Course:
Improve Smile Design & Full-Arch Planning with 3D Data & Printed Prototypes
Continuing Education Credits:
1 CE
Course Presenter(s):
Sully SullivanEducation Methods:
Subject Code:
690
Category:
Date Added:
5/29/2026
Course Overview
Course Description
Today’s digital workflows go beyond the intraoral scan. By incorporating 3D facial data into treatment planning, clinicians can design restorations that better match facial esthetics, function, and patient expectations. This course explores how facially driven design enhances communication, improves predictability, and strengthens case acceptance.Attendees will review workflows for combining facial scans with digital design software to plan cosmetic, implant, and full-arch cases. Clinical examples will demonstrate how printed trial smiles and provisional restorations can be used to evaluate esthetics, phonetics, occlusion, and patient approval before final delivery.
Participants will leave with practical strategies to create more confident treatment plans, reduce surprises, and deliver final restorations with greater efficiency and precision.
Course Objectives
1. Identify how 3D facial data can be incorporated into digital design workflows to improve esthetic planning and restorative predictability.
2. Describe the clinical applications of printed trial restorations and provisional prototypes for evaluating fit, function, phonetics, and patient approval prior to final treatment.
3. Implement a repeatable workflow for integrating facial scans, digital design, and printed prototypes in cosmetic, implant, and full-arch restorative cases.
Course Instructors
Sully Sullivan
Dr. Sullivan is a practicing dentist in Nashville, TN, where he oversees a state-of-the-art practice with six doctors. Having joined his father's solo practice in 2015, he transformed a family-owned,...See BioAdditional Information:
Date Added:
5/29/2026
Review Date:
5/29/2026
Expiration Date:
5/29/2029
Target Audience:
This course is intended for dentists and other dental professionals from novice to advanced.
Educational Method:
Self Instructional Online CE Course
IMAGE AUTHENTICITY STATEMENT:
No images in this presentation have been altered.
SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT:
Information shared in this continuing education activity is developed from clinical research and represents the most current information available from evidence- based dentistry.
KNOWN BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS:
Information in this continuing education activity is derived from data and information obtained from the reference section.
EDUCATIONAL DISCLAIMER:
Completing a single continuing education course does not provide enough information to result in the participant being an expert in the field related to the course topic. It is a combination of many educational courses and clinical experience that allows the participant to develop skills and expertise.
This continuing dental education activity is a DentalXP activity. DentalXP designates this activity for 1 continuing education credit(s).
DISCLOSURE:
DentalXP ownership and staff have no relevant financial relationship to report.
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10/1/2025 to 9/30/2029.
Provider ID# 21759