Comprehensive Digital Care looks at three key ideas from three important perspectives. The outcome? Meaningful dentistry.
Pursuing Comprehensive Digital Care is a journey to a more fulfilled version of yourself who feels pride in your work, enjoys positive relationships with patients and whose dental clinic is thriving. When these three elements align, we call it Meaningful Dentistry.
In this article you can find out exactly what we mean by Comprehensive Digital Care and take a ten-minute quiz to see how close you are to achieving Meaningful Dentistry in your own daily work.
What is comprehensive digital care?
The Comprehensive Digital Care Philosophy brings together great dentistry and great dental business. is built around three key ideas: comprehensive dentistry, emotional dentistry and guided dentistry.
Comprehensive dentistry focuses on implementing thorough diagnosis and planning; emotional dentistry is all about creating strong connections with patients by making their experience personal and meaningful; and guided dentistry ensures that clinical procedures are performed with precision, efficiency and consistency - and without stress.
We then look at the impact of implementing these three ideas from three perspectives: clinical, patient and business.
- Clinically, this approach leads to better care, more excitement about the treatment we’re doing and less stress for the team.
- For patients, it leads to meaningful treatments, better relationships and greater trust and comfort.
- On the business side, it supports growth, loyalty and efficiency.
This isn’t just a strategy—it’s a way to make dentistry more meaningful for everyone involved.
Are you on track to become a Comprehensive Digital Care dentist?
The Meaningful Dentistry Gameplan will help you to find out if you’re heading towards Comprehensive Digital Care.
Your score is based on three areas to track your evolution as a clinician, a communicator and clinic owner and inform you about where you could improve:
Fulfillment
Fulfillment as a dental professional naturally stems from embracing the Comprehensive Dentistry Concept. This approach takes a holistic view of patient care, focusing on full-mouth restorative treatments and smile designs guided by facial esthetics. It represents the highest standard of care by integrating expertise from multiple dental specialties—such as orthodontics, periodontics, oral surgery, and restorative dentistry—ensuring every treatment plan is thorough and patient-focused.
Differentiation
Excelling at Emotional Dentistry sets your clinic apart, turning patients into enthusiastic advocates for your work. This approach focuses on patient-centered communication, using clear language and impactful visuals to explain complex treatments in a way that resonates. By fostering trust, patients better understand the value of their treatment plan and its positive impact on their health and confidence.
Performance
Guided Dentistry empowers clinicians to deliver precise, consistent and high-quality treatments with confidence. This approach uses custom 3D-printed guides to ensure accuracy in procedures such as crown lengthening, dental implants and veneer preparation. By standardizing complex treatments, Guided Dentistry enables associates across your clinic or multiple locations to achieve consistently excellent results, enhancing the overall quality of care for patients.
Get your score
Take our free ten-minute assessment to get an overview of your performance in the key areas of the Comprehensive Digital Care philosophy - or talk to an advisor for your own personalized plan moving forwards.
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