Aesthetic Advantage
with Dr. Larry Rosenthal
Cosmetic Dentistry · Intermediate · Lecture · New York, NY · 30 CE credits · $9,695
AI Researched CE Compass Brief
AI Researched Review Brief
Aesthetic Advantage is a live patient cosmetic continuum built around treating your own smile design case from preparation through final insertion with an instructor at your side. Held at the Rosenthal Institute at NYU College of Dentistry, it is organized as four progressive levels that can be taken in sequence, so dentists can keep building after their first case.
What makes the experience different:
- Learn from Dr. Larry Rosenthal, who heads an aesthetic and restorative practice in New York City, directs the aesthetic hands on continuum at the NYU institute named for him, and is an accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.
- Bring your own approved patient: in Program I you prepare the case on the first weekend and complete it the following month, with clinic sessions on the Saturday of each weekend.
- Train in a group limited to 10 participants, each paired with an instructor trained by Dr. Rosenthal who works alongside you from case setup through final insertion, while Dr. Rosenthal guides smile design and final aesthetic detailing.
- Learn from a faculty of program graduates who run aesthetic practices and teach and publish in the field.
- Round out the clinic days with lectures, a hands on photography workshop, and a marketing and practice management panel where you can bring your own practice challenges.
- Choose an observer path if you are not ready to treat, watching the cases and lectures without a patient.
Best practical takeaways:
- Facially driven smile design and case planning
- Step by step minimally invasive preparation for veneers
- Predictable step by step cementation
- Impressions, temporization, and artistic recontouring
- Clinical photography for aesthetic cases
- Basic occlusion principles so aesthetic work also functions well
- Clearer communication with patients, your team, and the laboratory
- Practical ideas for marketing and presenting aesthetic treatment
Clinical distinction: Aesthetic Advantage is not a typodont veneer prep course or a one day smile design lecture. Its value is completing a real case with a dedicated instructor beside you, where smile design, preparation, temporization, cementation, occlusion, lab communication, and patient communication come together on one patient. Verified attendee feedback highlights learning to plan the final result first and work backward, and seeing the aesthetic case as one connected workflow rather than a single procedure.
Best for: general and restorative dentists who want to take on veneers and smile makeovers with more confidence and are ready to select, present, and treat a suitable cosmetic patient during the course, with their own dental assistant along. It suits dentists who want depth over quick tips and are open to building skills across several levels.
What dentists said (1)
What I liked most was that this wasn’t just a “how to prep veneers” type of course. It really showed me how to think through the entire aesthetic case from the beginning through diagnosis, smile design, preparation, provisionals, occlusion, lab communication, cementation, and the patient experience. Seeing how all of those pieces fit together made the whole process feel much more predictable.
I already understood a lot of the individual concepts, but this course helped me connect them into a more complete workflow. I became much more intentional about planning the final result first and then working backwards from there.
I also appreciated that the teaching went beyond the clinical steps. There was a lot of emphasis on how to communicate with patients, present treatment, involve the team, and create a better overall experience. That was a big part of the value for me because it made the course feel relevant to how I actually practice, not just what happens during the procedure.
I think this is best for a dentist who wants to get more serious about aesthetic and comprehensive restorative dentistry, not someone just looking for a few quick veneer tips. There is a lot of depth, and the curriculum is designed to build over multiple levels.
For me, the biggest change was how I started looking at cases after the course. I was thinking more about the smile as a whole, the functional side of the case, and how to communicate the treatment in a way that made sense to the patient. It felt less like learning one procedure and more like improving the way I approach comprehensive aesthetic cases overall.