Institute of Digital Dentistry

The Institute of Digital Dentistry is New Zealand’s first CAD/CAM-specific training institute and sta Enter iDD Online.

The Institute of Digital Dentistry (iDD) is New Zealand’s first CAD/CAM and Digital Dentistry specific training centre, and online training platform. iDD stands for advanced, innovative and cutting-edge training in digital dentistry. We want to bring together dental professionals that are passionate about digital dentistry and its possibilities. One of our aims is to promote and teach the many fac

ets of digital dentistry and how it can revolutionize your practice and make dentistry more enjoyable and insightful for you and your patients. The team at iDD are general dentists and multi-practice owners with a passion for digital dentistry. We were early adopters of CAD/CAM and first invested in this technology over 10 years ago. As some of the few in the world with knowledge and experience of all scanners on the market, this gives us a unique position which as been recognized by industry and dental professionals globally. Across our clinics we own and have used a range of scanners including CEREC Primescan, TRIOS, Medit, Itero, Planmeca, Runyes, WOW, Heron and the list goes on and on. We also have advanced experience with all CAD software including CEREC, Inlab, 3Shape Design Studio and exocad. On top of this is our range of milling machines and 3D printers all in-house. All of this technology has been purchased without sponsorship, and we remain unwaveringly committed to being an unbiased and trustworthy source of information. Our goal is to help our colleagues within the dental profession to take the first steps into the digital world. iDD Online has evolved from the Institute of Digital Dentistry. Through our work with dental professionals and our ever-growing global online community, we’ve learned it’s prohibitively difficult to source unbiased, up-to-the-minute information about digital dentistry. What has become clear over the years is that we cannot rely on sales reps and KOL's for objective information. Our mission is to ensure everyone globally, has easy and affordable access to the best digital dentistry training possible. To achieve this, we’re providing dental professionals from all corners of the world with the knowledge and confidence to use digital dentistry effectively and efficiently. The digital workflow is revolutionizing the dentistry profession, and those who embrace these techniques will go far. It’s important to us that our dental colleagues have fair, objective information about scanners and CAD/CAM technology. With this, they can make informed decisions and build knowledge specific to their needs and priorities, without the pressures of sales reps or brand-orientated content.

17/06/2026

Dr. Ahmad isn't sitting on the fence here. In his words, printing temporaries is "a gigantic waste of time."

Even for a proficient exocad user, designing the temporary takes 5 to 10 minutes. For less proficient users, 15 to 30. Then add print time, washing, drying, and post-processing. Compare that to a quick Luxatemp that holds for one to two weeks, and the math rarely works.

Georgio Haddad from Formlabs broadly agrees. The economic argument against conventional temporaries just isn't there yet.

Full conversation on Digital Dentistry Decoded.
🎙️ Listen to the full episode.
🔗 https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/podcast/s04-e10-formlabs-reveals-the-data/

Photos from Institute of Digital Dentistry's post

17/06/2026

Medit has just launched Realtime Intelligence inside Medit Software. It reviews your scan and your preparation after you finish scanning, then flags what needs checking as soon as you stop.

Most scanner visual guidance has lived downstream, in apps for diagnostics, simulations, and CAD. Medit Realtime Intelligence moves the check upstream, to the moment of capture, and it is the first tool I have used that reviews the prep itself in real time, not just scan quality for holes or double images. Undercuts, reduction depth, interproximal, and occlusal clearance, etc. All checked and flagged if any issues are found.

It is free and included for all i900 scanners, free through the end of 2026 on the i700 and i600 (then a USD 2,000 one-time license), and not supported on the i500.

I have put together a full independent overview of what it does, what it costs, and how it compares to 3Shape and iTero.

Swipe through the eight slides, and the full breakdown is on the iDD blog.
🔗https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/news/medit-realtime-intelligence/

Fascinating move by Medit to differentiate their scanners in an ever-competitive market.

Would you want a real-time check to investigate your next crown prep? 🦷

16/06/2026

Forget the hype on social media. Georgio Haddad from Formlabs shares what the actual utilization data shows.

In dental practices, roughly 60% of all 3D printing volume is still models. Splints have comfortably overtaken surgical guides for second place. Denture bases and teeth are climbing fast. Temporaries and final restorations are still sitting at the tail end of real-world consumption.

Useful context for anyone trying to separate marketing noise from clinical reality.

