Smile Design Experts

Smile Design Experts

Presentations and roundtables about orofacial principles and smile design.

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Smile Design Experts
  • DSD Smile Design Parameters

    What information do we need to know and understand to make the decision about how to change people's smiles? Christian Coachman explores smile design parameters, including lip dynamics, the smile curve, the dental-facial midline integration, dental-gingival parameters, morphopsychology and optics...

  • Orofacial Round Table

    There is no place for restorative dentistry without facial planning in the 21st century. In 2020, Christian Coachman held a thought-provoking OroFacial Club live round table discussion in which he was joined by the widely published team of experts that are advancing orofacial science and innovati...

  • Is smile design under control? The real challenges of a smile rehabilitator

    What are the orofacial principles that a smile rehabilitator should master? How can we connect smile design and interdisciplinary dentistry? What are the main challenges we face when rehabilitating a smile? How can technology help us deliver more natural looking smiles?

  • My smile designer journey: Comprehending the past to understand the future

    Christian Coachman reveals the struggles he had as a dental technician and how and why he started the Digital Smile Design company in 2010.

  • Esthetic-Functional Design in 5 steps

    To integrate esthetics and function when designing a new rehabilitation, your wax up needs to follow five important steps. Christian goes through them here.

  • How important is Smile Design?

    Modern restorative dentistry starts with smile design. Smile design is important not only to guide treatment planning, but for the psychological health of our patient.

  • How good are we with Smile Design?

    What is harmony? What is balanced? What is comfortable and pleasant to our eyes? Christian explores these questions that we find in art school, not dental school.

  • The OroFacial & Smile Design Principles

    Christian explores the principles he believes are key for a smile designer to deliver ideal designs for the dentist.

  • Facially Driven Smile Design Evolution

    Christian Coachman takes us back through the evolution of the facially driven smile design process.

  • 2D-3D Smile Design Process

    Every modern smile design project needs to start by pretending the patient is edentulous. Do you know why?

  • Smile Frame Step by Step

    Christian breaks down his smile design know-how into ten key steps to follow to create facially driven smile designs.