Designing predictability: The digital ortho-restorative workflow

What to expect

During this webinar, Elaine Halley will explore how contemporary digital tools can be integrated into an ortho-restorative workflow to improve diagnosis, treatment planning, patient communication and the predictability of clinical outcomes.

Learning objectives

• Explain how facial, dental and soft-tissue data can be combined to support facially driven ortho-restorative treatment planning

• Describe how digital visualisation tools can help clinicians anticipate the interaction between tooth movement, gingival architecture and the final restorative outcome

• Evaluate the role of ClinCheck, 3D Tissue Animation, Face Scan and Smile Architect in improving interdisciplinary treatment planning and clinical predictability

• Recognise where digital prediction ends and clinical judgement begins.

Development outcome

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Meet the speaker

Elaine Halley has been practicing dentistry in her Perth practice in Scotland for over 25 years. She is a Digital Smile Design Master, key opinion leader and clinic owner, as well as a Key Opinion Leader for several international companies. She has always been committed to post-graduate education and has a Master of Science degree in Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry with distinction from the University of Manchester.  She has always believed that everything around dentistry should be as comfortable as possible for patients and so her focus has been on designing a dental experience with customer care and comfort as a priority, combined with the best use of technology and evidence-based healthcare provision – an oral health/total model of health care.

She has lectured around the world, and is one of Scotland’s most experienced Invisalign practitioners, a Diamond provider and teaches other dentists how to work with the system  with Aligner Dental Academy. She is a judge for the Scottish Dental Awards and serves on the Editorial board for several UK dental publications including Private Dentistry and Aesthetic Dentistry. She has authored numerous articles on clinical dentistry, smile design, treatment planning, digital dentistry and the business of dentistry. She is the author of dental textbook ‘Smile Analysis’ published by Edra Publishing.

She is a past President and accredited member of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. She is also a member of the International College of Dentists.

Elaine has an award-winning private practice; Cherrybank Dental Spa in Perth, Scotland which she opened in 1995, and she is also Clinical Director for the Pain Free Dental Group; a group of practices across Scotland where her role includes mentoring other dentists to improve their clinical and patient communication skills.

In 2018 Elaine was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Dentistry at the Dentistry Scotland Awards and in 2019 she started the first UK Seattle Study Club – the Pathfinder Study Club.