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Yomi Robot-Assisted Dental Implants in Wauwatosa
Robot-guided. Provider-driven.
Yomi does not replace your dentist, and a robot does not perform your dental implant surgery independently. Instead, Yomi works alongside your dentist, providing real-time robotic guidance during implant placement based on a personalized surgical plan.
Dr. Laura Russell, Dr. AnnMarie Hoyme, Dr. Karla Schmidt, and Dr. Mark Crego use advanced dental technology as part of MidTown Dental Care’s comprehensive approach to implant dentistry. From 3D imaging and treatment planning to bone grafting when necessary, implant placement, and your final restoration, your treatment can be coordinated in one convenient Wauwatosa dental office.
If you have been considering dental implants and want to learn how advanced technology can be incorporated into your treatment, schedule a consultation with MidTown Dental Care.
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What Is Yomi Robot-Assisted Dental Implant Surgery?
Yomi is a robotic system designed to assist dentists during dental implant planning and surgery.
The technology combines digital treatment planning with robotic navigational guidance. Before implant placement, your dentist develops a plan based on your individual anatomy and restorative needs. During surgery, Yomi provides physical, visual, and auditory guidance designed to help the dentist follow that plan.
Most importantly, your dentist remains in control throughout the procedure.
Think of Yomi as an advanced navigation and guidance system rather than an autonomous robot performing surgery on its own. The technology supports your dentist’s clinical expertise instead of replacing it.
Yomi is designed specifically for dental surgery and can be used for qualifying adult patients who are missing some or all of their teeth.
How Does Yomi Work for Dental Implants?
Successful implant treatment begins well before the implant is actually placed.
Your dentist needs to consider the available jawbone, surrounding teeth, important anatomical structures, the position of the future restoration, and how the implant will function within your bite.
Yomi helps bring this information together through a digital workflow.
1. Evaluate Your Smile
Your treatment begins with a comprehensive dental implant evaluation.
We examine your teeth, gums, bite, areas with missing teeth, medical history, and overall oral health. We also discuss what you hope to accomplish with implant treatment.
2. Capture Detailed 3D Information
MidTown Dental Care uses cone-beam CT (CBCT) technology to create detailed 3D images of your teeth, jaw, and surrounding structures.
This information helps our doctors evaluate your anatomy and determine whether dental implants are appropriate for you.
3. Plan Your Implant Treatment
Your dentist develops a personalized implant plan.
The intended location, angle, and depth of the implant can be considered before surgery begins. Importantly, implant planning also considers the restoration that the implant will eventually support.
4. Use Robotic Guidance During Surgery
During implant placement, Yomi provides guidance based on the planned implant position.
The system uses haptic guidance along with visual and auditory feedback to help the dentist remain aligned with the surgical plan.
Your dentist still holds and controls the instruments and performs the procedure.
5. Complete Your Implant Restoration
Once your implant has healed appropriately, treatment moves toward the restorative phase.
Depending on your needs, the implant may ultimately support a single dental crown, an implant-supported bridge, or an implant-supported denture.
Because MidTown Dental Care provides comprehensive implant treatment, we can coordinate your care from implant planning and placement through your final restoration.
Does the Yomi Robot Perform My Dental Implant Surgery?
No.
This is one of the most important things for patients to understand about robot-assisted dental implant surgery.
Your dentist performs the procedure and remains in control.
Yomi assists by providing robotic navigational guidance. The system is designed to help your dentist follow the planned implant position while still allowing the doctor to use clinical judgment during treatment.
The technology is there to support experienced hands, not replace them.
For patients who feel uncertain when they hear the word “robotic,” understanding this distinction can make the concept much easier to appreciate.
You still have a dentist who evaluates your anatomy, develops your treatment plan, performs your surgery, monitors your progress, and makes clinical decisions throughout your care.
What Is Haptic Guidance?
One of Yomi’s distinguishing features is haptic guidance.
Haptic technology communicates through physical feedback. During dental implant surgery, Yomi’s robotic guidance system helps direct the dentist’s hand to the planned position and constrains movement away from the established surgical plan.
The dentist remains physically in control of the handpiece.
Yomi also provides visual and auditory information during the procedure, giving the doctor multiple forms of real-time feedback as the implant is placed.
