Your Next Crown Prep Can Be an Overlay
How to stop defaulting to full crowns, keep the pulp out of your prep, and bond an overlay that stays on, using the burs you already own, even if you've never taken a biomimetic course.
Taught by Dr. Rashad Riman, general dentist in Beverly Hills and co-founder of SurgicalMaster.
Three things that change how you look at every posterior tooth
Thirty minutes of clinical teaching, straight from the operatory, then live Q&A on your own cases.
Why most pulps are lost from the sides, not the top
The anatomy nobody drew for you in school: how close the pulp sits to the axial wall, and why a conventional crown prep spends its whole time cutting exactly there.
The overlay prep I tell every dentist to start with
Three steps, no axial reduction, with the diamond burs already in your drawer. If you've placed a composite, you have the hands for this. You could do it on your next case.
Why onlays don't pop off when you follow the protocol
There's a five-minute window most dentists skip. You'll see exactly where it sits in the sequence, and the two sentences that get patients to choose conservative care without hiding behind insurance.
Everyone who attends live gets Dr. Rashad's pre-prep checklist: the exact things he checks before a bur ever touches the tooth. Print it, tape it to your op wall.
Save My Seat →Free. Live on Zoom. Friday, November 13 at 5:30 PM PT.
From Dr. Rashad's own CT library: the measurements from the sides versus the top.
You're cutting right where the nerve is closest
The tooth goes hot. A year later, root canal. And we call it bad luck. It isn't luck, it's the prep. Most of us were trained to crown, and we were never shown another option. In the masterclass you'll see the other option, under the microscope, start to finish.
Better for the tooth. Better for the practice. Better for you.
For your patients
- Healthy walls stay on the tooth instead of in the suction.
- A prep that keeps its distance from the pulp.
- Supragingival margins that are easy to clean and easy to maintain.
- A restoration bonded to enamel so it acts like one piece of tooth.
For your practice
- Separate care from coverage: recommend what saves the tooth, show the patient why, and stop apologizing for your fees.
- Become the dentist in your town known for saving teeth. Patients in the know are looking for you.
- A procedure you can start on your next crown case, with the burs and materials you already have.
For you
- Do the dentistry you'd want in your own mouth.
- Stop choosing between what's right and what's reimbursed.
- Work you're proud to show under the microscope.
- A system, not a guru's aura. Mistakes included, because that's how you learn.
Before, try-in, after
The overlay in the masterclass is a case from Dr. Rashad's own chair, filmed under the microscope. You'll see the prep, the isolation, the bond, and the seat. Not a cherry-picked photo, the whole thing.
Every case he teaches from was done between patients in a working Beverly Hills practice, with the same constraints you have.
Before, try-in and after: a bonded overlay with margins above the gum.
Dr. Rashad Riman
General dentist in Beverly Hills, California. Co-founder of SurgicalMaster. He does most of his restorative work under the microscope. He didn't start there.
- Spent the first ten years of his career in insurance-driven offices, more than sixty of them, doing crowns because that was the system.
- Changed how he restores teeth once he understood where the pulp actually sits, and has taught the overlay-first approach to dentists through SurgicalMaster ever since.
- Patients fly in from other states for conservative, tooth-preserving care.
- Teaches from live operatory footage, mistakes included, not podium slides.
"I was tired of cutting away good tooth structure."
"Like many dentists, I was tired of cutting away good tooth structure for crowns. I got into dentistry to preserve teeth and protect teeth, not to do just what insurance is going to cover. This course really opened my eyes to an alternative that would allow me to better serve my patients, and gave me that confidence as well."
"Years ago I fell into the insurance trap and I stopped doing onlays and inlays. Just recently I was thinking, it's a shame to have to cut these teeth down like this. I came across the course and I was just super impressed. You lay it all out step by step. No questions really remain on how to do that and how to integrate it into the practice."
"I was looking for a more conservative way to restore teeth without automatically going to crowns. This course gave me practical, step-by-step techniques that I could use right away and feel confident about. If you want real-world techniques that work and make sense, I would definitely recommend it."
Who should be on this call
This masterclass is for you if
- You do restorative dentistry and you've ever felt that pang grinding a healthy wall down for a crown.
- You tried an onlay once, it came off, and you went back to crowns.
- You look at the biomimetic cases on Instagram and think "I'm not at that level."
- Your health-conscious patients ask how to keep their teeth alive, and you want a real answer.
It's probably not for you if
- You're happy doing crowns and your patients are happy too. Some dentists do them really well. No judgment.
- You want a laser, a microscope and a residency before you'll try anything new. You need none of them for this.
- You're collecting CE certificates rather than changing your Monday.
Before you register
Is it really free?
Yes. The masterclass is free. Dr. Rashad teaches for about 30 minutes, then takes your questions live. At the end he'll tell you about the full No Crown Dentistry System for anyone who wants to go deeper. No pressure either way.
Do I need a microscope?
No. The footage is filmed under the microscope so you can see every step clearly, but the prep and the bonding protocol work with loupes and good lighting.
Will there be a replay?
This is a live session, and the Q&A and the pre-prep checklist are for the people in the room. Block the time like it's a patient. If a replay is offered, registrants will hear about it first by email.
What time is it in my time zone?
5:30 PM Pacific, 6:30 PM Mountain, 7:30 PM Central, 8:30 PM Eastern, on Friday, November 13. The confirmation page has an add-to-calendar button that handles the conversion for you.
I'm an associate, not an owner. Is this still useful?
Yes. The prep and the protocol are clinical skills you take with you. The patient-communication part helps you present conservative options wherever you practice.
Who is teaching?
Dr. Rashad Riman, a general dentist in Beverly Hills and co-founder of SurgicalMaster. SurgicalMaster has taught more than 30,000 dentists through its courses and mentorship programs.
Pull up the last tooth you prepped for a crown.
Then ask: could this have been an overlay?
Come spend 30 minutes with Dr. Rashad. Bring a case. Leave with the prep, the protocol and the checklist.
Save My Seat, It's Free → Live only. Your Zoom link arrives by email as soon as you register.