2025 Exceptional PORCELAIN VENEERS Workshop
Date & Time
[Sydney] 08-09 March 2025
[Auckland] 05-06 April 2025
[Melbourne] 03-04 May 2025
[London] 24-25 May 2025
[Perth] 26-27 July 2025
[Sydney] 30-31 August 2025
[Melbourne] 25-26 October 2025
[Hamilton Island] 22-23 November 2025
Venue
[Sydney] 08-09 March 2025 (Minimax Training Center)
[Auckland] 05-06 April 2025 (TBA)
[Melbourne] 03-04 May 2025 (TBA)
[London] 24-25 May 2025 (TBA)
[Perth] 26-27 July 2025 (TBA)
[Sydney] 30-31 August 2025 (Minimax Training Center)
[Melbourne] 25-26 October 2025 (TBA)
[Hamilton Island] 22-23 November 2025 (TBA)
Price
[Lecture & Hands-on] –$3,800 (inc. GST)
* Early bird 18 people (Sydney / Melbourne Course) can register at a discount price of $3,500 (inc. GST).
* Early bird 13 people (Perth / Hamilton Island / Auckland Course) can register at a discount price of $3,500 (inc. GST).
* London Course Fee: £1,800
Course Summary
Exceptional Porcelain Veneers Workshop
The exceptional porcelain veneers workshop will equip you as a general dentist with the tools and knowledge needed to create beautiful smiles for your patients. Utilising the latest in cutting edge technology ensuring predictable and repeatable solutions.
* Lecture & Hands-on Course
Date & Time
[Sydney]
08-09 March 2025
30-31 August 2025
[Melbourne]
03-04 May 2025
25-26 October 2025
[Perth]
09-10 August 2025
[Hamilton Island]
22-23 November 2025
[Auckland]
05-06 April 2025
[London]
24-25 May 2025
Venue
[Sydney]
08-09 March 25 / Minimax Training Center
19-20 July 25 / Minimax Training Center
Suite 4.06, Level 4, 6 Eden Park Drive, Macquarie Park 2113
[Melbourne]
03-04 May 25 / TBA
25-26 Oct 25 / TBA
[Perth]
26-27 Jul 25 / TBA
[Hamilton Island]
22-23 Nov 25 / TBA
[Auckland]
05-06 Apr 25 / TBA
[London]
24-25 May 25 / TBA
Price
[Lecture & Hands-on] –$3,800 (inc. GST)
* Early bird 18 people (Sydney / Melbourne Course) can register at a discount price of $3,500 (inc. GST).
* Early bird 13 people (Perth / Hamilton Island / Auckland Course) can register at a discount price of $3,500 (inc. GST)
* London Course Fee: £1,800
Course Summary
Exceptional Porcelain Veneers Workshop
The exceptional porcelain veneers workshop will equip you as a general dentist with the tools and knowledge needed to create beautiful smiles for your patients. Utilising the latest in cutting edge technology ensuring predictable and repeatable solutions.
* Lecture & Hands-on Course
The exceptional porcelain veneers workshop will equip you as a general dentist with the tools and knowledge needed to create beautiful smiles for your patients. Utilising the latest in cutting edge technology ensuring predictable and repeatable solutions.
COURSE DIRECTORS
COURSE DIRECTORS
Dr. Aodhan Docherty
dr.aodhanBMedSci(SYD), BDent(Hons)(SYD),
Grad Dip Clin Dent (Implants)(SYD)
Dr Docherty is a graduate of the University of Sydney Bachelor of Medical Science and Bachelor of Dentistry, completing his studies with honours and a University Medel. He has engrossed himself in postgraduate education becoming alumni of the Fahl Cosmetic Academy, the Kais Academy, completing a two-year orthodontic mini-residency through EODO and the City of London Dental School and has completed a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry in Oral Implants at the University of Sydney. Dr Docherty is passionate about mentoring and teaching running his own aesthetic workshops, lecturing as a core faculty member of the Aesthetic Restorative Graduate Diploma through the Australasian Academy of Dental Practitioners (ACDP), and is an examiner of the postgraduate Oral Implant Diploma at the University ofSydney. He believes in a literature based approach to dentistry and is a co-author in the soon to be released Wiley-Blackwell textbook “Practical Procedures in Implant Dentistry”. Dr Docherty is principal of two private practices in sydney, and focuses on aesthetic and implant-based dentistry
Dr. Kamran Ashraf
BSc (Hons), BDS (Hons), MFDS RCS Ed, PG Cert
(Prosth), (Perio), PG Dip (Prosth), PG Dip (Perio)
Dr. Kamran Ashraf is an aesthetic dentist practicing at Australia’s largest and most renowned cosmetic clinic, Dental Boutique. With a focus on creating beautiful, confident smiles, Dr. Ashraf utilises the latest in cutting-edge technology to provide predictable, repeatable, and minimally invasive solutions for his patients. He has lectured internationally, sharing his expertise on digital workflows with over 600 dentists, enabling them to adopt advanced techniques in their own practices.Dr. Ashraf is a dual honours graduate from the University of Dundee and the University of Central Lancashire, and he is an accredited Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons. He trained under Professor Richard Ibbetson, a pioneer in Restorative Dentistry, refining his skills in Periodontics and Prosthodontics. With extensive hospital training and surgical experience, Dr. Ashraf is dedicated to achieving exceptional treatment outcomes, which can be seen on his public Instagram portfolio.
GUEST LECTURER
Dr. Julie Pham
Dr Julie Pham graduated from The University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree in 2013.
Julie enjoys working with patients of all ages to help them achieve a healthy smile. She always ensures that her patients are always well informed and as comfortable as possible. Julie is passionate about preventative and cosmetic dentistry.
Julie enjoys working with patients of all ages to help them achieve a healthy smile. She always ensures that her patients are always well informed and as comfortable as possible. Julie is passionate about preventative and cosmetic dentistry.
GUEST LECTURER
Dr. Jackie Ngo
Dr. Jackie Ngo holds a Doctorate in Dental Medicine and a Bachelor in Pharmacy from The University of Sydney. Specializing in cosmetic dentistry and orthodontics, she’s an accredited Invisalign and braces provider through the American Institute of Progressive Orthodontic Seminars. After practicing in NSW towns like Newcastle and Port Macquarie, she returned to Sydney, her hometown. Driven by her passion for enhancing smiles, Dr. Jackie offers tailored treatments using advanced techniques and materials. Patients value her compassionate approach and calm demeanor. Outside of dentistry, she’s a former National Deadlift Record holder in the Australian Powerlifting Union’s Women’s division.
FACULTY MEMBER
Dr. Patrick Lam
Dr Pat graduated from the University of Sydney with a Doctor of Dental Medicine and has furthered his training with a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (Oral Implants).He has been trained under experts in the field and has limited his practice to aesthetic and implant dentistry. He is currently working at one of the largest cosmetic dental clinics in Australia where he is involved with the training and mentoring of fellow cosmetic dentists.
Dr Pat is proficient in a wide range of cosmetic dental procedures, and his passion lays within complex prosthetic and implant rehabilitation.
Dr. Aodhan Docherty
BMedSci(SYD), BDent(Hons)(SYD),
Grad Dip Clin Dent (Implants)(SYD)
Dr Docherty is a graduate of the University of Sydney Bachelor of Medical Science and Bachelor of Dentistry, completing his studies with honours and a University Medel. He has engrossed himself in postgraduate education becoming alumni of the Fahl Cosmetic Academy, the Kais Academy, completing a two-year orthodontic mini-residency through EODO and the City of London Dental School and has completed a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry in Oral Implants at the University of Sydney. Dr Docherty is passionate about mentoring and teaching running his own aesthetic workshops, lecturing as a core faculty member of the Aesthetic Restorative Graduate Diploma through the Australasian Academy of Dental Practitioners (ACDP), and is an examiner of the postgraduate Oral Implant Diploma at the University ofSydney. He believes in a literature based approach to dentistry and is a co-author in the soon to be released Wiley-Blackwell textbook “Practical Procedures in Implant Dentistry”. Dr Docherty is principal of two private practices in sydney, and focuses on aesthetic and implant-based dentistry
Dr. Kamran Ashraf
BSc (Hons), BDS (Hons), MFDS RCS Ed, PG Cert
(Prosth), (Perio), PG Dip (Prosth), PG Dip (Perio)
Dr. Kamran Ashraf is an aesthetic dentist practicing at Australia’s largest and most renowned cosmetic clinic, Dental Boutique. With a focus on creating beautiful, confident smiles, Dr. Ashraf utilises the latest in cutting-edge technology to provide predictable, repeatable, and minimally invasive solutions for his patients. He has lectured internationally, sharing his expertise on digital workflows with over 600 dentists, enabling them to adopt advanced techniques in their own practices. Dr. Ashraf is a dual honours graduate from the University of Dundee and the University of Central Lancashire, and he is an accredited Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons. He trained under Professor Richard Ibbetson, a pioneer in Restorative Dentistry, refining his skills in Periodontics and Prosthodontics. With extensive hospital training and surgical experience, Dr. Ashraf is dedicated to achieving exceptional treatment outcomes, which can be seen on his public Instagram portfolio.
GUEST LECTURER
Dr. Julie Pham
Dr Julie Pham graduated from The University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree in 2013.
Julie enjoys working with patients of all ages to help them achieve a healthy smile. She always ensures that her patients are always well informed and as comfortable as possible. Julie is passionate about preventative and cosmetic dentistry.
Julie enjoys working with patients of all ages to help them achieve a healthy smile. She always ensures that her patients are always well informed and as comfortable as possible. Julie is passionate about preventative and cosmetic dentistry.
GUEST LECTURER
Dr. Jackie Ngo
Dr. Jackie Ngo holds a Doctorate in Dental Medicine and a Bachelor in Pharmacy from The University of Sydney. Specializing in cosmetic dentistry and orthodontics, she’s an accredited Invisalign and braces provider through the American Institute of Progressive Orthodontic Seminars. After practicing in NSW towns like Newcastle and Port Macquarie, she returned to Sydney, her hometown. Driven by her passion for enhancing smiles, Dr. Jackie offers tailored treatments using advanced techniques and materials. Patients value her compassionate approach and calm demeanor. Outside of dentistry, she’s a former National Deadlift Record holder in the Australian Powerlifting Union’s Women’s division.
FACULTY MEMBER
Dr. Patrick Lam
Dr Pat graduated from the University of Sydney with a Doctor of Dental Medicine and has furthered his training with a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (Oral Implants).He has been trained under experts in the field and has limited his practice to aesthetic and implant dentistry. He is currently working at one of the largest cosmetic dental clinics in Australia where he is involved with the training and mentoring of fellow cosmetic dentists.
Dr Pat is proficient in a wide range of cosmetic dental procedures, and his passion lays within complex prosthetic and implant rehabilitation.
COURSE OVERVIEW
COURSE OVERVIEW
The Exceptional Porcelain Veneers Workshop is designed to provide general dentists with the essential tools and knowledge to craft stunning smiles for their patients. Under the guidance of expert course directors, you will master the most effective and efficient techniques. Enhance your expertise in veneers through extensive hands-on practice, ensuring you gain the skills and confidence needed to elevate your clinical results in this upcoming course.
The Exceptional Porcelain Veneers Workshop is designed to provide general dentists with the essential tools and knowledge to craft stunning smiles for their patients. Under the guidance of expert course directors, you will master the most effective and efficient techniques. Enhance your expertise in veneers through extensive hands-on practice, ensuring you gain the skills and confidence needed to elevate your clinical results in this upcoming course.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
· The consultation process
· Smile design parameters and how to adjust them for a more natural to Hollywood look
· Assessing a motivational mockup for additive and subtractive cases
· Material biochemistry
· Different preparation methods for additive, reductive, cant correction, diastema’s, crowding cases
· Soft tissue management with a focus on crown lengthening (surgical vs non-surgical)
· Impression techniques (analogue vs digital dentistry)
· Occlusion with regards to indirect fixed prosthodontics
· Temporisation techniques
· Cementation protocol
· The consultation process
· Smile design parameters and how to adjust them for a more natural to Hollywood look
· Assessing a motivational mockup for additive and subtractive cases
· Material biochemistry
· Different preparation methods for additive, reductive, cant correction, diastema’s, crowding cases
· Soft tissue management with a focus on crown lengthening (surgical vs non-surgical)
· Impression techniques (analogue vs digital dentistry)
· Occlusion with regards to indirect fixed prosthodontics
· Temporisation techniques
· Cementation protocol
HOW YOU WILL LEARN
HOW YOU WILL LEARN
The learning experience will be delivered using both lecture and hands on methodology. Each dentist will have the chance to practice and create a direct veneer with on a typodont tooth.
The learning experience will be delivered using both lecture and hands on methodology. Each dentist will have the chance to practice and create a direct veneer with on a typodont tooth. Hands-on Course
TESTIMONIALS
TESTIMONIALS
COURSE CURRICULUM
COURSE CURRICULUM
DAY1
Lec & Hands-on
8:45
Registration
9:00
Introduction
9:05-10:30
The Consultation
· New patient information
· Comprehensive extra-oral and intra-oral Examination
· Records collation
(Initial Photographs, digital scanning /
analogue impressions, x-ray, etc)
· Case discussion
· Case conversion
· Comprehensive extra-oral and intra-oral Examination
· Records collation
(Initial Photographs, digital scanning /
analogue impressions, x-ray, etc)
· Case discussion
· Case conversion
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:30
Smile Design
· Elements of smile design
· Converting 2D to 3D
· How to showcase motivational mock-up
· Converting 2D to 3D
· How to showcase motivational mock-up
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-2:30
LIVE Motivational Mock-up
· Assessment
· Case closure
· Case closure
2:30-3:00
Break
3:00-3:45
Material Science
· What's available and its use in the aesthetic zone
3:45-5:00
Preparation I
· Preparation guides
(From analogue to digital reduction guides)
· Type 1 - Additive
· Type 2 - Reductive
(From analogue to digital reduction guides)
· Type 1 - Additive
· Type 2 - Reductive
5:00
Q&A and Close
DAY2
Lec & Hands-on
9:00
Introduction
9:00-10:30
Preparation II
· Type 3 - Cant correction
· Type 4 - Diastemas
· Type 5 - Crowding
· Type 4 - Diastemas
· Type 5 - Crowding
10:30-11:30
Soft tissue management
· The importance of biology
· Good ST management
· Over/under the gingival contouring guides
· Laser/conventional surgery
· Gingival architecture
· Impinging biological width
· Crown lengthening
· Good ST management
· Over/under the gingival contouring guides
· Laser/conventional surgery
· Gingival architecture
· Impinging biological width
· Crown lengthening
11:30-12:00
Break
12:00-1:30
Scanning / Impression techniques
· Conventional impression techniques
· Digital workflow
· Comparing digital vs analogue
· A comparison of current scanners on the market
· Digital workflow
· Comparing digital vs analogue
· A comparison of current scanners on the market
