Full arch implant practices, those offering All-on-4, All-on-6, implant-supported dentures, and full mouth reconstruction through dental implants, have some of the most demanding IT requirements in dentistry. The clinical workflow for a full arch implant case involves CBCT imaging for bone density assessment and implant site planning, digital treatment planning software for virtual implant placement and prosthetic design, intraoral scanning for digital impressions used in surgical guide fabrication, and surgical documentation covering the pre-surgical, surgical, and prosthetic phases of a case that may span six to eighteen months.
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Each of these clinical technology components has specific workstation requirements and software dependencies that must be configured correctly and work together reliably on the day of surgery.
Full arch implant cases are the highest-production, highest-complexity cases in implant dentistry. An IT failure on the day of a full arch surgery, a CBCT planning software crash, a surgical guide that cannot be fabricated because the digital scan did not transfer correctly, or a workstation that cannot run the treatment planning software at adequate speed, affects a patient who has made a significant financial and personal commitment to the procedure.
Full arch implant treatment planning requires CBCT imaging with software that supports virtual implant placement in three-dimensional bone models. Platforms including Nobel Biocare’s Nobel Clinician, Straumann’s coDiagnostiX, Materialise ProPlan, and similar treatment planning software run on workstations with discrete NVIDIA GPUs and NVMe storage for smooth 3D manipulation of large CBCT datasets. These are not the same workstation specifications as a standard Dentrix clinical workstation, and Ekim IT Solutions specifies full arch treatment planning workstations against each software platform’s current requirements before any hardware is purchased.
Ekim IT Solutions configures these digital workflow components for Tampa Bay full arch implant practices. Tap a component to see what it involves.
3Shape TRIOS, iTero, and Medit scanners used for full arch digital impression capture require workstations meeting scanner specifications and cloud platform connectivity for case transmission to the surgical guide fabrication laboratory. Ekim IT Solutions configures scanner workstations and verifies case transmission workflows for full arch implant practices.
Full arch implant practices frequently coordinate with oral surgery colleagues, prosthodontists, and fabrication laboratories, creating a multi-entity PHI coordination environment. Digital case files including CBCT datasets and intraoral scans transmitted to labs are PHI requiring encrypted transmission and a signed BAA with every receiving lab. Ekim IT Solutions documents these coordination workflows in the HIPAA Security Risk Assessment and confirms BAA execution with every lab partner for Tampa Bay full arch implant practices we support.
Ekim IT Solutions serves dental practices throughout Tampa Bay from our office at 600 N Westshore Blvd, Suite 701. We configure the CBCT, digital treatment planning, and surgical guide workflow your full arch implant cases depend on to actually work together reliably.