Aesthetic Dentistry 4.0

Creating of a ‘new smile design’ and its execution comes from our past experiences, present experiments and their reflection for the future expectations. In today's dentistry regardless of how complex a case is, the patients will not be happy if the final aesthetic outcome will not fit their expectations. Therefore it is imperative that outlines of the final smile design should be communicated with the patient even before the treatment planning is decided and approved. This can either be created through analog or digital techniques. The next extremely crucial step is all about how to minimally prepare the teeth since the preservation of healthy enamel is the key to long term success and health of the tooth structure. The ideal approach to that is to be able to prepare the tooth through a solid reference which happens to be the APT (Final Mock up) representing the final aesthetic & functional design.

Until now the analog preparation techniques had been widely discussed and executed.

In this lecture the focus will be on how to digitally create the final prep design and execute the minimally invasive tooth preparations with the help of a fully automated dental robot.

It will as well cover the whole new workflow due to the extremely high precision of the system, which will allow the dentist finalize the whole procedure in an “all in one” concept.

1. Importance of creating the new smile design before any treatment planning and treatment.
2. Respecting the healthy tooth structure during preparation.
3. Getting the most minimally tooth preparation with the help of robotics

Presenter

Galip Gurel, DDS

Dr. Galip Gurel graduated from the University of Istanbul, Dental School in 1981. He continued his education at the University of Kentucky, Department of Prosthodontics. Received his MSc degree from Yeditepe University in, Istanbul.

Dr. Gurel is the founder and the honorary president of EDAD (Turkish Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry).

He was the President of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED) for 2011 & 2012.

He received “The Smigel” award in October 2014 which is granted biennially by New York University College of Dentistry to honor the best esthetic dentists in the world.

He is also the editor-in-chief of the Quintessence Magazine in Turkey and on the editorial board of the AACD journal, PPAD (Practical Procedure & Aesthetic Dentistry), EJED (European Journal of Esthetic Dentistry).

He is a visiting professor at the New York University (USA) , Marseille Dental University (France) and Istanbul Yeditepe University (Turkey).

He is the author of “The Science and Art of Porcelain Laminate Veneers” published by Quintessence publications in 2003 translated into 12 different languages.

He has been practicing in his own clinic in Istanbul, specializing in Aesthetic Dentistry, since 1984.