Dr Sam Jethwa, founder of Bespoke Smile Advanced Dentistry and Academy, explains how to make veneers safe, beautiful and predictable.
Claire works as an editor-in-chief of a well-known health and lifestyle magazine. When it came to discussing treatment options, she was conscious of longevity and minimal intervention, but she was also attuned to function and aesthetics working in harmony.
Claire wanted to maintain character and a natural aesthetic. Speaking in front of large groups where she is the focus would mean teeth could be distracting if design, texture, colour, size, shape etc were not facially driven. She did not want a short-term treatment.
As orthodontics would not achieve anything for the patient, we then looked into restorative options. After discussing whitening and bonding (already present), we settled on a treatment plan of upper 10 porcelain veneers, as minimally as possible (Figures 1 and 2).
At Bespoke Smile Academy, I believe that the two areas of failure with any cosmetic indirect work that involves multiple teeth are:
- Aesthetics – either we or the patient (or both) are left with more to desire from the smile
- Function – debonding, fractures, sensitivity, and unidentifiable discomfort – all bite-related factors.
How do we avoid this? Especially when the stakes are high, with expectation and price point, when it comes to veneers.
A predictable workflow
When we started to see high expectation patients, and patients who travelled from long distances or abroad, we developed formulas to bring predictability. We had one chance to get things right, and there are no other options other than success.
Bespoke Smile Academy has been teaching our secrets, learned the real-life way through thousands of teeth, to dentists of any experience level, through in-person hands-on courses with live patients, online courses, a diploma, and one-to-one mentorship for three dentists per year. Through our community, our dentists are supported throughout, given case advice long term, and put in touch with our approved laboratory ceramists.
To join the academy and choose a course, visit www.bespokesmileacademy.co.uk and take the next step towards predictable occlusion and aesthetics by joining like-minded dentists pushing themselves to do more high-value dentistry, without keeping themselves up at night!