Dentistry news and updates – The digital coming of age

Dentistry news & updates - The digital coming of age

The pandemic accelerated the digitalisation of UK dentistry – Densura’s Julian Perry asks how the digital revolution will continue.

The world stopped in 2020 when the global pandemic hit. Off the back of the pandemic, our society changed, and the dental profession has changed along with it. 

One significant change has been the rapid acceleration in the adoption of digital consultation. This was born out of the fact that we couldn’t see patients face to face. 

Clinicians under 40 now have a preference to work a three-day week. This could be facilitated by the time saved through the digitalisation of dental practice.  

Digital consultation may have taken a leap forward, but despite recent growth in this area, our profession remains slow to adopt a fully digitalised path. European practices I work closely with have accelerated their adoption far faster, reaping the obvious benefits.

Why go digital?

• Evidence – digital processes support medicolegal arguments far more effectively than non-digital
• Communication – digital communication in the form of radiographs and intraoral scanners is much clearer than verbal description
• Consent – it’s easier to come to co-agreement through digital channels, making it simpler to achieve the all-important valid consent 
• Selling – the presentation of aligner simulations, digital wax-ups for crowns and bridges, and implant planning all speak for themselves, raising treatment acceptance levels among patients 
• Workflow – digital workflows are more profitable, efficient, accurate and professional.

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Dentistry news & updates- The digital coming of age