Dr. Christian Coachman and Dr. Kyle Stanley are here with me today broadcasting live from the Seattle Study Club Symposium. Today, we are talking about the lip factor. We all know that Christian is the man behind Digital Smile Design. His unique digital techniques has made dental aesthetics easier and more possible when doing restorative work.

Dr. Kyle Stanley has a practice in Beverly Hills. He also works with Christian and Digital Smile Design and focuses on the lip factor and the Orofacial Club. Often times with a full mouth makeover the relationship between the teeth and the lips are focused on. When a more holistic focus that includes the entire face and the position of the lips would give a better result. We discuss this and more in this interview.

You can find Christian and Kyle here:

Digital Smile Design

Christian Coachman on Instagram

Dr. Kyle Stanley

Dr. Kyle Stanley on Instagram

Show Notes

[01:52] Dr. Kyle Stanley has a practice in Beverly Hills California. He works on the surgical and restorative side of dentistry. He was trained in Brazil and has close contact with Christian. He has also been involved with Digital Smile Design for a while.

[02:19] Kyle is also focusing on the Orofacial Club where they focus on full facial aesthetics.

[02:29] Christian is from São Paulo. Brazil. He is the developer of the Digital Smile Design technology. He is a dentist and a technician.

[02:38] He's trying to go beyond teeth and gums and focus on taking care of the patient as a whole.

[02:46] The need for differentiation and outside the box thinking.

[03:00] How human behavior, the world of dentistry, and people are changing.

[03:08] Consumers want harmony between all of the facets, so dental offices will become orofacial clinics.

[03:22] First we become facial experts and improve our relationships with plastic surgeons. We need to know everything we can to improve harmony on the face. [03:49] This new area is like an empty canvas. We are not going to learn from others, we are going to create solutions.

[04:00] This is a clinically  exciting time for dentists and an emotionally beautiful time for patients.

[05:27] Have a plan and the business after dental school.

[06:04] It's Kyle's vision to understand the face better.

[08:14] Digitally we can do all of the movement before actually touching the patient.

[09:00] We want to kill a patient virtually on the computer instead of killing them for real. We want to virtually simulate the solutions before working on the patient.

[10:04] The lip factor and the missing link in beauty is the lip. Bringing the lip into the correct position and then planning traditionally.

[12:20] The importance of finding a good mentor if you have the energy to do something new and amazing.

[13:28] Mentors don't find you a you have to find mentors. A mentee has to offer something, as well.

[14:59] The Orofacial Club is closing the gap between plastic surgery and dentistry.

[17:45] The future will be a collaboration with projects like this.

Links and Resources:

Orofacial Club

The Lip Factor

Digital Smile Design

Christian Coachman on Instagram

Dr. Kyle Stanley

Dr. Kyle Stanley on Instagram