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The Final Touch: Macro & Micro Esthetics with Composite

This 2-day lecture and participation course provides a systematic approach to designing and finishing anterior teeth using composite as the primary medium. Only $1,395 before October 15th.

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Where

Burbank Dental Laboratory, Burbank CA

When

Nov 14 - 15, 2025

Time

9:00 am - 6:00 pm
9:00 am - 6:30 pm

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Why You Should Attend

16 CE Units | Seating is limited

Emphasis will be placed on managing space, proportion, contour, and surface characteristics to achieve predictable esthetic outcomes. Through lecture, demonstration, and hands-on exercises, participants will refine both macro- and micro-esthetic skills, including form, surface texture, and polish. The course also incorporates wax as a modeling medium to reinforce transferable hand skills and precision in restorative dentistry. 

$1,395 before October 15th | $1,595 after October 15th

Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are included

  • Method: Lecture/Participation. 
  • AGD Subject code: 610

What You'll Learn

  • Evaluate esthetic parameters for anterior tooth design, including tooth proportion, midline, and inter-tooth relationships.
  • Demonstrate the ability to contour, texture, finish, and polish composite restorations using a systematic approach.
  • Construct a fully layered composite tooth that integrates macro- and micro-esthetic principles into a lifelike restoration.
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Meet the Instructor

Ed-McLaren

Ed McLaren

CEO of ArtOral America

Dr. Edward McLaren is a Prosthodontist, Master Dental Ceramist, and CEO of ArtOral America, a private teaching institute in Park City, Utah. He maintains a prosthodontics and esthetic dentistry practice where he creates his own ceramics.

A graduate of the University of Redlands (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude) and the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry (Omicron Kappa Upsilon), he earned his Prosthodontics certificate at UCLA. Dr. McLaren is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American College of Prosthodontists and the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry.

He has authored 90+ articles, published The Art of Passion: Ceramics, Teeth, Faces, and Places, and lectures worldwide on ceramics and esthetics. He retired as Professor at UCLA and UAB, where he founded and directed multiple advanced programs in esthetics, ceramics, and biomaterials.

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