More than ever, labs and practices are going digital. In this episode of Clinical Edge Fridays, ACT shares one of their latest Master Classes with Dr. Daren Becker, visiting faculty member at the Pankey Institute. He shares some of the key aspects of a digital workflow that will make your dentistry more efficient, precise, and comfortable for patients. Embrace and master these workflows to elevate your practice! To learn how, listen to Episode 900 of The Best Practices Show!

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Episode Resources:

• Watch the video version of Episode 900: https://www.youtube.com/@actdental/videos

Main Takeaways:

• Create a system for scanning every new patient.
• Digital is a helpful tool in planning, patient education, and motivation.
• Scanners are great digital tools, but you need to have a system for using them.
• Everyone on your team should be trained to use the scanner. It is that important.
• If your labs do digital, send them scans. If they do analog, send them impressions.
• Don't forget your principles in doing digital. Do a complete and thorough diagnosis.

Snippets:

0:00 Dr. Becker’s background.

5:17 How to get in touch with Dr. Becker.

6:16 Course objectives.

7:52 More about Dr. Becker.

11:20 Disclosure of conflict of interest.

13:10 Digital dentistry.

17:10 Using digital for diagnosis.

20:28 Have a system for using these digital tools.

37:44 Q&A: Do your auxiliary team members support these systems, or is it all you?

42:02 Q&A: What is your opinion on scan path for wand scanners?

43:33 Mounting the upper scan.

48:43 Mounting the lower scan.

50:06 Evaluating centric stops digitally.

55:28 Going from digital to analog.

1:02:25 Digital occlusal splint design.

1:13:22 What about implants in the digital world?

1:22:22 Your best day in the practice.

1:23:43 Reestablishing an occlusion.

1:29:53 Conclusion.

1:31:36 Q&A: What did you bond on that PMMA with?

1:32:31 Q&A: Offset and undercut preferences for bite splints.

1:36:32 Final thoughts.

Dr. Daren Becker Bio:

Dr. Daren Becker began private practice in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1998 with an emphasis on comprehensive, restorative, implant, and aesthetic dentistry. He is the owner and full-time dentist at Atlanta Dental Solutions and is in a full-time fee-for-service practice.

Dr. Becker began his advanced studies at the Pankey Institute in 1998 and was invited to be a guest facilitator in 2006. He has been on the visiting faculty since 2009. In addition, in 2006, he began spending time facilitating dental students from Medical College of Georgia College of Dentistry at the Ben Massell Clinic (treating indigent patients) as an adjunct clinical faculty member. In 2011, he was invited to be a part-time faculty member in the Graduate Prosthodontics Residency at the Center for Aesthetic and Implant Dentistry at Georgia Health Sciences University, now Georgia Regents University College of Dental Medicine (formerly Medical College of Georgia).

Dr. Becker has been involved in organized dentistry and has chaired and/or served on numerous state and local committees. Currently, he is a delegate to the Georgia Dental Association. He has lectured at the Academy of General Dentistry annual meeting, is a regular presenter at ITI study clubs, as well as numerous other study clubs. He is a regular contributor at Red Sky Dental Seminars.

In addition to his enthusiasm for sharing his knowledge, Dr. Becker's strengths are in meeting and special event planning and CE program development. He lives in the Dunwoody area of Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Amanda and their daughters, Alicia and Addison. He is passionate about fly-fishing and enjoys traveling, golf, and outdoor photography.