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Digital Dentistry, Taught on Real Patients
Digital dentistry isn't a single device — it's one connected workflow from capture to design to delivery. DDSchoology trains dentists to become Digital Dentists by seeing and planning the whole patient: face, bite, motion, muscle, force and design — built from real intraoral scans and Zebris jaw-motion data, not slideshows.
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Most training teaches tools in isolation. DDSchoology teaches the patient as one living system, so every digital skill has a clinical reason behind it.
- Face — facial capture as the frame for every esthetic and functional decision.
- Bite — the upper and lower arches reconstructed from real intraoral scans.
- Motion — real jaw movement (Zebris) instead of an average articulator.
- Muscle — the temporalis and masseter that drive and limit that movement.
- Force — where teeth truly meet: occlusal contact made visible.
- Design — the resolved, designed smile — the goal of the whole workflow.
The full digital workflow
You learn the same pipeline that powers modern practices: intraoral scanning and digital impressions, CAD/CAM design in exocad, jaw motion import and the virtual articulator, digital occlusion and contact analysis, and model export for 3D printing — connected so nothing is learned in a vacuum.
How to become a digital dentist
Start with capture, master design, then validate against motion and occlusion. That sequence is exactly how the DDSchoology program is built, and it's what separates a dentist who owns a scanner from a true Digital Dentist.
Where to go next
Dive into the specific disciplines inside the 5D method:
Digital dentistry FAQ
- What is digital dentistry?
- The use of digital tools — intraoral scanning, CAD/CAM design, 3D printing, jaw-motion analysis and digital occlusion — to plan and deliver care. DDSchoology teaches it as one connected workflow on a real virtual patient.
- How do I become a digital dentist?
- Learn the full workflow end to end: capture (scanning and face/jaw data), design (exocad and digital smile design), and validation (occlusion and jaw motion). The 5D program sequences exactly these skills.
- Is this for dentists or technicians?
- Both — dentists, prosthodontists and dental technicians who want to plan and design digitally, from beginner foundations to advanced design.