Thurs., Nov. 6, 2025
Time: TBD (AM)
Room: TBD
Speaker: Joshua Austin, DDS

This course is supported, in part, by an educational grant from Align Technology

Recommended for: Everyone

Dentists buy an intraoral scanner and expect it to change their practice, but it doesn’t. The reason is because they aren’t using it in the best ways. This course will demonstrate how dental practices can get the best ROI on an intraoral scanner and actually change their practice!

As clinicians, we often look at digital scanners as a replacement for impression material. While this is a fantastic attribute of digital scanners, this is a short-sighted view. How can we maximize the return on investment of our digital scanning? The answers are astoundingly simple and help us realize the true value and power of digital technology-communication!

In this course, participants will learn how innovations and enhancements in intraoral scanning contribute to improved practice workflows and an enhanced patient experience. Discover how these devices can close the gap of patient communication by allowing you to easily share digital images and provide a better understanding of dental procedures to your patients. You’ll also realize the true power of digital for your practice and how it can help you work smarter, not harder. Join us and take your dental practice to the next level!

Learning Objectives:

• Explore the latest innovations and enhancements in intraoral scanning.
• Learn how the improved scanning amplifies practice productivity.
• Discover how these devices can close the gap of patient communication.
• Realize the true power of digital for your practice.

Joshua Austin, DDS maintains a full-time restorative dentistry practice in San Antonio, Texas. He is an editorial director and monthly columnist for Dental Economics magazine focusing on dental products and technology. Dr. Austin lectures around the country and world to study clubs and dental meetings about these topics along with Ortho/Restorative treatments and mental health.

Dr. Austin is a graduate of the UT Health School of Dentistry and spent five years post-graduation in the Department of Restorative Dentistry. In 2024, Dr. Austin won the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and Seattle Study Club “Case of the Year.”

Dr. Austin (or an immediate family member) has a significant relationship with the following commercial organizations whose products he will refer to in his presentation: Align Technology, Solventum, and Ivoclar.