Digital Dentistry & the Virtual Patient | Dr. Marta Revilla-León

How accurate is digital dentistry, really? Dr. Marta Revilla-León, director of research and digital dentistry at the Kois Center, explains the virtual patient (facial scans, jaw tracking and lip dynamics), how to move from an analog facebow to a digital workflow, and why room temperature and lighting change the accuracy of your intraoral scanner.
In this episode:
- From Madrid to Seattle: how a dentist ended up with a PhD in digital dentistry
- The email from Dr. John Kois that led to her job at the Kois Center
- The virtual patient: 3D facial scans, jaw motion and lip dynamics
- How facial scanning works, and how to align it with your intraoral scan
- Dentist and technician: why digital means data collection and data integration
- The two generations of digital users, and why evidence matters
- Where to start with digital workflows, and why 3D printing is harder than it looks
- AI for caries diagnosis
- How temperature and lighting affect intraoral scanner accuracy
Plus dental news: infection control month and the Little Leaguer who wanted to be a dentist.
Dr. Marta Revilla-León is director of research and digital dentistry at the Kois Center. She holds a PhD from ACTA in Amsterdam, a master's in esthetic dentistry from Madrid, and a certificate in prosthodontics from the University of Washington, where she is on faculty. She was assistant director of the AEGD program at Texas A&M School of Dentistry (formerly Baylor College of Dentistry) and serves on the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs.

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