🦷 Veneers do not begin with ceramic.

Nor with shade selection, tooth shape, or the final smile photograph.

In a clinically mature approach, veneers begin with a different question:
how much tooth structure can we preserve to achieve an esthetic and long-term predictable result?

Enamel is one of the key prognostic factors. Veneer planning requires not only an artistic eye, but also a precise understanding of biomechanics, preparation design, mock-up, and bonding protocols.

In Stefen Koubi’s book “Ceramic Veneers: 20 Recipes for Smile Design,” esthetics is presented as a system of clinical decisions: from smile analysis to transferring the design project into the patient’s mouth.

This is exactly what Stefen Koubi’s Christmas seminar in Prague will focus on:
“Ceramic Veneers: Smile Architecture and Predictable Esthetics.”

📍 Prague
📆 December 10, 2026

During the seminar, participants will explore:

📌 creating a smile design project and transferring it into clinical practice through a mock-up;
📌 managing patients with pathological tooth wear;
📌 modern materials in prosthodontics and dental laboratory practice: the relevant choices for 2026–2027;
📌 step-by-step protocols for adhesive bonding of veneers — without critical mistakes.

➕ Leave a “+” in the comments if you would like to receive the full program of the Prague seminar.

🦷 A fractured instrument in the root canal is not always an indication for immediate removal.

What matters far more is determining which approach will truly improve the tooth’s prognosis: removing the fragment, bypassing it, or avoiding aggressive intervention altogether.

Today, endodontics relies increasingly not on technical skills alone, but on a precise analysis of the clinical situation. CBCT findings, root canal anatomy, the amount of dentin that would need to be removed, the location of the fragment, and the degree of infection beyond it are the factors that ultimately determine both the treatment strategy and the long-term outcome.

🔬 In his research, Yoshi Terauchi proposes viewing fragment retrieval not as an isolated procedure, but as a decision-making algorithm in which the following factors play a key role:

✔️ visibility under the microscope
✔️ the degree of canal curvature
✔️ the length of the fractured instrument
✔️ the biological prognosis of the tooth

In this carousel, we discuss when an attempt to remove the fragment is truly justified, when bypass is the preferred option, and why, in some cases, leaving the fragment in place may be the most rational decision.

📚 If you would like to approach complex retreatment cases with greater confidence, we invite you to join “Advanced Non-Surgical Retreatment and Fragment Retrieval”, an educational event led by Yoshi Terauchi.

💬 Leave a “+” in the comments to learn more about the event.

What Determines the Stability of the Gingival Margin After Root Coverage?

When treating gingival recessions in the esthetic zone, it is important to evaluate not only the depth of the defect and the ability to advance the flap coronally.

For long-term stability, the following factors are essential:

🔹 soft tissue thickness;
🔹 width of keratinized tissue;
🔹 flap stability;
🔹 quality of graft fixation;
🔹 tension-free flap closure.

A connective tissue graft should not be used by default. It is indicated when there is a need to improve the biological conditions for healing: to increase tissue thickness, support the gingival margin, and reduce the risk of recurrent apical displacement.

In this post, we discuss when CTG is particularly justified and which factors should be considered before selecting a surgical approach.

📍 On April 5–7, 2027, Giovanni Zucchelli will lead a hands-on course in Istanbul:

“Reconstructive Periodontal and Plastic Surgery of the Soft Tissues in the Esthetic Zone”

Leave a “+” in the comments to learn more.