Institute of Digital Dentistry

04/12/2025

The $50K Problem We Solved With a Small Box

Osteon Medical saw a different path.

Julio Rojas and his team spent years developing horizontal scan bodies that could achieve the same accuracy using intraoral scanners dentists already owned.

The result? 10-20 micron precision without the massive price tag or complex hardware.

But here's the catch – nobody believed it would work. The pushback was intense. Clinicians who'd been doing impressions the same way for decades weren't convinced a small kit could replace proven technology.

Five years later, every major company is launching their own horizontal scan body system.

Sometimes the best solutions don't require the biggest investments – just the right innovation at the right time.

Hear the full story on the Decoding Digital Dentistry podcast – https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/podcast/s04e01-horizontal-scan-bodies-hear-from-the-first-company-that-did-it/

Have you made the switch to digital full-arch workflows yet? 👇

04/12/2025

Back in 2020, Osteon Medical launched horizontal scan bodies for full-arch digital workflows.

The industry response? "It won't work without photogrammetry."

Fast forward to today – every major company is launching their own version of the exact same technology.

Julio Rojas from Osteon Medical shares what it was like being first with a revolutionary idea that nobody believed in, launching during COVID, and watching competitors finally validate what they pioneered five years ago.

From 30+ design iterations to achieving 10-20 micron accuracy, here's the real story behind the technology that's changing full-arch digital workflows.

Sometimes being first means fighting the hardest battles. But when the entire market follows your lead? That's validation.

Full episode on the Decoding Digital Dentistry podcast – https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/podcast/s04e01-horizontal-scan-bodies-hear-from-the-first-company-that-did-it/

What digital dentistry innovation do you think will be mainstream in 5 years? 👇

03/12/2025

The Pioneer Rate window has closed.
To everyone who enrolled in Aesthetic Smile Design Excellence or Predictable Soft Tissue Surgery, welcome to the Pioneer cohort. We don't take your trust lightly.

To everyone who engaged with us this week but decided it wasn't the right time, thank you for being part of this community. There will be other opportunities when the timing is right for you.

And if you missed the deadline? Both courses are still available at Cyber Week pricing (20% off + 20% Course Cash) through the end of this week.

idd.to/cyber-monday

Thursday: The Black Box Giveaway prize drawing is happening next week.. Over $46,000 in prizes. Details coming soon.

Thank you for being here. 🖤

01/12/2025

⏰️ FINAL HOURS: Pioneer Rate closes tonight at midnight PT
Both of our newest courses are in their final day of Pioneer Rate pricing:

Aesthetic Smile Design Excellence
→ Pioneer Rate: $6,750 (save $2,250)
→ 12-week hybrid program
→ 5 world-class educators
→ 4 live mentorship sessions
→ Plus $1,350 iDD Course Cash back (20%)

Predictable Soft Tissue Surgery
→ Pioneer Rate: $2,993 (save $997)
→ 40+ hours of surgical training
→ 12 months of mentorship
→ Dr. Fadi Hasan (Board Certified Periodontist)
→ Plus $598 iDD Course Cash back (20%)

After midnight:
→ Both prices increase
→ iDD Course Cash drops to 15%
→ Pioneer cohort benefits close

What is iDD Course Cash?
Get 20% back in iDD Course Cash on every purchase during November (normally 10% starting December 9th). Use your Course Cash toward future courses within 6 months - it's like getting paid to upgrade your career.

Questions? Comment below or email

[email protected] – our team is standing by all day.

idd.to/blackbox

28/11/2025

Black Friday is tomorrow.

Here's what that means at iDD:
❌️ No "doorbuster" discounts
❌️ No artificial urgency
❌️ No pressure tactics
✅️ Same Pioneer Rates we announced last week
✅️ Same 20% Course Cash on all purchases
✅️ Same world-class education
✅️ Same 4-day deadline (Dec 1 at midnight PT)

Why no special Black Friday discount?
Because we don't believe in devaluing educator expertise or course content just because it's a shopping holiday.

Pioneer Rates already represent 25% savings. We built that in from the start because we want to reward the dentists who commit early and help shape these courses.

Our commitment: preserve educational value, reward early commitment, deliver excellence.

What IS available:
🎯 Aesthetic Smile Design Excellence - $6,750 Pioneer Rate
🎯 Predictable Soft Tissue Surgery - $2,993 Pioneer Rate
🎯 20% back in Course Cash (normally 10%)
🎯 Black Box Giveaway bonus entries with purchase
🎯 4 days remaining at these rates

For now: enjoy Thanksgiving, be with your people, and we'll see you tomorrow.

