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Scanning Fundamentals and Intro to Full Digital Workflow-Dallas, TX
2026-03-13 09:00 - 2026-03-14 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Frontiers of Flight Museum, 6911 Lemmon Ave, Dallas, Dallas, 75209, United States
Scanning Fundamentals & Digital Workflow Mastery
For TRIOS®, Medit®, and Shining 3D Intraoral Scanners
Course Overview
This two-day, hands-on course is designed to help clinicians and their teams master intraoral scanning fundamentals and confidently move beyond “basic scanning” into efficient, predictable digital workflows—regardless of scanner brand.
Through guided instruction, real-world case examples, and supervised scanning, attendees will learn how to maximize the capabilities of their TRIOS, Medit, or Shining 3D scanner while laying the foundation for expanded workflows including implant restorations, guided surgery, 3D printing, milling, and full-arch cases.

Learning Objectives
Participants will learn how to:

Master core scanning principles that apply across all major intraoral scanner platforms

Understand scanner-specific tools while maintaining a brand-agnostic digital philosophy

Improve accuracy, efficiency, and clinical confidence for single-unit, multi-unit, and full-arch cases

Identify and correct common scanning errors in real time

Transition from isolated digital impressions to expanded or full digital workflows, including in-house design, 3D printing, and milling

Properly delegate scanning tasks and digital processes to team members

Teaching Methods

Lecture-based instruction

Guided, hands-on intraoral scanning

Supervised scanner workflows (brand-specific breakouts)

Guided computer instruction for exporting, designing, and sending cases to printers, mills, or labs

DAY 1 – Scanning Fundamentals & Restorative Workflows
Morning Session: Foundations of Digital Impressions

Core principles of digital impressions vs. analog techniques

Leveraging editable and additive scan data

Mastering single-unit restorations, complex cases, and staged full-arch scans

Understanding scan sequencing for speed and accuracy

Identifying and correcting scanning artifacts and imaging errors

Achieving predictable, accurate full-arch scans

Clinical delegation: what scanners allow assistants and team members to handle

Brand-agnostic strategies to reduce scan time and increase accuracy

Full-arch scanning can be challenging on any platform. This course teaches universal principles—combined with scanner-specific tools—that dramatically reduce time, distortion, and rescans.

Afternoon Session: Digital Implant Restorations

Fundamentals of implant scanning workflows

Identification and capture of scanbodies, abutments, and implant suprastructures

Understanding scanner-based AI-assisted recognition (where applicable)

Designing single-unit restorations, copy-milled cases, and custom abutments

Exporting complete implant data sets to CAD software (e.g., exocad)

Scanner-specific workflow considerations for TRIOS, Medit, and Shining 3D

Learn how modern scanners streamline implant workflows by transferring accurate positional data, reducing manual input, and minimizing downstream design errors.

DAY 2 – Digital Implantology & Full-Arch Workflows
Morning Session: Digital Implantology

Integration of CBCT (DICOM) and intraoral scan (STL) data

Understanding limitations of CBCT-to-STL alignment

Managing and integrating multiple CBCT datasets

Digitization of denture duplicates for guided surgery and stent fabrication

Surgical guide design options and clinical decision-making

Patient presentation and case acceptance using digital treatment planning

Single and multiple implant case setups

Chairside denture duplication workflows

Impression techniques for multiple fixtures and multi-unit restorations

Restorative design of implant abutments using CAD software

Afternoon Session: Edentulous & Full-Arch Cases

Immediate extraction workflows and maintaining vertical dimension

Digital impression techniques for edentulous patients

Full-arch restorative options and case sequencing

Accurate transfer of fixture positions to digital models

Digital denture design fundamentals

Full-arch intraoral scanning vs. photogrammetry

Workflow selection: intraoral scans, photogrammetry, or hybrid approaches

CE Credits
14 Continuing Education Credits

Presenter
Dr. Armen Mirzayan
Dr. Armen Mirzayan is the Clinical Education Director and co-founder of CAD-Ray. A graduate of Northwestern Dental School (1998), he completed his General Practice Residency at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. He has been practicing digital dentistry for over two decades and adopted chairside CAD/CAM as early as 2001.
Dr. Mirzayan has trained over 10,000 dentists worldwide in intraoral scanning, CAD/CAM, CBCT integration, and guided implant surgery. He co-founded cerecdoctors.com, one of the earliest and most influential digital dentistry education platforms.
Since founding CAD-Ray in 2013, Dr. Mirzayan has overseen the fabrication of 35,000+ surgical guides and helped shape CAD-Ray’s education-first, support-driven approach to digital dentistry. He continues to practice clinically, rigorously tests emerging digital technologies, and teaches nationally—ensuring that every workflow taught is rooted in real-world success.
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Las Vegas Study Club
2026-04-15 17:00 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CAD-Ray Las Vegas Campus, 8400 W Sunset Rd, Suite 300, Las Vegas, NV, 89113
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Scanning Fundamentals and Intro to Full Digital Workflow-Newark, NJ
2026-11-06 08:00 - 2026-11-07 17:00 (America/New_York) | Courtyard by Marriott Newark Downtown-Passaic Room, 858 Broad St, Newark, NJ, 07102, United States
