Friday September 12, 2025

8am to 4pm
7am-8am Check-In | 8am Lecture Begins

The Box Convention Center
631 Watiki Way, Box Elder, SD 57719

Lunch Provided

8 Academic / Clinical CE Hours
Your entire office is invited to attend
Register by September 4th

 
 

Part 1

7 Steps from Conventional towards Ideal Dentistry

Synthesizing 30 years of learning in Dentistry into 7 movements that will create the conditions to change dentistry for better, improve the treatment outcomes, empower collaborative work, deliver more ethical patient care and change patient perception of value towards our profession. How the changing world will disrupt the way we diagnose, plan, communicate, sell and perform dentistry, ethical patient care and how can we stay relevant in this new environment.

A framework for transforming dentistry from its current treatment-focused model to a more holistic, preventive, and technologically integrated approach.

Learning objectives:

  • The need to shift dental mindset toward prevention and holistic care

  • Technology integration for comprehensive treatment planning

  • Essential visualisation for decision-making and patient communication

  • Collaborative, asynchronous communication between specialists

  • Guided clinical execution and quality control

  • The role of digital planning centers

  • Ethical patient communication and treatment presentation

Part 2

Smile Design Knowhow - Overcoming Compromises Restoratively

Using optical illusion and morphological know-how to create harmony and beauty when facing common challenges during the process of rehabilitating smiles. Prosthodontists, restorative dentists, and technicians are constantly treating patients who, for many reasons, don’t have the ideal bone, gingiva, implant, and/or tooth position. When the only tool left are the restorations, what can we do to overcome these compromises, camouflage the limitations, and generate the best possible esthetic outcome for these cases?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand and diagnose the dento-gingival esthetic compromises

  • Learn the morphological and design tricks to camouflage limitations

  • Control what matters to create balance and harmony

  • Improve your communication Dentist-Lab

  • Become more effective by controlling esthetic issues chairside.

Part 3

Dentist-Lab Synergy in the Digital Era

The technological disruption in dentistry is transforming the role of technicians and placing labs in the center of this revolution.

There is no digital dentist, there are digital teams. Modern Dentistry is a Team Sport and the players are digitally connected. This lecture will focus on pragmatic and realistic systems to improve the, so important, communication between the dentist and the technician to create more precise, predictable and natural outcomes.

Learning objectives:

  • Understand the steps of a comprehensive digital workflow when rehabilitating smiles.

  • Creating protocols to communicate on key moments in an automated way.

  • Learn how digital can facilitate the restorative process with concepts like Complete Patient Digitalization, Cloud Dentistry, Asynchronous Communication, Copy-Paste Dentistry, Natural Algorithms, and Digital Quality Control.

Dr. Christian Coachman is a visionary, brand narrative architect in dental business and a pioneer in digital and esthetic dentistry. Graduating in Dental Technology in 1995 and in Dentistry from the University of São Paulo in 2002, he is a distinguished member of the Brazilian, European, and American Academies of Esthetic Dentistry.

Dr. Coachman gained significant experience as the Head Ceramist for Team Atlanta and has collaborated with renowned dentists worldwide. He developed influential concepts like Digital Smile Design, Pink Hybrid Implant Restoration, and Emotional Dentistry. As the founder of DSD, Dr. Coachman has transformed dental education with programs like the DSD Residency, impacting thousands of dental professionals globally. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania and NYU, and Educational Director of the IOA-Instituto OroFacial das Américas in Brazil. In 2025 he was the recipient of the APS Kenneth Ruud Award.

A prominent consultant and international speaker, Dr. Coachman has made significant contributions to dental product development, marketing strategies, and innovative treatments in the dental industry.