Teaching Full Mouth Reconstruction in ClevelandAesthetic Excellence 2.0

Dr. Jim Harding recently traveled to the Cleveland area to help lead Session III of Aesthetic Excellence 2.0, a clinical education course for dentists at The Center for Dental Ceramics in Richfield, Ohio.

Co-directed by Dr. Harding and Dr. Kurt Doolin, the course guides participating dentists through full mouth reconstruction with actual patients. Across four sessions, dentists work through diagnosis, treatment planning, tooth preparation, provisional restorations, and placement of the final restorations.

Full mouth reconstruction involves restoring many or all of a patient’s teeth. These cases require attention to more than appearance. Dentists must consider the bite, tooth wear, existing restorations, function, and the patient’s goals—and understand how each treatment decision affects the overall result.

During the October 8–10 session, participating dentists placed upper-arch restorations developed during the previous session and moved into preparation of the lower teeth. Dr. Harding and Dr. Doolin provided clinical guidance as the cases progressed.

The course also creates opportunities to discuss the details that matter in restorative dentistry: tooth preparation design, ceramic material selection, bonding procedures, and the role of temporary restorations in evaluating a planned result. Collaboration with the dental laboratory helps connect those decisions to the restorations ultimately delivered to the patient.

Dr. Harding has taught dentists for more than 25 years. Aesthetic Excellence 2.0 allows him to share that experience in a setting where participants can follow complex treatment from planning through completion.

For Harding Dental Group patients, this teaching reflects the same principles used in everyday care: understand the problem, plan carefully, choose appropriate materials, and pay attention to the details. Those principles matter whether treatment involves one tooth or an entire smile.