DentistryOnline courseEsthetic
Eight success factors for porcelain veneers, from case selection and depth cuts to bonding and maintenance
Ontario cosmetic dentist Stephen Phelan organises Porcelain Veneer Precision, Comprehensive Training for Porcelain Veneer Cases around eight factors that decide whether veneers last. Seven volumes (6 h 53 min) take one stage each: selection and smile design, preparation, impressions and provisionals, shade and lab communication, try-in and bonding, aftercare, and a closing set of cases including complications.
- 7volumes
- 6 h 53 minof video
- 8critical success factors
What you’ll be able to do
- Select veneer cases and plan them with smile design fundamentals
- Control reduction with depth cuts, tissue management and well-placed margins
- Take accurate final impressions and make esthetic, functional temporaries
- Brief the ceramist clearly on shade and design goals
- Follow a stepwise try-in and adhesive bonding protocol and fix common problems
- Set up maintenance that protects the result for years
Inside the course
Planning and preparation
Volume 1 introduces the eight factors and diagnostic planning; Volume 2, the longest after the shade session, is devoted to preparation design and gingival handling.
Records, provisionals and the lab
Volume 3 covers final impressions and temporaries; Volume 4 spends over an hour on shade taking and turning clinical intent into instructions a ceramist can follow.
Delivery and beyond
Volumes 5 and 6 cover try-in, bonding, cementation troubleshooting and long-term care. Volume 7 reviews successful and problematic cases with practical lessons from each.
About Stephen Phelan
Phelan practises cosmetic, implant and rehabilitation dentistry in Oakville, Ontario, runs his own seminar programme and has trained with educators such as Kois, Spear, Dawson, Tarnow and Magne.
Built for
- Dentists starting veneer casesA stage-by-stage method to avoid early mistakes.
- Cosmetic practitionersA structured check on each step of an existing workflow.
- Dentists frustrated with lab resultsBetter shade and design communication with the ceramist.
Curriculum
Volumes (6 h 53 min) 7 lessons
- Vol 1: The 8 critical success factors, case selection and smile design (39 min)
- Vol 2: Preparation, depth cuts, tissue management and margins (1 h 05 min)
- Vol 3: Impressions and temporization (57 min)
- Vol 4: Shade selection and lab communication (1 h 09 min)
- Vol 5: Delivery protocol, try-in and adhesive bonding (58 min)
- Vol 6: Post-operative care and long-term maintenance (58 min)
- Vol 7: Case reviews and clinical pearls (1 h 04 min)
Before you buy
How does this relate to Phelan’s other programmes?
He also teaches separate courses on occlusion and core build-ups; this one is limited to porcelain veneers.
Are complications discussed or only ideal cases?
The final volume deliberately includes cases that went wrong alongside successes.
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 | Online video course |
|---|---|
| Instructor | Stephen Phelan |
| Contents | 7 volumes |
| Duration | 6 h 53 min |
| Access | Lifetime, self-paced |
| Department | Dentistry |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |


