Online course
The complete guide to digital dentistry
by Dr. Jacobo Somoza Roman

  • Dr. Jacobo Somoza Roman
  • 10 lectures
  • Duration:
    14 hours 58 minutes
  • Access to the course is not limited in time
You can buy the entire course now at the new price - $19, instead of the old one - $449
Course program
The complete guide to digital dentistry
10 online lectures

Detailed analysis of veneers, metal-free crowns, digital wax-up manufacturing on the course of Jacobo Somoza.

You will learn all the subtleties:

– Selection of equipment for the digital protocol
– Scanning in the oral cavity,
– Uploading data to the program
– Mock-up creating
– Smile design
– Printing or milling of the final design.
Intraoral scanners usage in statics and dynamics
1 h 40 min
Guide in 3D printing
1 h 32 min
Current tips and life hacks of 3D printing
1 h 31 min
Digital Aesthetic Analysis
1 h 29 min
Digital planning in 2D and 3D. Achieving aesthetics and function without an analog articulator
1 h 33 min
Integration of CBCT into 3D smile design
1 h 20 min
Progressive protocols in guided surgery
1 h 33 min
Basic and progressive protocols of total rehabilitation
1 h 26 min
Digital interdisciplinary dentistry: restoration + orthodontics + implantation
1 h 19 min
Guide to creating milled ultra-thin veneers. Analysis of clinical cases
1 h 30 min
  • 10
    lessons
  • -95%
    discount
  • $430
    savings
You can buy the entire course now at the new price - $19, instead of the old one - $449
The full course program
Intraoral scanners usage in statics and dynamics
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– How does the intraoral scanner function?
– Types of scanners
– The main problems that occur during intraoral scanning
– Which intraoral scanner should I choose for my clinic? Detailed comparison of models from different manufacturers
– Detailed stages of intraoral scanning:

- Preparing the scanner and computer
- Ergonomics during scanning
- Scanning strategy: how should I move the scanner sensor in the oral cavity?
- Processing scanning result
- Additional programs for intraoral scanners
- Reception-transfer to the laboratory
- Image postprocessing.

– Features of intraoral scanners using in implant prosthetics
– Scanning of prepared teeth: the importance of the scanner resolution for ensuring the edge fit of the restoration
– Bite detection by intraoral scanners: central occlusion and centric relation registration using a leaf gauge
– Registration of dynamic occlusion
– Retraction of the gingival margin before scanning
– What is an prosthetic virtual key?
– Analysis of clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.

