This presentation introduces the Dentofacial Digital Diagnostic (DDD), a 2D tool that provides valuable information for the dental technologist to design anterior restorations. A high resolution single portrait photograph is used and edited by modification/correction or using a library of natural dental shapes. Very specific dentofacial landmarks will be used in order for this simulation to be as realistic as possible.

Using the DDD, the patient should be able to envision his/her future appearance as a whole (feeling, character, expression etc.). The valuable information from this 2D diagnostic template will then allow more precise guidance for the 3D and 4D design through the wax-up and mock-up.

1. Fundamental Key success: De- and re-programming the patient's brain to adapt to current situation intraorally

2. Criteria and parameters to achieve a balanced smile

3. Biomimetics and the evolution of smile challenges in the digital workflow: Minimally invasive digital dentistry and micro precision

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Michel Magne is a renowned master ceramist and expert in the art and science of aesthetic dentistry. An internationally sought-after speaker and educator, he lectures and teaches at some of the top dental schools both in the U.S. and abroad, including UCLA, University of Southern California, New York University, University of Geneva, and the University of Barcelona in Spain.

Michel received his dental technician certification in 1979 in his home country of Switzerland. He specializes in aesthetic rehabilitations and bonded porcelain restorations, and has published extensively on these topics.

Before joining Beverly Hills Dental Laboratory, Michel was an associate professor of clinical dentistry and director of the Center for Dental Technology at the USC. He also ran his own laboratory, 901 Oral Design, in Marina del Rey. Prior to that, he spent 12 years as the owner and director of the Oral Design Center at the Dental Laboratory in Montreux, Switzerland.