Link in bio for full course details. idd.to/blackbox

28/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to our US colleagues 🍂 🦃 🤎

A thought for today: The best investment you'll ever make isn't in equipment or technology.

It's in your own expertise.

Every piece of equipment eventually becomes outdated. Every software platform gets replaced. Every material gets improved upon.

But the knowledge and skills you develop? Those compound over time. They inform every decision you make. They transform how you approach every case. They elevate every patient interaction.

This week we launched two comprehensive training programs - Aesthetic Smile Design Excellence and Predictable Soft Tissue Surgery. Both at Pioneer Rates through December 1st.

And watching hundreds of practitioners commit to this level of education has reminded me why we do this work.

Because somewhere right now, a dentist is placing an implant they wouldn't have been confident to place a year ago.

Somewhere, a patient is receiving aesthetic dentistry they wouldn't have had access to locally before their dentist upskilled.

Somewhere, a team is celebrating a case outcome that seemed impossible six months ago.

That's what education does. It ripples outward.

So on this Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for every practitioner who refuses to settle. Who keeps learning. Who invests in excellence.

Your patients are grateful too, even if they don't know it yet.

Enter the Black Box Giveaway to WIN - Free to enter - $47,000 in dental education prizes - The largest giveaway iDD has ever done. You don't want to miss this!

27/11/2025

Today's the day.

After 3 years of refining this curriculum, Predictable Soft Tissue Surgery is officially available.

This is the course I wish I'd had during residency. Hell, it's the course I wish I'd had 5 years into practice.

Here's what frustrated me most when I was learning soft tissue:
Every course taught ONE technique. "This is the way to do gum grafts." As if every patient's anatomy is identical. As if tissue morphology doesn't change the moment you inject local anesthetic.

That's not how real surgery works.

This course teaches you FOUR different approaches:
Modified Coronally Advanced Flap (Zucchelli)
Tunnel Technique
Vista Technique
Connective Tissue Grafting variations

Not so you memorize procedures. So you develop the clinical judgment to know WHICH technique works for THIS patient's anatomy RIGHT NOW.
Because the moment I numb that patient up, I'm changing my technique. The whole soft tissue dysmorphs and starts looking different. What looked adequate before becomes mobile mucosa. What seemed like one approach requires another.

Course includes:
18 video modules (40+ hours)
Complete surgical library with real patient cases
12 months of live mentorship calls
Monthly case reviews—submit YOUR cases, get MY feedback
March 2026 delivery
Pioneer Rate: $2,993 (saves $997 off regular price) Deadline: December 1st

This is for general dentists who place implants but know they need better soft tissue training. For clinicians who see recession complications and want to understand WHY—and how to prevent them.

Link in my bio or visit: idd.to/psts

26/11/2025

New course launching today 🎯

Predictable Soft Tissue Surgery with Dr. Fadi Hasan, DDS, MSD
Board Certified Periodontist | VCU Faculty | 300+ course graduates
This is the systematic training program for mastering multiple soft tissue techniques through progressive learning loops.

What You'll Learn:
→ Four different gum grafting techniques
→ Progressive case selection protocols
→ Clinical decision-making frameworks
→ When to adapt techniques based on tissue morphology
→ Why teeth come before implants in skill development

Course Details:
18 comprehensive video modules (40+ hours)
Complete surgical video library with real patient cases
12 months of live mentorship calls included
Monthly case review sessions with Dr. Hasan
March 2026 delivery

Pioneer Rate: $2,993 (save $997 off $3,990 regular price)
Deadline: December 1st at midnight PT

Black Box Connection:
This course is the 4th Prize in our giveaway. Purchase = 299 bonus entries. Drawing December 4th.

Link in bio or visit: https://idd.to/psts

25/11/2025

Why Digital Dentistry Isn't Just New Equipment – It's a Complete Mindset Shift

Dr. Jameel Gardee spent 15 years in that exact position. Qualified, experienced, but constantly doubting himself with every complex case. Flying blind without real-time feedback.

Then in 2014, he attended the Digital Smile Design World Tour in Istanbul. Sitting alone in the front row, he watched everything connect – patient experience, optimal planning, starting with the end in mind, the power of digital visualization.

That day, he saw a new vision: certainty where there was anxiety. Predictability where there was stress. World-class results that were repeatable, not just lucky.

