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Restorative & Esthetic Dentistry
High Aesthetic Restorations: The Complete Course
Connect smile analysis, dental photography and ceramic restoration—from the first records to the final surface.
With Dr. Edward McLaren
Course information
Bring the artistic and technical decisions together.
A natural-looking restoration depends on more than shade alone. Edward McLaren connects facial, gingival and dental relationships with the photographic records and material decisions that guide esthetic treatment.
The teaching moves from visual analysis to photography and Photoshop, then into ceramic selection, conservative preparation, dentin sealing, laboratory communication, adhesion and surface finishing.
Explore 22 lessons across 25 hours and 59 minutes of education. Revisit individual topics at your pace as you plan and review restorative cases.
Course duration25h 59m
Video curriculum22 lessons
Teaching languageEnglish instruction
Subtitle supportMultilingual options
Streaming qualityFull HD video
Course accessLifetime access
CertificateIncluded after completion
Who this course is for
For the dentist and ceramist working toward the same result.
Build on your restorative foundation with a shared language for esthetics, records and ceramic design.
Prosthodontists
Review the relationship between facial context, tooth form and restorative choices.
Dental technicians and ceramists
Develop shade communication, photographic interpretation and surface-detail skills.
Esthetic assessment
Start with relationships, not an isolated tooth.
Facial context, gingival framing and tooth proportions give restorative design its direction.
The opening lessons develop an artistic vocabulary for contour, angles, proportion, light and shadow. Photography then turns those observations into records that support treatment planning and communication.
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Observe the whole smile. Document the details. Communicate the design.
What you’ll learn
From visual analysis to the final ceramic surface.
01
Read the smile in context
Examine facial, oral, gingival and dental relationships before focusing on individual teeth.
02
Capture meaningful photographs
Review equipment, photographic technique and the records needed for esthetic communication.
03
Use Photoshop for planning
Explore image editing and smile-design techniques within the photographic sequence.
04
Choose ceramics and preparation designs
Relate restoration type, tooth condition and material properties to conservative treatment choices.
05
Communicate shade and design
Connect shade analysis with dentist–ceramist communication and digital records.
06
Review bonding and finishing
Study dentin sealing, cementation, morphology and the surface details that influence integration.
Ceramics and adhesion
Carry the esthetic plan through to delivery.
The restorative lessons examine clinical decision-making, ceramic materials, veneer and partial-coverage preparations, dentin sealing and adhesive cementation. Shade communication and surface finishing connect the clinical and laboratory stages.
- Ceramic selection
- Conservative preparation
- Shade communication
- Adhesion and surface finishing
Course curriculum
From esthetic analysis to the final restoration.
Explore esthetic principles, dental photography, ceramic selection and adhesive restoration, lesson by lesson.
Lesson list22 lessons
- Introduction: aesthetic principles in dentistry
- Aesthetics versus cosmetics in dentistry
- Artistic principles: edges, contour, angles, proportions, light and shadow
- Facial and oral-facial analysis
- Oral aesthetics
- Gingival aesthetics
- Dental aesthetics
- Macro and micro dental aesthetics
- Technical aspects of photography in dentistry
- Key points of photography in dentistry
- Photoshop for dentists
- Photoshop smile design
- Clinical decision-making
- Ceramics in dentistry
- Ceramic veneers: preparation features
- Defect-driven preparation for inlays and onlays
- Immediate dentin sealing and the block-out restoration
- Shade analysis and communication: selecting the restoration colour
- Digital integration in aesthetic and restorative dentistry: the digital dental team
- Dentist–ceramist communication in a digital world
- Current concepts in adhesion and cementation
- The final touch: the way to aesthetics
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Restorative & Esthetic DentistryYour instructor
Dr. Edward McLaren
Prosthodontist, master dental ceramist and educator
Dr. Edward McLaren is a prosthodontist and master dental ceramist whose work brings together restorative dentistry, ceramics and photography. He completed specialty training in prosthodontics at UCLA and founded postgraduate esthetic dentistry and master ceramist programmes. Now retired from his UCLA and UAB professorships, he leads ArtOral America and continues teaching ceramics, materials and esthetic treatment. His combined clinical and laboratory experience informs the course’s approach to analysis, shade communication and restorative detail.
Your learning experience
Review the decision your restoration needs.
Move between analysis, documentation and restorative technique without repeating the whole course.
Develop your visual judgment
Return to proportions, gingival relationships and macro- and micro-esthetics.
Make records more useful
Review technical photography and Photoshop-based communication.
Connect planning with delivery
Revisit materials, preparation, adhesion and finishing.
Learn at your pace
Keep the recorded lessons available on desktop, tablet and mobile.
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