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Equipment, and why
Technology is only
interesting when it
changes the result.
Every practice lists its equipment. The question worth asking is what each machine actually removes from your experience — a second appointment, a tray of impression material, or a guess about where the nerve runs.
Why people come here
- Surgery and the finished teeth done by one dentist, under one roof
- Clinical Director of the Resnik Implant Institute — 7,000+ CE hours since 1982
- Relaxation and sedation options for anxious patients
- A written, itemized plan before anything is scheduled
What we use
Four things, and what each one is for.
3D imaging
A conventional x-ray flattens a three-dimensional jaw onto a single plane. 3D imaging shows bone width, the position of the nerve canal and the floor of the sinus — the three things that decide whether an implant plan is safe.
Intraoral scanning
A small camera builds a digital model of your teeth in a few minutes. No tray, no setting material, no gagging — and a model that can be duplicated, measured and sent without ever being posted anywhere.
CEREC same-day crowns
For suitable cases the crown is designed and milled in the practice while you wait. One appointment instead of two, no temporary crown to come off over a weekend, and no second injection.
Digital planning
The finished tooth is designed in software before the implant is placed, so the implant is positioned to serve the restoration rather than the other way round. This is the step that quietly decides how a case looks in five years.
In his own words
What to ask your own dentist.
The honest version
None of it substitutes for judgment.
A scanner records what is there. It does not decide whether an implant should go there, how the bite should be organized, or whether a tooth that is technically restorable is actually worth restoring. Those are judgments, and they come from having seen the same situation many times.
What the equipment does is remove avoidable error — the guess about bone width, the distorted impression, the crown that was a shade off and had to go back to the lab. That is worth a great deal, and it is not the same as worth everything.
Start with an exam and a straight answer.
A consultation includes an examination, imaging and a written, itemized plan. If implants are not the right treatment for you, Dr. Robinette will say so and tell you what is.