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For the progressive dentist ready to elevate every aspect of their orthodontic care â combining clinical excellence with powerful practice growth.
An Australian-accredited, AQF Level 8 qualification delivered with uncompromising quality and led by one of the globally renowned orthodontist & pioneer in this area, Dr Vandana Katyal.
With comprehensive one-on-one support led by an experienced orthodontist, this program is designed to build your confidence, clinical competence, and case acceptance in clear aligner therapy. Our mission is to equip you with the most modern, practical, and evidence-based knowledge in orthodontics â empowering you to deliver efficient, high-quality outcomes in your own practice.
Delivered through a user-friendly, 24/7-accessible E-learning portal, the course begins with foundational orthodontic concepts â including diagnosis, arch analysis, biomechanics, retention, growth theories, and the biology of tooth movement. It then progresses to advanced, clinically applicable topics such as evidence-based clear aligner anchorage strategies, extraction case planning, virtual orthodontic tracking, 3D printing, and in-house aligner manufacturing.
Youâll also gain access to real-world clinical demonstrations, filmed in Dr Katyalâs own practice. These include procedures such as orthodontic photography, patient examination and consent, bonding attachments, performing IPR, prescribing elastics, bonding retainers, case refinements, and patient instruction. Downloadable practice development resources â including workflow templates, patient letters, and custom documentation tools â are included to save you hours of admin work and streamline your clinical operations.
To successfully complete the Diploma, participants must begin treating clear aligner cases in their own clinics. The program is suitable for beginners and covers patients of all ages â from mixed dentition to adult treatment â while teaching safe scope of practice, risk management, and referral strategies. Youâll receive mentoring on a broad range of cases, from mild to moderate malocclusions, including Class I and II, deep bites, overjet correction, minor open bite/Class III, and interdisciplinary restorative-orthodontic cases.
By graduation, youâll possess the skills to assess case complexity, manage clinical risks, identify referral needs, and treat patients efficiently and predictably using clear aligners and emerging technologies. Graduates finish with a strong foundation in evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and systems that support long-term clinical success â all within the scope of a registered dental practitioner.
The course consists of approximately 1200 hours delivered over a period of 12-18 months, with a 400 verified CPD, an Australian accredited and quality assured Graduate Diploma (AQF level 8) awarded by The Digital Orthodontic College (RTO 45506) at graduation.
Start at any time, fast-track your progress or take 18 months to complete. This program is designed to suit your lifestyle. No travel is required, saving you time and costs. And carbon emissions! The 10905NAT Diploma is flexible in pace and takes 7-12 hours per week of your time (50% of this time is spent in own clinical practice identifying and treating clear aligner patients). This equates to about 1 hr per day for 18 months and many of those hours are spent practically in your clinic, treating actual cases!
It is conveniently delivered as 100% online mode with user-friendly E-learning portal, guided training and case planning support. The content is modern yet evidence-based, and focuses on case-based learning. A typical participant will observe and plan a high volume of clear aligner treatments during group cases presentations, learn from clinical demonstrations and grow their practice with our practice development resources – all presented for you in audio-video formats as well as reading materials via a 24/7 e-learning portal. Rewind and rewatch the content unlimited times! Engage in discussion activities with peers to embed your learning and take online quizzes to assess your progress.
Access prompt and unparalleled 1-1 Case Mentoring by Dr Vandana Katyal, Orthodontist. Delivered via 1-1 zoom sessions and a direct chat channel with Dr Katyal. We pride ourselves in fast response times and being there for our doctors when they need it the most during their course. For additional and ongoing case support, we provide monthly orthodontic case discussion webinars. Upon enrolment, several complimentary 1-1 online coaching sessions with Dr Katyal are available to help provide extensive support and mentorship for orthodontic cases. This is invaluable for a beginner dentist and a much-loved feature. For the intermediate and advanced learners, this mentoring can help improve your current patient outcomes with orthodontic treatments.
The purpose of the course is to address the needs of registered dental practitioners undertaking simple to moderate orthodontic treatments within their general practice.
