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A key to successful application of Free-Hand Bonding, alike to any other restorative project, is a detailed but proportionate treatment planning approach. As for function and biology, there is realistically no standardized esthetic diagnosis protocol. Then, depending on the extent of form or dimension/proportions enhancements, the selective use of different analog or digital tools will allow the clinician to create a precise esthetic project. Available methods include, individually or simultaneously, the use of a caliper, 2D imaging with lines drawn over the smile within Power Point or keynote software, the use of digital templates (only lines of full tooth rendering) an finally 3D imaging. In addition, a waxup and mockup can be used to foresee extra- or intra-orally the new smile configuration in advanced cases.This program will present a realistic rationale to program esthetic cases with reliability and efficiency; a rich clinical documentation will illustrate this topic.

Didier Dietschi
Specialist Prosthodontist, Lecturer and Author