This combination of digital planning and real-time guidance is what makes robot-assisted implant surgery different from conventional freehand implant placement.
Why Does Precision Matter for Dental Implants?
A dental implant is placed within the jawbone, but the ultimate goal is not simply to place an implant in the bone.
The implant needs to support a functional, natural-looking restoration.
Depending on the case, your dentist may need to consider:
- Available bone
- Neighboring teeth
- Tooth roots
- Implant depth
- Implant angle
- Bite forces
- Position of the final restoration
- Gum tissue
- Other anatomical structures
Careful planning helps connect the surgical phase of implant treatment to the restorative outcome.
This is especially valuable because MidTown Dental Care handles both sides of the process. We can plan implant placement while considering the crown, bridge, or denture that the implant will ultimately support.
What Are the Benefits of Yomi Robot-Assisted Implant Technology?
Yomi provides another advanced tool for our doctors when planning and performing dental implant treatment.
Detailed Digital Planning
Implant position can be planned before surgery based on information gathered about your anatomy and restorative needs.
Real-Time Guidance
Yomi provides guidance during the actual procedure rather than limiting digital planning to what happens before surgery.
Haptic Feedback
Physical guidance helps the dentist maintain the planned implant position while controlling the surgical instruments.
Ability to Adapt
One advantage of robotic guidance is that the dentist can make adjustments when clinically necessary, rather than being completely limited by a prefabricated physical surgical guide.
Advanced Support for Different Implant Cases
Yomi can assist with implant treatment for qualifying adults who are missing one tooth, several teeth, or a full arch of teeth.
The specific benefits and treatment approach depend on your individual case.
Yomi for Single-Tooth Dental Implants
Replacing one missing tooth requires careful attention to the available space, surrounding teeth, jawbone, and planned dental crown.
A single-tooth dental implant replaces the missing tooth directly rather than relying on neighboring teeth for support.
Yomi can assist the dentist in following the digitally planned implant position during placement.
After healing, the implant can be restored with a customized dental crown designed to restore the missing tooth.
Patients missing one tooth can learn more on our Single-Tooth Dental Implants page.
Yomi for Implant-Supported Bridges
When several neighboring teeth are missing, strategically placed implants may be used to support a dental bridge.
These implants need to work together to provide appropriate support for the planned restoration.
Digital treatment planning and robotic guidance can help the dentist plan implant positions with the final bridge in mind.
Visit our Implant-Supported Bridges page to learn more about replacing several adjacent missing teeth.
Yomi for Implant-Supported Dentures
Dental implants can also provide support for patients who are replacing many or all of their missing teeth.
With implant-supported dentures, multiple implants are strategically positioned to provide support for a larger restoration.
Planning becomes particularly important when several implants must work together.
The appropriate number and location of implants depend on your anatomy, available bone, restoration design, and treatment goals.
Visit our Implant-Supported Dentures page to learn more about using implants to provide greater stability for a denture.
Can Yomi Be Used If I Need a Bone Graft?
Needing bone grafting does not automatically prevent you from receiving robot-assisted implant treatment.
The first step is determining how much healthy bone is available and where the implant needs to be positioned.
Some patients have enough bone to proceed with implant placement, while others require bone grafting or another preparatory procedure.
MidTown Dental Care provides bone grafting when necessary as part of comprehensive dental implant care. Our doctors can evaluate your jaw and determine the appropriate treatment sequence.
Comprehensive Implant Treatment in One Wauwatosa Office
Advanced technology is most valuable when it is paired with thoughtful treatment planning and experienced clinical care.
MidTown Dental Care provides comprehensive implant dentistry rather than treating implant placement as an isolated procedure.
Depending on your needs, your treatment can include:
- Dental implant consultation
- CBCT 3D imaging
- Digital implant planning
- Tooth extraction when necessary
- Bone grafting, when necessary
- Yomi robot-assisted implant placement
- Healing and follow-up care
- Final implant crown, bridge, or denture
- Long-term preventive and implant maintenance
Keeping these services coordinated within one office allows our team to plan your implant with the final restoration in mind from the beginning.
Experienced Dentists. Advanced Implant Technology.
Technology does not replace clinical experience. The two work together.
