Designing Smiles with Christian Coachman Livestream October 2025

Course program

Class 1 - The why

1. How important is smile design

2. Smile designer know-how and skills

3. Is smile design under control?

Class 2 - The guidelines I

1. The art of smile design

2. Orofacial nomenclature

3. Dento-gingival

   1. Dento-gingival parameters

   2. The papilla factor & pink esthetics

   3. Occlusion vs. smile design

   4. Intraoral references for smile design

   5. Morphopsychology & smile design

Class 3 - The guidelines II

1. Dento-facial
   

   1. Natural head position & facial asymmetries

   2. Denture & orthognathic influence

   3. Facial thirds & profile

   4. The lip factor

   5. Buccal corridor

   6. Facial flow

2. The smile frame in 10 steps

Class 4 - Smile design and treatment planning

1. Facially-driven treatment planning thinking process

2. The discrepancy report

3. Smile design & airway

4. Global diagnosis

Class 5 - Hand drawing exercise

1. Activating your artistic side

Class 6 - The workflow

1. Smile design evolution

2. Smile design moments & methods

3. Natural libraries & digital smile donator

4. Smile test drive analysis & communication

Class 7 - Overcoming compromises with optical illusion

1. Real size and shape vs. perceived size and shape

2. Closing black triangles

3. Improving space distribution and interdental proportions restoratively

4. Managing different gingival levels and zenith

5. Incisal and interproximal embrasures

6. Managing space distribution by understanding the visible vs. invisible areas

7. Managing space distribution by understanding the light reflection lines (lrl)

8. Visual comfort vs. discomfort

9. Fixing cant/shift

10. Buccal corridor and ridge deficiency

Class 8 - Dentist-lab synergy and digital restorative workflow

1. Restorative planning and the new lab role

2. DSD Direct

3. Guided tooth prep

4. Soft tissue copy-paste concept

Class 9 - The DSD App & Case discussion

1. Smile simulation using the DSD App

2. Case Discussion