#1 - Andy Jakson: Reinventing Removables by Digitizing the Denture

Digital dentures didn’t just appear overnight, they were engineered into existence. Host Rob Norton talks with Andy Jakson, CEO of Evolution Dental Science and co-founder of AvaDent, about how a nursing-home problem sparked a digital revolution in prosthetics. From early box-scanner workflows to 3D printing, AI-driven occlusion, and U.S.-made innovation, Andy shares the story of how passion, tech, and teamwork reshaped the denture game. Chapters (00:00:00) - The Evolution of Dental Science Podcast(00:01:41) - Digital Dentures: The World of Digital Dentures(00:04:30) - Putting Digital Dentures into the Digital World(00:07:45) - How to make a 3-D-printed denture(00:10:52) - Prosthodontic Record Taking(00:21:26) - Full Mouth Rehabilitation Tech Interview(00:32:54) - What is the Digital Denture?