14 hours, walk through decision making, ceramic materials, veneer preparation, defect-driven preparation for partial coverage, IDS and the block-out restoration, shade analysis, the digital dental team, communication with the ceramist, adhesion and final finishing.
About Edward McLaren
He founded the UCLA school of esthetic dental design and now teaches at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he co-directs biomaterials.
Built for
- Restorative and prosthetic dentistsA complete route from smile analysis to bonded porcelain.
- Clinicians improving case documentationPhotography and Photoshop skills for planning and lab communication.
- Ceramists working with dentistsInsight into preparation and shade decisions on the clinical side.
Curriculum
Module 1: Aesthetic foundations (6 h 43 min) 8 lessons
- Introduction. Aesthetic principles in dentistry
- Aesthetics vs cosmetics in dentistry
- Artistic principles in dentistry
- Facial and oral-facial analysis
- Oral aesthetics
- Gingival aesthetics
- Dental aesthetics
- Macro and micro dental aesthetics
Module 2: Dental photography (5 h 02 min) 4 lessons
- Technical aspects of photography in dentistry
- Key points of photography in dentistry
- Photoshop for dentists
- Photoshop smile design
Module 3: Ceramic restorations (14 h) 11 lessons
- Bonded functional aesthetic prototype
- Clinical decision making
- Ceramics in dentistry
- Ceramic veneers. Preparation features
- Defect driven preparation for lays
- Immediate dentin sealing and “the block out restoration”
- Shade analysis and communication. Selection of the color of the future restoration
- Integration of digital into aesthetic and restorative dentistry. Introduction of “The digital dental team”
- Dentist ceramist communication in a digital world
- Current concepts in adhesion. Adhesion and cementation
- The final touch of ceramic restorations
Before you buy
Is this a hands-on course or webinars?
All 23 parts are recorded webinars, so expect lectures with clinical images rather than a practical workshop.
Does the Photoshop part need prior experience?
No, it begins with basic tools before moving to advanced functions and smile design.
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Recorded webinar series |
|---|---|
| Instructor | Edward McLaren |
| Contents | 3 modules · 23 webinars |
| Duration | About 26–27 hours |
| Access | Lifetime, self-paced |
| Department | Dentistry |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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