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Dental IT for Multi-Specialty Practices in Tampa Bay
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Ezra Angelo
- • August 9, 2026
Multi-specialty dental practices have IT requirements that are more complex than single-specialty offices in ways that compound rather than simply add together. The general dentistry operatories need standard dental IT. The oral surgery suite needs CBCT imaging with GPU-capable workstations. The orthodontic bay needs intraoral scanner integration. The periodontic module needs voice perio charting or specialized charting software. And all of them need to share a PMS, a network, and a HIPAA compliance program.
Ekim IT Solutions is the dental-exclusive IT provider serving multi-specialty dental practices throughout Tampa Bay from our office at 600 N Westshore Blvd, Suite 701, Tampa, FL 33609.
Sage Dental’s multi-specialty model, which includes general dentistry alongside orthodontics and sedation in many of its Tampa Bay acquisitions, and the growth of similar multi-specialty independent practices in Wesley Chapel, Brandon, and South Tampa, make this practice configuration increasingly common in the market Ekim IT Solutions serves.
The most common IT failure in multi-specialty Tampa Bay practices is an imaging environment that works for general dentistry but was never properly configured for the specialty added later. A CBCT system added to a practice with an existing Dentrix and Carestream sensor environment frequently gets installed on an inadequate workstation and never correctly bridged to the PMS.
IT Requirements by Specialty in a Multi-Specialty Tampa Bay Practice
Ekim IT Solutions configures these specialty-specific IT components for multi-specialty Tampa Bay practices. Tap a card to flip it.
Oral Surgery and Periodontics
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Oral Surgery and Periodontics
CBCT imaging workstations with discrete NVIDIA GPUs and NVMe storage for 3D reconstruction, specialty practice management software modules or standalone platforms including Periochart configured alongside the general dentistry PMS, and secure surgical documentation storage with appropriate access controls separating specialty records from general dentistry records within the same patient chart.
Orthodontics
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Orthodontics
Intraoral scanner workstations configured for 3Shape TRIOS, iTero, or Medit i700 with cloud platform connectivity to 3Shape Unite, Align Technology, or Medit Link, orthodontic practice management software or modules integrated with the general dentistry PMS for shared patient records, and imaging bridge configuration that routes orthodontic records correctly within the multi-specialty patient chart.
Pediatric Dentistry
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Pediatric Dentistry
Pediatric-appropriate imaging configuration including phosphor plate systems and pediatric sensor settings, patient entertainment technology on isolated guest VLANs for waiting room and operatory displays, and PMS access controls that enforce minor patient record restrictions separately from adult patient records within the shared database.
Network Design for Multi-Specialty Tampa Bay Practices
A multi-specialty practice with CBCT imaging, intraoral scanners, voice perio charting, and chairside entertainment technology running simultaneously across multiple specialty suites has a significantly higher network bandwidth demand than a single-specialty general dentistry office. Ekim IT Solutions designs network infrastructure for multi-specialty Tampa Bay practices with enough capacity for simultaneous imaging data transmission, cloud platform connectivity for scanner case submission, and patient entertainment streaming without the general dentistry PMS workstations experiencing performance degradation during peak clinical hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ekim IT Solutions serves multi-specialty dental practices throughout Tampa Bay from our office at 600 N Westshore Blvd, Suite 701. We handle the CBCT workstations, scanner integration, and specialized charting each specialty needs, all sharing one PMS and one HIPAA program.
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