Course Summary
Course Summary
Creating a beautiful smile is far more than following aesthetic guidelines—it requires understanding which smile characteristics truly influence attractiveness and how to translate scientific evidence into everyday clinical practice. Through a series of interdisciplinary clinical cases, this lecture will demonstrate how every concept, from smile analysis to finishing details, directly impacts diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment outcomes. Participants will leave with practical, evidence-based principles that can be immediately applied to their own patients.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this lecture, participants will be able to:
- Identify the smile characteristics that truly influence dental aesthetics.
- Apply evidence-based smile design principles to orthodontic and multidisciplinary treatment planning.
- Determine how factors such as midlines, tooth replacement, smile arc, and incisal display affect the smiles that we create.
- Refine smile finishing through improved incisal edge shaping and gingival architecture.
This course will be offered both asynchronously (via Zoom) and in-person at McGill Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences.
Course Price
Dentists: $249
Early Bird Pricing: $199 (register before October 23, 2026)
CE UNITS / CE hours
ODQ: 2 CE Units
2 CE Units (lecture: 2 hours)
ADA CERP: 2 CE Units
2 CE Units (lecture: 2 hours)
For all ODQ member dentists, the continuing education policy states that each hour of theory training provides 1 CE unit, and each hour of hands-on training provides 2 CE units. For dental hygienists who are members of the OHDQ and all ADA CERP member dentists, the continuing education policy operates on the basis of hours of educational activity, whether theoretical or practical.
Please note that once upon completion of the course, you shall receive a course evaluation email. Once you complete the online course evaluation, the system shall automatically generate the course attestation for you.
For Dentists in Ontario
This course is recognized as a Category 2 course by the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO).
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