In this introduction to Aesthetic Smile Design Excellence, Dr. Gardee – now a DSD Master and Head of Education at Avant Garde Dentistry – shares the complete 12-week system that transformed his practice and has been proven across 1,000+ practices worldwide.

THE COMPLETE STRUCTURE:
Module 1: Foundations of Guided Digital Workflows
Module 2: Digital Patient Journey & Communication
Module 3: Advanced Digital Smile Design
Module 4: Clinical Implementation – FirstFit & Guided Prep
Module 5: Alternative Workflows – No-Prep & Hybrid Solutions
Module 6: Clear Aligner Integration
Module 7: Practice Systems & Team Integration
Module 8: Advanced Techniques & Future Planning

PLUS: 4 Live Mentorship Sessions
- Week 2: Implementation Strategy & Problem Solving
- Week 6: Smile Design Mastery & Case Review
- Week 10: Complex Case Planning & Integration
- Week 12: Graduation & Ongoing Support

This is the course for dentists who are done referring out cases they should be doing. For clinicians ready to deliver beautiful, functional smiles predictably – without the stress.

Your team transforms too. Your assistants master scanner positioning. Your treatment coordinators learn aesthetic case presentation. Your hygienists become aesthetic advocates.

The result? Synchronized excellence instead of solo struggle.

Delivery: February 2026 (Pre-order available now)
Pioneer Cohort: Limited spots for founding members

Learn more: idd.to/asde

21/11/2025

BLACK BOX PRIZE #2 REVEALED 🎁
You’ve invested in the tech... but are you confident with your smile design workflows? 💭

We’re unveiling Prize #2: Aesthetic Smile Design Excellence – a 12-week masterclass in partnership with Avant Garde Dentistry 🇬🇧

What you’ll master:
✨ Traditional guided prep with first fit
✨ No-prep injection-mold techniques
✨ 3D-printed hybrid veneers

This isn’t just theory – you’ll submit real cases, get live mentorship, and learn the exact workflows used in award-winning UK practices.

Stop the trial and error. Get the proven framework. 📐

🔗 Enter the iDD Black Box Giveaway now (link in bio)
More prizes dropping soon! 👀

21/11/2025

SECOND PRIZE REVEALED: Aesthetic Smile Design Excellence 🎁
Invested thousands in an intraoral scanner, CAD software, and 3D printer... but still not confident with your smile design workflows?

You're not alone. The technology is only part of the equation.
We're excited to reveal Prize #2 in our iDD Black Box Giveaway: A comprehensive 12-week Aesthetic Smile Design Excellence program, delivered in partnership with Avant Garde Dentistry.

Dr. Robbie Hughes and his team have built multiple award-winning practices using these exact systems, and now they're sharing their proven UK workflows with dentists worldwide.

What's included:
→ Traditional guided prep with first fit
→ No-prep injection-mold techniques
→ 3D-printed hybrid veneers
→ Hands-on assignments with YOUR actual patient cases
→ Live mentorship from experts running multi-site practices

Having a proven framework eliminates trial and error, giving you predictable outcomes and significantly less stress.

This is just the SECOND prize in the iDD Black Box. Enter now – we're announcing more prizes soon!

👉 idd.to/asde

21/11/2025

IT’S HERE: Aesthetic Smile Design Excellence

After months of development with our five lead educators, we’re launching the most comprehensive digital smile design program ever created.

This isn’t about learning concepts. It’s about implementing the exact workflows used in practices to achieve world-class aesthetic outcomes every single day.

What makes this different?
You’re learning from practitioners who’ve actually mastered digital workflows. Dr. Robbie Hughes built four companies around one principle: making advanced dentistry accessible through systematic digital protocols. Dr. Jameel Gardee trained under Christian Coachman and served as President of the Digital Dentistry Society UK.
These are proven systems, not theory.

Pioneer Rate: $6,750 (25% off) - Limited to first 100 spots

Deadline: December 1 at midnight PT

Plus: Earn 20% iDD Course Cash ($1,350 back)

+ First 100 get a limited edition black iDD bottle

+ 675 automatic bonus entries in our Black Box Giveaway ($9,000 value)

🎁 Speaking of the giveaway: ASDE is also the 2nd Prize in our Black Box Giveaway. Already entered? Your purchase earns automatic bonus entries.

Pre-order now for a March 2026 start. You’re securing your Pioneer spot now, with implementation starting in March with the founding cohort.

[Link in bio to enroll] or visit https://idd.to/asde