Halo Education Veneers
with Dr. Drew Ballard
Cosmetic Dentistry · Intermediate · Hands-on, Lecture · Date 2026-09-18 · Phoenix, AZ · $3,500
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Halo Education Veneers is a two day hands on course built around direct composite veneers that preserve natural tooth structure. Dr. Drew Ballard teaches the HALO technique he developed as a conservative alternative to traditional veneers that often require reducing teeth, along with what it takes to offer these cases in your own office.
What makes the experience different:
- Learn directly from Dr. Drew Ballard, a 2007 graduate of the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry who practices in the Phoenix area and lectures nationally and internationally on HALO veneers.
- His background includes serving as a dental officer at Walter Reed Army Hospital, where he worked on facial reconstruction for wounded soldiers, plus two years of cosmetic mentorship in South Korea and study with cosmetic dentists in more than 20 countries.
- Practice the technique yourself over two days rather than only watching a lecture, with Level 1 and Level 2 courses so you can return and keep building.
- Cover smile design and the business side together, including patient communication, marketing, and positioning your practice for cosmetic care.
- Continue with ongoing support after the course, which the provider describes as including marketing help such as plans, social media campaigns, and in office materials.
Best practical takeaways:
- Case selection for conservative direct composite veneers
- A smile design framework for planning each case
- Layering composite to control anatomy and proportions
- Contouring, finishing, polishing, and surface texture for a lifelike result
- Patient communication for cosmetic cases
- A plan for marketing and running HALO cases in your own office
Clinical distinction: Halo Education Veneers is not a basic bonding course or a porcelain veneer prep course. Its value is learning a repeatable direct composite workflow where case selection, smile design, layering, contouring, finishing, and patient communication work together to produce a conservative cosmetic result. Verified attendee feedback highlights a more repeatable approach to anatomy, proportion, and polish, and a clearer sense of where composite veneers fit between simple bonding and porcelain.
Best for: dentists who already do some anterior composite and want more predictable, natural looking results, or who want to offer a conservative cosmetic option to patients who are not ready for porcelain veneers. You do not need to be an advanced cosmetic dentist, but a working foundation in bonding will help you get more from the hands on time.
What dentists said (1)
What I found most useful was seeing how much you can change a smile with direct composite while still being extremely conservative with natural tooth structure. The course gave me a much better framework for case selection, smile design, layering, contouring, finishing, and polishing instead of treating composite veneers like “just bonding.” The hands-on portion helped make the technique feel much more repeatable and gave me a clearer idea of how to get a more natural, lifelike result.
I had done anterior bonding before, but I was not always confident in how to build the anatomy, control proportions, or create the final surface texture and polish. Seeing Dr. Drew Ballard break the process down step by step made the workflow much easier to understand.
I also liked that the course covered more than the clinical technique. There was discussion around smile design and how to actually integrate this type of treatment into practice, which helped me think about where composite veneers fit between basic bonding and porcelain. The biggest change for me was realizing there is a very conservative cosmetic option I can offer patients who want a significant improvement but may not be ready for traditional porcelain veneers.
I think this is especially useful for dentists who already do some anterior composite but want their results to become more predictable and aesthetic. You do not need to be an advanced cosmetic dentist, but having a basic understanding of bonding will probably help you get more out of the hands-on portion.