This webinar will explore how digital diagnostics, visualizations for patient communication and preventive care workflows can be meaningfully integrated into dental education and institutional clinical programs. Attendees will learn how intraoral scanning, diagnostic visualization and patient-engagement tools can support earlier disease identification, enable better tracking and documentation over time, improve communication with patients and reinforce preventive care behaviors. The session will discuss practical approaches for incorporating these tools into predoctoral and postgraduate curricula, faculty workflows and assessment strategies. Real-world academic use cases will demonstrate how digital workflows can enhance student learning, interdisciplinary collaboration and research opportunities while maintaining clinical efficiency. The presentation will conclude with a guided demonstration and open Q&A focused on implementation considerations for dental schools and teaching clinics. 

Note: This event does not offer continuing education (CE) credit.

Learning Objectives: 

• Explain the role of digital diagnostics in dental education and how intraoral scanning and visualization tools can support earlier detection, risk assessment, patient communication and preventive care decision-making.  
• Identify practical methods for integrating digital workflows into curricula and clinic operations, including faculty calibration, student competencies and documentation within institutional clinical environments.  
• Evaluate strategies for improving patient communication, treatment acceptance and behavior change using visual education and patient-engagement technologies within teaching clinics. 

Original Release Date: June 24, 2026

Expiration Date: June 24, 2029

Questions? Contact learn@adea.org

Teaching Method: Lecture

Disclaimer 

The purpose of this program is to educate and inform. Information provided in this program is not a substitute for professional care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests at this presentation express their own experience, opinions and conclusions, which do not necessarily reflect those of their employer or any organization or group with whom they may be affiliated. Expressed viewpoints and opinions by speaker(s), presenter(s), guest(s) and/or facilitator(s) are also not those of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), ADEA staff or the ADEA Board of Directors. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity or therapy should not be construed as an endorsement by ADEA.

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