Making Smile Design Profitable, Efficient and Predictable

Many dentists actually lose money on smile design cases, while others are afraid to even offer them to their patients.  While personally rewarding cosmetic cases can be a large source of income for your practice.  Dr. Smallwood discusses why having efficient systems in place will eliminate most if not all of your waste.  From simple concepts like never picking up the same bur twice to his chair side provisional sequence.  Dr. Smallwood describes why having the patient's approval before and during the procedure will eliminate stress about patient expectations.

Last Reviewed 4/18/2012

1. Describe the key elements in effective smile design.
2. Explain how to take a good impression utilizing other team members.
3. Understand how to generate more profits on smile design cases.
4. Describe techniques used to ensure you meet patient expectations.

I.    Set yourself up for profitability

II.   Preparation

III.  Impressions

IV.  Provisionals

V.   Clean-up

VI.  Try-in

VII. Final Placement

• Part 1 - The key elements in smile design efficiency.
  In this dental continuing education course, Dr. Trent Smallwood discusses the importance of having a strict protocol when creating dental restorations. Dr. Smallwood starts by demonstrating a frenectomy using a C02 laser.

• Part 2 - The preparation sequence.
  In this section the CE course, Dr. Trent Smallwood demonstrates the preparation sequence and discusses the keys to success.

• Part 3 - Completion of the preparations and taking a good impression; utilizing your assistant.
  In this section of the dental CE course, Dr. Trent Smallwood demonstrates the completion of the preparations and demonstrates taking an accurate impression.

• Part 4 - Creating the provisionals.
  In this segment of the dental CE video, Dr. Smallwood demonstrates techniques to create beautiful provisionals.

• Part 5 - Removal of excessive material and idealizing the shape of the teeth.
  Dr. Smallwood finishes the provisionals in this segment of the dental CE course. In the next segment of the CE video, Dr. Smallwood brings the patient back and demonstrates the removal of the provisionals and the seating of the final restorations.

• Part 6 - Try-in the final restorations.
  In this segment of the Dental continuing education course, Dr. Smallwood tries-in each of the final restorations, asks the patient to evaluate the look and then prepares for the seating of the restorations.

• Part 7 - Final seating of the restorations
  Dr. Smallwood demonstrates the final seat of the restorations and how to make clean up easy in the last section of this dental continuing education video.