Digital Dentures: Profitability and Partnership Across the DSO Enterprise
Thursday, January 29, 2026
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Course Code:
466TL
Cost:
$29
Credits:
1
CE Hour
As DSOs strive to optimize clinical and financial outcomes, digitizing removable prosthetics is rapidly emerging as a strategic imperative. This course will explore how leading DSOs are leveraging formulary lab partnerships, centralized workflows, and digital denture protocols to reduce overhead, enhance patient experience, and accelerate profitability. The session opens with a technical overview of digital denture workflows and case study insights from across the industry. It then transitions into a panel discussion featuring clinical, operational, and executive voices from top DSOs and industry partners. Attendees will gain practical guidance on scaling digital removals, navigating change management with providers, and evaluating lab and vendor relationships for sustainable growth. Whether you’re a clinical leader or business executive, this discussion will equip you with actionable strategies to modernize one of dentistry’s most stubbornly analog workflows.
Speakers
After this course attendees will be able to:
- Describe how digital denture workflows differ from traditional analog methods in terms of efficiency, scalability, and patient experience
- Compare the key clinical and operational drivers that make removables the next frontier for digital transformation in DSOs
- Explain the impact of formulary partnerships on reducing cost variability and improving clinical standardization
- Recognize the role of provider engagement and change management in successfully transitioning to digital removable workflows
- List the critical components of a successful digital denture program—including intraoral scanning, design validation, and lab coordination
- Determine how to evaluate lab and vendor partnerships to support sustainable, enterprise-wide adoption of digital removables
- Develop an action plan to incorporate digital dentures into your DSO’s broader digital strategy and clinical playbook
The DDS Lab grant has been applied to this course.
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