Digital Smile Designing

Course Description

Digital Smile Design (DSD) also could be called as Digital Treatment Planning, the new concept making waves globally has made a paradigm shift in the way dental treatments are planned, function restored & smiles enhanced. DSD is an exciting new concept in the field of aesthetic dentistry developed by Dr. Christian Coachman. Making the perfect smile entails delivering good quality aesthetic and functional restorations. However, the results are highly unpredictable as what a dentist wants may not accurately be conveyed to the dental laboratory who actually fabricates the restorations. Dr. Christian Coachman, a world-renowned aesthetic dentist has designed DSD to teach dentists to use modern technology to give predictable and consistent results in smile designing. Digital smile design allows you to design the smile, using the latest DSD App on an Apple iPad, prior to embarking on any treatment. The patient’s digital photographs, impression scans, facial scans can be used to create a before/after smile simulation in 6 minutes. Exact dimensions of teeth can be acquired by creating a smile frame in 4 minutes. These dimensions are then transferred onto the cast to make a wax-up by the DSD 2D App or a 3D printed waxed-up cast can be made by using the DSD 3D App.

“The DSD Concept hands-on course is a one of a kind course that I have ever attended in the 25 years of my career. The DSD concept is so unique that it eliminates the use of a face mirror by patients to evaluate their before and after smile. Digital photography and videography is the key to a great Digital Smile Design; it helps us to show patients their new smile on screen and win their confidence in us and the treatment.” – Dr. Rajiv Verma