Friday Lecture: The True Value of Digital Dentistry: A Four-Step Revolution for Your Practice

Friday, October 2, 2026

HPDA members attend for free 

Non-members welcome for $199

Registration deadline:  September 28, 2026

Category 2 - 3 CE Points

Location: Hyatt Place Toronto/ Mississauga Centre - 5787 Hurontario St, Mississauga, ON L4Z 2H7

Parking is Free

Agenda:

8:00 am Breakfast, Registration, Visit Sponsors

9:00 am - 9:15 am  HPDA Announcements and Updates

9:15 am – 12:30 pm Lecture

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch and Visit Sponsors

Separate Registration is required for the afternoon Workshop

Dentists buy an intraoral scanner and expect it to change their practice, but it doesn’t. The reason is that they aren’t using it effectively. This course will demonstrate how dental practices can get the best ROI on an intraoral scanner and change their practice! As clinicians, we often view digital scanners as a replacement for impression materials. 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!

Key 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 in patient communication
• Realize the true power of digital for your practice

I had been involved in digital dentistry for more than a decade before fully embracing the Align ecosystem. Early scanners in my practice mostly served as a replacement for impression material. When I adopted the iTero platform, that changed dramatically. Instead of simply replacing “goop,” the scanner became the center of how I diagnose, communicate with patients, and plan treatment.

Today my practice in San Antonio, Texas, runs three iTero scanners that are used all day, every day. The technology drives everything from the new patient experience to restorative dentistry and comprehensive treatment planning. What I quickly realized is that when dentists fully leverage the Align Digital Platform, it becomes much more than a scanner or an orthodontic tool. It becomes a platform that can elevate diagnosis, improve patient communication, and expand the types of treatment we are able to provide.

In addition to practicing full-time, I am proud to serve as Faculty for Molis Coaching, where I teach dentists how to integrate modern digital workflows into everyday practice. My lectures focus on practical systems that dentists can immediately implement in their own offices.

Programs I frequently present include Invisalign Smile Architect: Ortho-Restorative Treatment Planning, which explores how Invisalign can be combined with bonding, veneers, and even full mouth reconstruction to create comprehensive treatment plans. In Lumina Restorative: Digital Restorative Workflows with the iTero Lumina Scanner, I discuss how the iTero platform can be leveraged for restorative dentistry, ranging from single-unit crowns to complex full mouth rehabilitation. I also present Leveraging the Align Digital Platform for Diagnosis and Case Acceptance, highlighting tools such as Align Oral Health Suite and Invisalign Outcome Simulator Pro with Multiple Treatment Simulations to help patients visualize treatment options and increase case acceptance.

My goal with every lecture is simple: help dentists unlock the full potential of the Align Digital Platform and bring those benefits to their own patients and practices.

You can find me on Instagram @JoshuaAustinDDS

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