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. This episode is sponsored by Q-Optics and Quality Aspirators. More from the Giants in Dentistry playlist, including Dr. John Kois and Dr. Michael DiTolla. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dentists-in-the-know/id1543254763 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Elfj6LX0hCUyp0AgdTsij All our links: https://fanflet.com/dinks/social-2 Join us live every Wednesday at 8pm ET for Humpday Happy Hour. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@dentistsintheknow Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:14 Welcome and our week 4:21 Meeting Dr. Revilla-León at the Kois Symposium 6:13 News: infection control month 8:28 News: DINKs News podcast and Ignite DDS case studies 9:59 News: the Little Leaguer who wanted to be a dentist 12:10 Introducing Dr. Marta Revilla-León 14:17 Baylor College of Dentistry or Texas A&M? 15:52 From Madrid to Seattle: her path to digital dentistry 21:27 The email from Dr. John Kois 23:26 A PhD in digital dentistry 24:57 The virtual patient: facial scans and jaw motion 28:34 How facial scanning works 30:16 From analog facebow to digital 33:43 Dentist and technician: data collection and integration 36:36 How accurate is digital, really? 37:48 How fast is digital dentistry growing? 40:17 AI for caries diagnosis 42:51 Where to start with digital workflows 44:29 3D printing in the office is harder than it looks 48:13 The Kois research grant 49:35 40 publications in one year 51:39 Temperature and lighting affect scanner accuracy 53:12 Closing Special shout out to Q-Optics for making this episode possible! 📺Make sure you subscribe to catch new episodes live every Wednesday at 8:30 EST! https://www.youtube.com/@dentistsintheknow 🌟Stay up to date on all the latest dental trends when you follow the DINKs: https://fanflet.com/dinks/social-2