Masterclass in Veneering
(New Concepts of Adhesive Aesthetic Rehabilitation)
25th – 27TH july 2025
Course Summary
The Masterclass in Veneering has tremendously shifted how patients perceive dentistry, which was once viewed as a taboo associated only with disease and pain. The increasing demand for comprehensive treatments aimed at improving one’s appearance has become one of the main requests from patients in dentistry. With recent advances in adhesive, restorative, and aesthetic techniques, clinicians are often boggled by the options available for effective and efficient treatment planning.In this 3-day Masterclass in Veneering, Dr. Nurul and Dr. Army Empol will provide you with a thorough understanding of laminate veneers, adhesive techniques, and case selection. Participants will explore options for direct versus indirect veneers, delve into understanding the failures of veneers, and appreciate the importance of functional occlusion. This Masterclass in Veneering aims to optimize your skills and treatment execution to minimize unnecessary complications throughout the treatment process. Many factors play a role in determining which veneer options are feasible and can provide optimal function. By the end of this Masterclass in Veneering 2025, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to enhance your practice in aesthetic dentistry effectively.
Learning Objectives:
• Aesthetic Analysis and Smile Design from analogue to digital planning.
• Applying Aesthetic rules in clinical action.
• Able to determine the possibility to opt for direct minimally invasive treatments to apply to Aesthetic Smile design.
• Apply basic dental photography into dentalaesthetic work.
• Learn the importance of moisture control and isolation in dental aesthetic work.
• Able to do shade matching effectively.
• Able to do selection between different types of ceramics.
• The importance of occlusion in treatment planning.
• Adhesion step by step including the importance of surface treatment.
• Dental veneers from planning to cementation.
• Laboratory prescription and error usually made.
• The troubleshooting of Dental Veneers.
Course Coordinators
Dr. Army Empol received his BDS degree from University of Malaya, Malaysia in 1994. He obtained his Master of Science in conservative dentistry from Eastman Dental Institute, UCL, United Kingdom in 1998.
He is an adjunct clinical lecturer in the department of conservative dentistry at UM and UKM. He is currently in private practice focusing in non-invasive cosmetic dentistry with an interest in direct and indirect bonded restorations.
Besides dentistry, he is a keen adventurer to places off the beaten track and peculiar destinations like Bhutan, outer Mongolia, Peru and Bolivia. He loves the nature trail and has been to the peak of Mt Kilimanjaro.
Dr. Nurul Huda Hasan graduated Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in 2004 before joining the oral surgery department HKL for 10 years. She then had a stint of working in Dubai where she sat for MFDS exam in Abu Dhabi. She completed a Comprehensive Certification Licensing in Implantology offered by the University of Berne, Switzerland and the University of Sharjah, UAE in 2013. She later obtained the MSc of Aesthetic Dentistry in the year of 2013. She was also nominated as Fellow of the International College of Dentists (FICD) in 2014. Dr. Nurul’s interest in Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry had brought her to numerous places for trainings and lectures, having been given the responsibility to be the Key Opinion Leader for few principals in Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry’s materials and products.
Dr. Nurul is the former President of the Malaysian Association of Aesthetic Dentistry, Vice President of the Asian Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and recently had been elected as the Country Coordinator for the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry in 2019. Her areas of interest are on the analogue and digital smile designs, prefabricated composite resin as an option in smile designing, composite resins and adhesive. Currently, Dr Nurul is a PhD student in Universiti Teknologi Mara, academic coordinator in The Dental Academy and maintains her clinical practice with some established private practices around KL.
Course Curriculum
DAY 1
• Introduction: Aesthetic Dentistry Comprehensive Aesthetic
• Treatment
• Planning
• Functional & aesthetic analysis
• Analogue / conventional smile designing
• Digital Smile Analysis
• DSD
• DSD App
• Digital Dental Photography
• Live & Demo
• Shade Selection Techniques
• Conventional Shade Selection
• Digital Shade Selection
• E Lab Protocol
• Matrix Fabrication
• Preparation of silicon index
• Importance of accurate matrix
• Moisture Control techniques
• The importance of moisture control
• Techniques of moisture control
HANDS ON:
• Preparation techniques for direct veneers
• Peg shape laterals
• Diastemas
• Class IV
• Direct composite veneering
• Natural layering
• Polychromatic layering
• Finishing & characterisation: Techniques and tips Primary, secondary, tertiary anatomy
• Perikymata
• Grooves
• Polishing techniques
LECTURES:
• Indirect Veneers (labial veneer, palatal veneer & vonlay)
• Materials selection
• Occlusion in Aesthetic Dentistry
• Diagnostic Wax-Up & Aesthetic
• Mock-Up
• Veneer Designs and Tooth
• Preparations
• Impression & Gingival
• Displacement
• Techniques
• Temporization
• Temporization for Veneers
• Layering & Staining Technique (Anterior)
• Finishing and Polishing
• Laboratory Prescription
• Veneers Try-In
• Surface Treatment & Cementation
• Maintenance (Repair)
HANDS-ON:
• Preparation Of Silicone Index For Provisionals
• Techniques On Inserting And Cutting Silicone Index For Different Preparation
LECTURES:
• Indirect Veneers Preparation
• Techniques
• Preparation Guides
• Impression Techniques &
• Gingival Displacement
• Techniques
• Provisionals
• Spot – Etch & Temporary
• Cementation
• Layering & Staining Technique
• Finishing & Polishing
HANDS-ON:
• Preparation Guides Using
• Silicone Index
• Indirect Veneers Preparation
• Techniques
• Impression Taking With Gingival
• Displacement Technique
• Provisionals And How To Create
• Aesthetic Provisional
• Surface Treatments
• Indirect Composites
• Lithium Disilicate
• Cementation
• Porcelain Repair
Course Fee
Masterclass in Veneering 2025
(New Concepts of Adhesive Aesthethic Rehabilitation)
RM 500 – Deposit
RM 3250 – By 25th of June 2025
Should there be a need for cancelation or withdrawal from this course with a valid reason, kindly inform us by email at info@thedentalacademy.com.my, at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the course date.
The following terms apply:
- More than 30 days prior to commencement: Store credit will be granted
- Less than 30 days prior to commencement: Forfeiture of any amount paid
- The management reserves the right to make changes due to unforeseen circumstances.
- All fees paid are strictly not transferable to other courses.
