[The digital workflow at the service of the practitioner's clinical learning]

Orthod Fr. 2020 Jun 1;91(1-2):93-99. doi: 10.1684/orthodfr.2020.3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Our relationship to digital technologies will be a determining factor in building our identity as 21st century orthodontists. The digital workflow used in orthodontics can be summarized in four successive phases: diagnosis, treatment planning, computer Aid Manufacturing, therapeutic follow-up. According to Professor Stanislas Dehaene, cognitive neuroscience has identified four criteria on which learning success depends. Attention, active engagement, feedback and consolidation. Our article demonstrates that a good organization of the digital workflow, thought upstream and coherent, allows the practitioner to strengthen his learning from each treated clinical case by potentiating the four criteria of learning. This design which is a real challenge is part of an increase strategy.

Keywords: CAD-CAM; Clinical learning; Diagnosis; Digital Workflow; Therapeutic follow-up; Treatment Planning.

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Dental Prosthesis Design*
  • Workflow