Mariano Maurizi's 2 day Hands-on course: Aesthetics on teeth and gums

Course Overview
This two-day hands-on course focuses on the aesthetic reconstruction of teeth and gingiva using modern, metal-free ceramic techniques. Participants will study, practice, and refine advanced strategies for creating highly aesthetic dental and gingival restorations, with a strong emphasis on light, colour, and surface characterisation.

Practical Training
Participants will work on an upper anterior six-unit zirconia framework with additional gingiva, applying ceramic materials over a zirconium structure across both days of the course.

The course combines theoretical foundations with intensive practical exercises to support progressive skill development and predictable aesthetic outcomes.

Key Learning Objectives

• Understand the interaction of light and color in dental aesthetics

• Master saturation, value, and translucency contrasts

• Develop natural-looking ceramic restorations through controlled surface reflection

• Apply advanced gingival layering techniques for realistic three-dimensional results

• Improve finishing, texture, and mechanical polishing skills

Core Topics Covered

• Theory of light in dental ceramics

• Morphology and aesthetic design

• Dentogingival stratification

• Covered Makeup Technique

• External makeup and layering techniques

• Finishing and mechanical polishing

Special Techniques
Covered Makeup
A technique in which makeup is sealed beneath a thin enamel layer to achieve highly aesthetic, natural restorations with controlled light reflection and surface harmony.

Advanced Gingival Layering
In-depth study of ceramic gingival masses, combining conventional layering with saturated ceramics to create expressive, three-dimensional gingiva. The technique emphasises contraction control, additive texturing, and mechanical polishing.