Full conversation on Digital Dentistry Decoded.
🎙️ Listen to the full episode.
🔗 https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/podcast/s04-e10-formlabs-reveals-the-data/

15/06/2026

Dr. Ahmad asks Georgio Haddad from Formlabs the question every printer manufacturer is trying to answer. What will trigger the next big wave of 3D printing adoption, the way 2019 did for intraoral scanners?

Georgio's answer focuses on ease of use. Post-processing is still technique-sensitive and far from mess-free. Total workflow time needs to shrink. The cognitive load on dentists (when to polish, when to step away for IPA, what to do with the chair time in between) is a real barrier. And no single company has yet properly owned the workflow end to end.

Full conversation on Digital Dentistry Decoded.
🎙️ Listen to the full episode.
🔗 https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/podcast/s04-e10-formlabs-reveals-the-data/

12/06/2026

Georgio Haddad from Formlabs asks the question a lot of companies wouldn't want him to. Have intraoral scanners just become boring?

Dr. Ahmad's answer is direct. The correct word is commoditized. New releases are slowing, the differentiation is now in workflow, AI, CAD integration, scanbodies, and All-on-X compatibility, and labs like Dandy are literally giving scanners away.

Full conversation on Digital Dentistry Decoded.
🎙️ Listen to the full episode.
🔗 https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/podcast/s04-e10-formlabs-reveals-the-data/

12/06/2026

exocad just laid out its roadmap at Insights 2026, and a few of the announcements point to real shifts in how labs and clinicians will work.

Dr. Ahmad runs through the four that stood out.

☁️ AI Crowns batched in the cloud through the new Request from Database workflow
💻️ Full DentalCAD running in any modern browser, including Mac, via the exocad Hub
🦷 exocad ART, bringing alignment and restorative planning into one environment
💲 A new monthly subscription that lowers the barrier to entry

Swipe through for the quick version, then read the full breakdown for the detail and the caveats worth keeping in mind.
🔗 https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/cad-cam/exocad/exocad-insights-2026-the-latest-announcements/

Which of these is most relevant to your workflow?

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11/06/2026

"Being a pioneer just means you get arrows in your back."

Dr. Ahmad Al-Hassiny and Georgio Haddad unpack a pattern that shows up repeatedly in dental technology. Pioneers absorb the risk, do the work of convincing the market, and then a larger player moves in and captures the mainstream.

Georgio uses China's industry as the clearest macro example. Not first movers, not original innovators, but very effective at taking what exists and making it cheaper and better. Intraoral scanning is the most obvious case in dental right now, with Chinese manufacturers growing fastest.

A useful lens for any clinician evaluating a "first of its kind" pitch.

Full conversation on Digital Dentistry Decoded.
🎙️ Listen to the full episode.
🔗 https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/podcast/s04-e10-formlabs-reveals-the-data/

11/06/2026

Every dentist has a moment where it all just clicks.

But I've heard so many different answers to this question from colleagues. Some say it was finally getting accurate full-arch scans without physical impressions. Some say it was designing their first surgical guide. Some say it was watching a zirconia crown come out of the mill exactly as designed.

Whatever yours was, I want to hear it.

The one thing that finally made digital dentistry click for me was ___.

👇️ Drop it below.

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10/06/2026

For years, the big aligner manufacturers watched the direct print space but nobody was ready to move.

Georgio Haddad explains why. A printed aligner material that's just as good as thermoformed isn't enough. It has to be measurably better to justify the switching costs, and it has to be manufacturable at scale at a competing price.
That equation hasn't been solved yet. But as Invisalign starts talking publicly about direct print, the rest of the major manufacturers will race after it.

His prediction is that those big players will likely insource or acquire the material side of the workflow, leaving early movers like Graphy to navigate the first-mover disadvantage.
D-Tech has also announced a new aligner material worth keeping an eye on.

Full conversation on Digital Dentistry Decoded.
🎙️ Listen to the full episode.
🔗 https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/podcast/s04-e10-formlabs-reveals-the-data/

09/06/2026

Georgio Haddad's honest read - dental material innovation has been plateauing for the past three years.

Most of the excitement comes from partnerships that give a resin more visibility, not from genuinely groundbreaking material science. He points to the launch of permanent restorations with BEGO back in 2019 as a useful anchor. Since then, restorative innovation has been steady but not transformational.

His observation on 3D printed crowns is worth noting too. The seriously science-driven practices are placing very few, if any, final restorations with printed resins today. It's still mostly temporaries, smile design experimentation, or early-adopter testing.

Full conversation on Digital Dentistry Decoded.
🎙️ Listen to the full episode.

🔗 https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/podcast/s04-e10-formlabs-reveals-the-data/

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