Guide in 3D printing
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– Overview of working with 3D printers
– What is support and what is used it for?
– What are 3D printers and how do they work?
– What printers do I use in practice: comparative characteristics of 18 printers at the Jacob Somoza`s Institute
– Evaluation of the printed model surface quality
– Definition of pixel and voxel? The voxel effect How to avoid it?
– Types of light sources. DLP and SLA technologies
– What needs to be changed during long-term operation of the 3D printer?
– 4K printers-detailed comparative characteristics
– The characteristic sizes of the platform in the printers
– The gray scale is the most important tool for eliminating the voxel effect
– Calibration of the axes of the 3D printer, resin, and light source-how to perform to avoid problems during operation
– How to position the support system in order to correctly create a platform for printing an object.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Current tips and life hacks of 3D printing
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– Disadvantages of 3D printing, forcing us to turn to milling technology
– Principles of printing and positioning of the model in pre-printing space. Position of the support pins when printing
– Comparison of 3D printing and milling
– Evaluation of the quality and accuracy of printing and milling
– Evaluation of the quality of the surgical templates produced
– The positioning of the surgical template before printing
– Why do I need to scan the templates before the operation? Scanning procedure
– Which is better to use for making surgical templates: printing or milling?
– Features of working with printed models in the dental laboratory
– Fabrication of provisional implant-supported dentures
– Production of splints through printing technology: features of the technological process and use
– Veneers: printing or milling? Create perikymata on milled veneers.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Digital Aesthetic Analysis
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– Analysis of a clinical case when digital planning is needed (aligners + virtual articulator + veneers)
– Algorithm for integrating digital protocols into treatment planning
– Experience using digital planning in conjunction with an analog facial arch
– A combination of CBCT, photography, and a virtual articulator. How to completely abandon working with the face bow
– Why I don’t recommend to use a two-dimensional smile design?
– The compilation of patient’s photos with his intraoral scan data
– Protocol of facial features analysis in the digital protocol
– The middle line and its offset
– Occlusal plane. The inclination angle . Correction in the digital protocol
– Selection of working materials (E-max, zirconium dioxide, feldspathic porcelain)
– Detailed analysis of several clinical cases.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Digital planning in 2D and 3D. Achieving aesthetics and function without an analog articulator
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– Landmarks for facial analysis
– Guidelines for 2D and 3D smile design
– How to correlate the planning result with the patient`s smile
– JSi Teeth Libraries
– Where to position the gingival margin and the neck of the teeth? When do we need plastic surgery?
– Integration with face photography and CBCT for planning implantation and bone grafting
– Overview of the photo equipment required for operation
– The angles of the photos of the patient to smile design
– Modeling, fitting, correction, and adaptation of mock-up restoration
– Analysis of facial asymmetry
– Comparison of the virtual articulator and the Motion 3Shape module
– Analysis of clinical cases according to the author`s protocols of Jacob Somoza.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Integration of CBCT into 3D smile design
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– 2D and 3D smile design in 3Shape and Nemotec programs
– Planning of the jaw position and occlusion. Design of occlusional splints
– Analysis of movements with a splint for planning a total restorations
– Managing STL files. Three-dimensional coordinate axis
– How to evaluate and quantify 3D images of CBCT when integrated into digital protocols
– The ratio of the X-ray load on the patient and the final voxel resurrection
– Mapping DICOM files to STL files
– Combining the results of intraoral scanning and CBCT
– Integration of CBCT into 3D smile design. Analysis of clinical cases with the author's protocol of smile design.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Progressive protocols in guided surgery
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– Digital technologies in surgery
– Dual scan protocol as the basis for predictable implantation
– Major challenges in guided surgery and how to overcome them
– Which templates are most accurate: milled or printed?
– Perfect hole in the template. Why is it so important?
– 3D planning in dental surgery. Analysis of clinical cases
– Comparison of templates produced on different 3D printers
– Surgical lengthening and autotransplantation using templates
– Complete edentia: rehabilitation using a surgical template
– Artifacts on CBCT. How to get rid of them?
– Why the temporary restoration should be made prior to surgery
– Surgical template for zygomatic implants.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Basic and progressive protocols of total rehabilitation
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– 3D smile design for prosthetics on implants: integration of the face and the anatomy of natural teeth
– Is it possible to create a beautiful and functional smile in 2 visits
– Total rehabilitation for 3 visits on a clinical example
– How to avoid distortion when scanning
– How accurate is the intraoral scanner for prosthetics on implants
– Types and forms of prosthetic structures on implants
– Photogrammetry: where it is used and why it is used by the dentist
– PIC-abutments: advantages of their application
– Overview of the ICAM4-D system
– Prosthetic Virtual key: application protocol
– How to accurately record the position of soft tissues
– Materials for prosthetic restorations on implants
– Secrets of getting a high-quality restoration.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Digital interdisciplinary dentistry: restoration + orthodontics + implantation
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– Facial Analysis: new protocol
– Treatment planning depending on the expected facial aesthetics
– JSi photos
– JSi teeth library
– Surgical crown extension: clinical case
– NIM protocol: function + aesthetics. Interdisciplinary approach
– Planning and treatment of patients with edentia
– Creating a NIM mock-up
– Orthodontic Set-Up.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
Guide to creating milled ultra-thin veneers. Analysis of clinical cases
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson.
Program:
– Detailed full digital protocol of patient rehabilitation with aligners + prosthetic restoration
– The choice of material for prosthetic restorations
– Features of the Empress Multi feldspathic porcelain
– Tricks of ceramic polishing to optimize the fluorescing effect
– Ultra-thin milled veneers (0.4 mm): is it real?
– Create perikymata on CAD-CAM-veneers
– Life hacks for milled veneers adhesion in the oral cavity
– How to get rid of ceramic salts after HF etching?
– The effect of natural scalloped gums on the aesthetics of a smile
– Detailed analysis of clinical cases with an analysis of the aesthetics of the gums and lips
– Combining the results of intraoral scanning and CBCT
– Analysis of clinical cases with the author’s protocol of smile design.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, Implantologists.
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Jacobo Somoza Roman
The complete guide to digital dentistry
10 lessons • 14 h 58 min
Access to the course is unlimited in time!
Jacobo Somoza Roman
Dr.
Graduated in Dentistry from the "Instituto Superior das Ciencias da Saude - Norte." Porto Portugal.
Specialist in Aesthetic Dentistry. Faculty of Dentistry, Univ. Complutense de Madrid.
Professor of the Clinical Course of Implantology Autonomous University of Madrid.
Director at Jacobo Somoza Institute.
Member of different scientific societies such as: The Spanish Society of Stomatological Prosthesis (SEPES) and the Spanish Society of Sleep (SES) - National and international lecturer of courses on Digital Dentistry, Aesthetics and Implantology.