Specifically, having completed the Graduate Diploma of Digital Orthodontic Treatments dental practitioners will be able to:
Safely and predictably:
As independent professional practitioners, dentists applying clear aligner and digital technology should demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility for patient outcomes. Since dentists operate independently as professionals, they are accountable for their own outputs, and of managing risk and rectifying any issues that may arise.
Graduates will demonstrate ability to make high level and independent judgements in a range of technical functions in a range of contexts including addressing presenting orthodontic complaints, identifying and addressing potential orthodontic issues in children versus adults and dealing with relapses and concerns. As professionals, graduates are also responsible for research and ongoing maintenance of their own knowledge in their field.
Graduates are required to plan and implement treatments using emerging, digital methods, and selection of the right customised appliances as addressed in units, Evaluate and use digital technologies for orthodontic treatments and Commence and monitor digital orthodontic treatments.
Participants will have access to 3 levels of Orthodontist-led support and mentorship via
Entrants to the Graduate Diploma of Digital Orthodontic Treatments must:
In order to complete this course, you will also need access to:
A participant must be actively practicing as a Dentist or Orthodontist for at least 6-12 months during the enrolment period of this program; to be able to complete the practical and case-based assessments that are required to achieve the competency.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We do not recommend restricted softwares such as Invisalign Go as a suitable aligner portal/software for this diplomaâs learning and assessment requirements.
Dr J Chuang, Dentist, Australia
âThe Australian accredited 10905NAT Graduate Diploma of Digital Orthodontic Treatment offers comprehensive training in the field, gives the candidate the opportunity to do things in a self-paced manner, while getting a personalised 1-on-1 learning experience with Dr Vandana Katyal. It was an excellent choice for me and gave me the flexibility to get the well-designed training done in my own time frame. I would strongly recommend the course to any practitioners who is looking to up-skill themselves with a no-compromise high quality course, while also having to juggle between busy practices and family schedules.â
Want to know more about E-learning? Watch an overview of our innovative and user-friendly E-learning portal here
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This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to research and apply information about digital orthodontics to own practice.
It requires knowledge of sources of evidence-based research about orthodontic practice, different types of digital orthodontic treatments, current and emerging evidence-based theories and current and emerging technologies for diagnosing, planning, monitoring and delivering digital orthodontic treatments. It includes comparison between traditional and digital orthodontic treatments and their benefits and disadvantages.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge to undertake orthodontic diagnostic examination and record taking procedures as the basis of comprehensive orthodontic diagnosis. Examinations are both extra and intra-oral and include intra-oral (three-dimensional) 3D scanning, cephalometry and photography.
It requires the ability to diagnose malocclusion, with clinical examination using records as a supplement or to confirm the findings.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required make a substantiated diagnosis for a presenting orthodontic complaint based on examinations and patient interactions, and then to prepare and refine treatment plans based on that analysis. It also involves the skills to communicate ethically and effectively with patients and agree on a finalised treatment plan.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge to evaluate and use digital technologies for digital orthodontic treatment planning and monitoring.
It requires ability to apply knowledge of clear aligner material and biomechanics to create the most appropriate plan for the patient.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to prevent and correct problems of the growth of jaws, abnormal soft tissue habits and the eruption of teeth for growing children.
It requires the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of facial growth and optimal timing for orthodontic or dentofacial orthopaedic treatment in children.
This unit describes the performance evidence, skills and knowledge to treat patients and monitor progress against expectations using clear aligners or other customised digital orthodontic appliances. It requires the ability to apply specialised knowledge of the benefits and limitations of clear aligner technologies and therapies and related biomechanics and attachment protocols.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify the need for a multidisciplinary approach to patient treatment, make referrals, and communicate effectively with other dental and medical specialists to facilitate holistic patient care. Treatments from other dental and medical professionals may include oral surgery, restorative dentistry and treatments to manage facial disharmony. The unit also involves undertaking teeth movement to facilitate other dental treatments.
