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Smile Design 2.0: Merging Elite Tech with Clinical Artistry – making invisible visible, one smile at a time

Labline Magazine featured Yugo's article for the 'ACADEMY' section in Winter 2025 (originally published in English and Hungarian).   Smile design isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about trust, communication, and predictability. Patients today arrive with higher expectations than ever before. Digital tools have made cosmetic dentistry more accessible, but they’ve also created a new challenge: how do we ensure clarity when clinicians, technicians, and patients all need to be aligned on the same vision? That’s where a structured approach to smile design becomes essential. When patients can see and understand each stage—initial consultation, temporary restorations, and the final review—the result is more than a beautiful smile: it’s confidence, reassurance, and shared decision-making. In my latest feature for Labline Magazine (Autumn 2025), I explore how a technician-led...

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Before and After 2021: Smile Design 2.0 (Part 1) – Performing a smile makeover for dental professionals

I’ve been meaning to work on my publications for a while but was occupied with my GAMSAT studies, plus the establishment and stabilisation of my new business - Smile Virtuoso, in Pyrmont, NSW. It’s been a year and a half since I updated my blog posts, and now I finally have an opportunity to work on some exciting projects to share and be published in 2023! I want to kick off the blog post in this Before and After section, titled ‘Smile Design 2.0 (part 1 and part 2)’. These blog posts serve as sneak peeks of the cases presented in my upcoming article, where I present a standardised protocol in smile design, explaining the requirements in digital photography and communication...

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Before and After 2018: Smile Makeover – Replacement of Existing Restorations

A Caucasian female patient in her 40s flew in from Switzerland and stayed in Sydney, Australia, over the Xmas break for the smile makeover. Her existing veneers were only done 4-5 years ago by another technician, and she was unhappy with them due to being over contoured.   The treating clinician modified the shape clinically before sending the patient to my studio for a smile design consultation. Thus, her condition was close to ideal, and she was happy with them in general. My job was to identify where we can improve and determine the number of units required to achieve the best possible outcome.   Figs 1-3 show the pre-op condition.   Upon detailed discussion, I observed the following information.   Shape: As noted above, the treating clinician improved...

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