1:30-2:30
Lunch
4:00-5:00
Cementation / Bonding
· Marginal integrity check (Dry fit)
· Trial insertion (patient and clinician approval)
· Interim photographs
· Isolation techniques
· Luting vs bonding
· Excess clean up
· Trial insertion (patient and clinician approval)
· Interim photographs
· Isolation techniques
· Luting vs bonding
· Excess clean up
5:00
Q&A and Close
DAY1
Lec & Hands-on
8:45
Registration
9:00
Introduction
9:05-10:30
The Consultation
· New patient information
· Comprehensive extra-oral and intra-oral Examination
· Records collation
(Initial Photographs, digital scanning /
analogue impressions, x-ray, etc)
· Case discussion
· Case conversion
· Comprehensive extra-oral and intra-oral Examination
· Records collation
(Initial Photographs, digital scanning /
analogue impressions, x-ray, etc)
· Case discussion
· Case conversion
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:30
Smile Design
· Elements of smile design
· Converting 2D to 3D
· How to showcase motivational mock-up
· Converting 2D to 3D
· How to showcase motivational mock-up
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-2:30
LIVE Motivational Mock-up
· Assessment
· Case closure
· Case closure
2:30-3:00
Break
3:00-3:45
Material Science
· What's available and its use in the aesthetic zone
3:45-5:00
Preparation I
· Preparation guides
(From analogue to digital reduction guides)
· Type 1 - Additive
· Type 2 - Reductive
(From analogue to digital reduction guides)
· Type 1 - Additive
· Type 2 - Reductive
5:00
Q&A and Close
DAY2
Lec & Hands-on
9:00
Introduction
9:00-10:30
Preparation II
· Type 3 - Cant correction
· Type 4 - Diastemas
· Type 5 - Crowding
· Type 4 - Diastemas
· Type 5 - Crowding
10:30-11:30
Soft tissue management
· The importance of biology
· Good ST management
· Over/under the gingival contouring guides
· Laser/conventional surgery
· Gingival architecture
· Impinging biological width
· Crown lengthening
· Good ST management
· Over/under the gingival contouring guides
· Laser/conventional surgery
· Gingival architecture
· Impinging biological width
· Crown lengthening
11:30-12:00
Break
12:00-1:30
Scanning / Impression techniques
· Conventional impression techniques
· Digital workflow
· Comparing digital vs analogue
· A comparison of current scanners on the market
· Digital workflow
· Comparing digital vs analogue
· A comparison of current scanners on the market
1:30-2:30
Lunch
4:00-5:00
Cementation / Bonding
· Marginal integrity check (Dry fit)
· Trial insertion (patient and clinician approval)
· Interim photographs
· Isolation techniques
· Luting vs bonding
· Excess clean up
· Trial insertion (patient and clinician approval)
· Interim photographs
· Isolation techniques
· Luting vs bonding
· Excess clean up
5:00
Q&A and Close
DAY1
Lecture only
8:45
Registration
9:00
Introduction and introduce speakers
9:05-10:30
The first consultation
· New patient information
· Comprehensive extra-oral and intra-oral Examination
· Records collation
(Initial Photographs, digital scanning /
analogue impressions, x-ray, etc)
· Case discussion
· Case conversion
· The role of each team member in the new patient experience
· Comprehensive extra-oral and intra-oral Examination
· Records collation
(Initial Photographs, digital scanning /
analogue impressions, x-ray, etc)
· Case discussion
· Case conversion
· The role of each team member in the new patient experience
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-1:00
The second consultation
· Elements of smile design
· Converting 2D to 3D
· How to showcase motivational mock-up
· Occulusion for veneers cases.
· Pink Aesthetics and soft/hard tissue guides.
· Converting 2D to 3D
· How to showcase motivational mock-up
· Occulusion for veneers cases.
· Pink Aesthetics and soft/hard tissue guides.
1:00-1:45
Lunch
1:45-2:45
Preparation I
· Preparation
· Retraction / Impression
· Temporisation techniques
· Retraction / Impression
· Temporisation techniques
2:45-3:00
Break
3:00-5:00
Preparation II
· Bonding
· Review / Aftercare
· Lab Communication
· Social Media and Marketing
· Lab Communication
· Social Media and Marketing
5:00
Q&A and Close