Lesson 1Extraoral and intraoral photographic protocol: standardized views for documentation and shade matchingThis part explains standard ways to take photos outside and inside the mouth, with needed angles, camera setups, pulling back lips and using mirrors, and how to use those pictures for records, color checks, smile plans, and talking to patients and labs.
Essential extraoral photographic viewsStandardized intraoral retracted viewsMirror and occlusal photography techniquesBasic camera settings and lighting controlPhotographic shade and texture analysisImage storage, consent, and privacyLesson 2Comprehensive dental history review: systemic factors, medications, parafunction, and esthetic expectationsThis part shows how to get full dental and health history, stressing body conditions, medicines, bad habits like grinding, food choices, and beauty wants, and how these change fixing plans and getting patient okay.
Key elements of medical history for dentistryMedication review and oral side effectsRecording parafunction and lifestyle factorsEliciting esthetic goals and expectationsDocumenting previous dental experiencesUsing history data in treatment planningLesson 3Occlusal analysis: static and dynamic examination, occlusal schemes, articulator mounting, and use of occlusal indicatorsThis part teaches still and moving bite checks, looking at best bite fit, guide ways, blocks, setting up models on bite machines, and using papers, foils, and T-Scan to shape fixes and make changes.
Evaluating centric contacts and MIPAssessing guidance and occlusal schemesIdentifying working and nonworking interferencesFacebow transfer and articulator selectionMounting casts and occlusal analysis on articulatorUse of articulating paper, foils, and T-ScanLesson 4Periodontal charting and biologic considerations: probing depths, furcation, recession, and influence on restorative marginsThis part covers full gum mapping, with probe depths, bleeding, fork spots, looseness, and gum pull-back, and shows how gum health affects edge places, tooth shapes, fix designs, and long-time care plans.
Standard periodontal charting protocolAssessing furcation involvement and mobilityRecording recession and mucogingival issuesBiologic width and supracrestal tissueChoosing subgingival vs supragingival marginsPeriodontal stabilization before restorationLesson 5Risk assessment and prognosis formulation: caries risk, occlusal risk, periodontal risk and how they alter treatment choicesThis part lays out planned checks for decay, bite, and gum risks, mixing body and habit factors to guess outcomes, group patients, and change fix material picks, designs, check-up times, and care ways.
Caries risk assessment tools and factorsOcclusal and parafunctional risk evaluationPeriodontal risk and stability assessmentSystemic and behavioral modifiers of riskLinking risk level to treatment choicesCommunicating prognosis to the patientLesson 6Radiographic interpretation for restorative planning: bitewings, periapicals, and decision-making for additional CBCTThis part teaches picking and reading bitewing and close-up x-rays, spotting decay and fix flaws, checking gum support, and choosing when small or full mouth 3D scans are needed for hard fix plans.
Indications for bitewing vs periapical radiographsRadiographic caries and existing restoration assessmentEvaluating bone levels and periapical statusRadiographic detection of root fractures and resorptionCriteria for prescribing limited field CBCTRadiation dose, ALARA, and documentationLesson 7Cracked tooth assessment: transillumination, bite tests, dye, periodontal probing, and criteria for reversible vs irreversible cracksThis part centers on finding cracked teeth with light tests, bite checks, colors, and gum probes, and explains how crack spot, deepness, and pains affect guesses, treatment picks, and choices to fix or pull.
Clinical signs and symptoms of cracked teethTransillumination and magnification techniquesUse of dyes and selective cusp loadingPeriodontal probing patterns around cracksClassifying crack extent and directionRestorative vs endodontic vs extraction choicesLesson 8Study models and digital impressions: when to use conventional impressions vs intraoral scanning for diagnostic wax-ups and occlusal analysisThis part compares old-style molds and mouth scans, showing when to use each, accuracy thinks, and steps for study casts, wax builds, and bite checks, with digital bites and lab talks.
Indications for conventional impressionsIndications for intraoral scanningAccuracy factors for diagnostic castsDigital articulation and virtual mountingWorkflow for diagnostic wax-upsTransferring wax-up information clinicallyLesson 9Pulpal vitality and pulp status testing: cold, EPT, percussion, bite tests and interpretationThis part looks at pulp and root tip tests, like cold, electric, tapping, feeling, and bite checks, stressing steps, common mistakes, and matching finds with pains and x-rays to sort pulp health.
Standardized cold testing protocolUse and limitations of EPTPercussion and palpation for periapical statusBite tests for cracked and symptomatic teethInterpreting combined test resultsDiagnosing reversible vs irreversible pulpitis
