Master in Orofacial Harmonisation (HOF)

To enable the student to perform Orofacial Harmonisation procedures with high technical mastery, solid scientific foundation, clinical safety, and a personalised aesthetic approach, aligned with the best international practices.

Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:

Knowledge and Scientific Foundation

• Master detailed facial anatomy (vascular, neurological, and lymphatic).
• Understand pharmacology, properties, and indications of neuromodulators, fillers, and biostimulators.
• Integrate recent scientific evidence and international guidelines into practice.

Clinical Planning and Assessment

• Perform detailed facial assessment and define functional aesthetic goals.
• Develop personalised, safe, and effective treatment plans.
• Select techniques and products appropriate for each clinical case.

Technical Execution

• Apply advanced injection techniques in different facial areas.
• Perform biostimulation procedures, mesotherapy, and use of complementary technologies (HIFU).
• Integrate combined therapies to optimise results.

Safety and Complication Management

• Recognise early complications and apply intervention protocols.
• Prevent complications through anatomical planning and proper technique.
• Manage medical emergencies related to aesthetic practice.

Ethics, Communication, and Deontology

• Obtain informed consent clearly and comprehensively.
• Manage patient expectations with transparent communication.
• Comply with applicable ethical, legal, and biosafety standards.

Continuous Professional Development

• Prepare and maintain a documented clinical portfolio.
• Present case studies and scientific articles.
• Participate in update programmes and professional networks.

Module 1
Workload: 16 hours
Content:

• Training in venepuncture
• Autologous Leucoplatelet Aggregates – monomeric phase
• Autologous Leucoplatelet Aggregates – polymeric phase
• Integumentary system
• Clinical practice

Module 2
Workload: 16 hours
Content:

• Facial Anatomy (arteries, veins, lymphatic system, nerves)
• Case study and/or scientific article (students)
• Clinical practice

Module 3
Workload: 16 hours
Content:

• Aesthetic Botulinum Toxin
• Therapeutic Botulinum Toxin
• Complications and management
• Case study and/or scientific article (students)
• Clinical practice

Module 4
Workload: 16 hours
Content:

• Introduction to technologies (focus on High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound – HIFU)
• Complications and management
• Case study and/or scientific article (students)
• Clinical practice

Module 5
Workload: 16 hours
Lecturer:
Content:

• Medical Emergencies
• Interpretation of Complementary Examinations
• Ethics, Deontology and Dentistry Legislation
• Case study and/or scientific article (students)
• Clinical practice

Module 6
Workload: 16 hours
Content:

• Extraoral anaesthesia techniques
• Lip Filling
• Complications and management
• Case study and/or scientific article (students)
• Clinical practice

Module 7
Workload: 16 hours
Content:

• Mesotherapy
• Skinbooster
• Eye booster
• Submental fat Mesolipolysis
• Percutaneous collagen inducers
• Clinical practice

Module 8
Workload: 16 hours
Content:

• Advanced Fillers (Temporal, zygoma, malar, chin, mandible)
• HA Rheology
• Complications and management
• Case study and/or scientific article (students)
• Clinical practice

Module 9
Workload: 16 hours
Content:

• Absorbable Facial Threads
• Complications and management
• Case study and/or scientific article (students)
• Clinical practice

Module 10
Workload: 16 hours
Content:

• Collagen Biostimulators (CAHA, PLLA, PDLA, Polycaprolactone)
• Complications and management
• Case study and/or scientific article (students)
• Clinical practice
• Certificate delivery

Module 11 – OPTIONAL
Workload: 1 week 40h – 8 hours per day.
Content:

• Practical Immersion in Brazil, intensive practice with patients.
  (Travel and accommodation costs not included)

Evaluation and Certification Rules of the Course:

EVALUATION:
All trainees attending this course will be subject to the following types of evaluation, in accordance with the MQAF — Manual of Quality of Training Activity, approved by DGERT, the state body that recognised TMCS.LDA as a duly certified Training Entity.

Initial/Diagnostic Evaluation: will be carried out through curriculum analysis and an interview with the trainee, prior to the start of the course.

Intermediate/Module Evaluation: will consist, at the end of each module, of two evaluation processes:

• Qualitative Evaluation of the training provided, in the form of feedback sheets to be completed by both trainees and the trainer.

• Quantitative Evaluation of the trainees’ learning, in the form of a test or practical exercise, with an individual grade assigned (on a scale of 0–20).

Final Course Evaluation: will consist of the summative evaluation of all modules, also taking into account each trainee’s attendance, resulting in a final individual grade (on a scale of 0–20), which will be recorded on the certificate issued by SIGO and by Dental School, TMCS.LDA.

CERTIFICATION:
At the end of the training, trainees are entitled to a Training Certificate, in accordance with Regulatory Decree no. 35/2002, as well as certification recognised and issued by SIGO, a governmental entity, under the terms of Decree-Law no. 14/2017, of 26 January.