Have you placed dental implants? If you have placed an implant before, you know how much time and preparation is spent beforehand. What method/s did you use? Did you do it freehand or use a surgical guide? Did you use a cone-beam CT or a Pano and PA?
When you place dental implants, are you constantly worry about being off angle or accidentally hitting a vital structure? Do you struggle to see the marks on the drill when performing an osteotomy? If so, Yomi is the solution for you.
What is Yomi Robotic Dental Implant Surgery?
Yomi is the first and only FDA-approved robotic guidance for dental implant surgery in the United States. Yomi is used to plan and place implants; however, it does not replace the surgeon.
How does Yomi Robotic Dental Implant Surgery Work?
- Using information from the patient’s teeth and jaws, the doctor plans the case. Yomi assists the surgeon in placing the implant exactly as the preoperative plan.
- The surgeon holds the Yomi robotic arm while it’s in guide mode.
- Yomi guides the surgeon to the correct angle and position of the planned surgical site. Yomi’s robotic arm stops when the correct angle and position are reached and doesn’t deviate from this position. If the surgeon attempts to move the arm in the wrong direction, it becomes very stiff and hard to move. (When moving in the right direction, there is no resistance, and the arm is easy to move.)
- If your patient moves during surgery, Yomi follows the patient’s movement maintaining its position and angulation.
- Yomi stops when you reach the planned depth of the osteotomy.
Advantages of Using Yomi
- Significantly reduces surgical time. Oral surgeons state that Yomi enables them to complete a full arch dental implant case in 90 minutes and a dual arch in 2.5 hours.
- Removes the need for a surgical guide. Surgical guides can impede clear visualization of the surgical site. If the surgery doesn’t go as planned, for example, if the bone turns out to not be as dense and you need to adjust angulation of the implant placement, the surgical guide becomes useless, and you have to go freehand. When using Yomi, you can adjust the plan, and the robotic arm will guide you to the new position and angulation. Since you do not need to wait for a surgical guide to be manufactured, surgery can be started the same day as the consultation.
- Faster healing for patients. Because Yomi has great accuracy and precision and real-time feedback, there is no need to do a surgical flap. This flapless approach leads to faster surgery, less post-operative pain for the patient, and faster recovery.
- Software is easy to use. Yomi has an efficient and easy-to-use digital workflow. It easily transplants the CT scan into GPS-like navigation.
Using robots in dentistry will increase accuracy and precision when performing dental procedures. Yomi offers real-time feedback and prevents the clinician from causing damage to vital structures. Robotics will lead to a higher quality of dental care delivered to patients regardless of the dentist’s level of experience.
