LAMINA: THE ART OF ANTERIOR CERAMICS
22 CPD HOURS
Lamina means a thin layer, and that is the whole discipline: the thinnest fragment of ceramic, bonded to the most minimally prepared tooth with the final smile designed meticulously, tested and approved before a bur ever touches enamel. Three days, the complete anterior workflow, from case selection to the bonded result. The most contemporary of digital workflows highlighted to bring your anterior ceramic dentistry to the present day.
Course Outline
Whatever level you're at, there's one above it.
Lamina is built for all skill levels, deliberately. If you have never prepared a veneer, you will build the entire workflow from first principles: diagnosis, design, guided preparation, and an adhesive protocol that removes the guesswork. If anterior ceramics are already part of your week, you will refine the levels above: APT technique, digital reduction verification, IDS, lab communication that gets the work back right the first time, and the delivery sequence that makes bonding day calm. The philosophy never changes: design the final form first, then remove only what the design demands. Nothing built big, nothing cut back, nothing amputated for convenience.
The three days
Thursday · Foundations. Patient selection and assessment: clinical, occlusal and motivational factors. Smile analysis and aesthetic diagnosis: proportions, gingival architecture, lip dynamics. Photography, videography, facial scanning and digital record taking, with lab communication built in. Shade and material selection, and the honest veneer-versus-crown call. Smile design and mock-up workflow: digital wax-ups, keys and matrices. Trial smile and provisional planning, and when guided preparation earns its place. At the bench: matrix fabrication and mock-up placement, so your patient's approval happens before any dentistry does.
Friday · Prep. Guided tooth preparation: conventional, slice and diastema-closure protocols. Immediate dentine sealing: the rationale and the step-by-step. APT technique with digital reduction verification, so every prep is checked against the design rather than hoped about. At the bench: a complete case, 5 to 5. Then impressions and the digital workflow, provisionalisation with soft-tissue management, and lab communication of final tooth position with verification and validation protocols. 3D Printed provisionals and printed workflows are also covered.
Saturday · Deliver. Ceramic conditioning: etching, silanising, bonding surfaces, finishing. The adhesive delivery workflow: fit verification, isolation, adhesive protocol, finishing, polishing and post-bonding control. At the bench: the full workflow from ceramic to bonded, plus one complete anterior case simulation. Then the practice layer: digital smile design integration, patient journey mapping, team roles, case presentation. Case review, open Q&A, and the certificate ceremony.
Bring your own cases
Lamina delegates are invited to bring their own cases for discussion and review. There is no faster way to raise your level than putting your actual patient in front of the faculty.
What you will walk away with
90-Day Smile Cloud Subscription
The complete A to Z anterior ceramic workflow, executed with your own hands across three days
A case selection and aesthetic diagnosis framework: who is a veneer patient, which material, and when a crown is the honest answer
Photography cheat sheet and full protocol
Consent forms and patient information documentation
Communication Skills for case acceptance
The mock-up-first design workflow, so patients approve the result before you prepare for it
Guided preparation protocols with digital reduction verification: remove what the design demands, nothing more
Adhesive cementation sequence rehearsed until it is calm
Lab communication protocols that get the ceramics back right the first time
3D Printing intro and provisionalisation protocol
Practice systems for delivering premium aesthetic cases: team roles, patient journey, case presentation
Lifetime access to the Lamina Delegates' Lounge on WhatsApp: post a case, get an answer
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FAQs
I have never prepared a veneer. Can I attend?
1
Yes, by design. The workflow is taught from first principles and the bench work is sequenced so nobody is left behind, while the APT, digital verification and delivery modules give experienced clinicians their own edge to work at.
How hands-on is it, really?
2
You place a mock-up on Thursday, prepare a complete 5-to-5 case on Friday, and take a full case from ceramic conditioning through bonded delivery on Saturday under rubber dam isolation, plus a complete anterior case simulation on smile cloud, digitally planning every facet. The entire workflow passes through your hands.
Is this digital or conventional?
3
Both, honestly compared: conventional versus intra-oral scanning, analogue keys versus digital wax-ups, and lab communication protocols for each. You leave able to run the workflow with whatever your practice owns.
What happens after the course ends?
4
You join the Lamina Delegates' Lounge on WhatsApp, where faculty and alumni review cases, troubleshoot and share wins. It does not expire. Our commitment is to your growth, not to a weekend.