MidTown Dental Care’s team includes Dr. Laura Russell, Dr. AnnMarie Hoyme, Dr. Karla Schmidt, and Dr. Mark Crego, bringing decades of combined dental experience to patient care.
Dr. Russell has practiced dentistry for more than 20 years and has focused on continually modernizing MidTown Dental Care through advanced dental technology. Dr. Hoyme brings more than 15 years of experience and completed a general practice residency after dental school. Dr. Schmidt graduated from Marquette University School of Dentistry and completed a general practice residency at Loyola University in Chicago. Dr. Crego brings more than 40 years of experience and has a particular interest in dental implant placement, crown and bridge dentistry, and dental technology.
Yomi gives our doctors another advanced tool for implant treatment while keeping clinical decisions where they belong: with your dentist.
A Dental Implant Patient’s Experience at MidTown Dental Care
Technology matters, but so does how you are treated when you walk through the door.
After recently receiving a dental implant at MidTown Dental Care, Sharese Neal shared a five-star Google review praising her dental surgeon and the MidTown team. She highlighted the clean environment, attentive staff, and being seen at her scheduled appointment time.
After her implant experience, Sharese shared that she was finally able to “smile with confidence again.”
That is ultimately the goal of our investment in advanced implant dentistry: to use experience, planning, and technology to help patients restore their smiles and quality of life.
How Much Does Yomi Robot-Assisted Dental Implant Treatment Cost?
The cost of dental implant treatment depends primarily on the treatment you need, not on Yomi alone.
Factors that may affect your total cost include:
- Number of missing teeth
- Number of implants required
- Type of implant restoration
- Need for tooth extraction.
- Need for bone grafting.
- Complexity of treatment
- Dental insurance benefits
- Individual oral health needs
Someone replacing one tooth with an implant and crown will have a different treatment plan than someone receiving multiple implants to support a bridge or denture.
After your examination and imaging, MidTown Dental Care can provide a personalized treatment plan and explain the associated costs.
Financing Dental Implant Treatment
Dental implant treatment can represent a significant investment, particularly when multiple teeth need to be replaced.
MidTown Dental Care offers several financing options to help patients manage treatment costs, including CareCredit, Cherry, and Sunbit. In-house financing is also available for certain procedures.
We accept many traditional dental insurance plans and are preferred providers for most PPO plans.
Our team can help you understand applicable insurance benefits and available payment options before treatment begins.
Interested in Robot-Assisted Dental Implant Treatment?
Meet with our Wauwatosa dental team to learn whether you’re a candidate for dental implants and how Yomi technology may be incorporated into your treatment.
Yomi Robot-Assisted Dental Implant FAQs
What is Yomi dental implant surgery?
Yomi is a robot-assisted dental surgery system that helps dentists plan and place dental implants. It combines digital treatment planning with real-time robotic guidance during implant surgery.
Does a robot actually place my dental implant?
No. Your dentist performs your dental implant surgery and controls the surgical instruments. Yomi provides robotic navigational guidance designed to help the dentist follow the treatment plan.
Is Yomi FDA-cleared?
Yes. Yomi is an FDA-cleared robotic system for dental surgery. It is designed to assist qualifying adult dental implant patients during the planning and surgical phases of treatment.
What is the difference between robotic and traditional dental implant surgery?
Traditional freehand implant placement relies primarily on the dentist’s treatment planning, anatomical knowledge, and clinical skill during placement. Robot-assisted treatment adds digital planning and real-time physical, visual, and auditory guidance during the procedure. Your dentist remains responsible for planning and performing the surgery.
Is Yomi more accurate than freehand implant placement?
Robotic guidance is designed to help the dentist follow a predetermined implant position, angle, and depth. Research comparing robotic implant surgery with other placement methods has demonstrated strong accuracy for robot-assisted placement. However, technology is only one component of successful implant treatment. Diagnosis, treatment planning, surgical skill, healing, restoration, and long-term maintenance also matter.
Can Yomi be used for one dental implant?
Yes. Yomi can assist with qualifying single-implant cases. This may be an option for someone replacing one missing tooth with an implant-supported crown.
Can Yomi be used for multiple dental implants?
Yes. Yomi can be used to qualify patients receiving multiple implants, including those intended to support larger restorations. Your dentist will determine whether robotic guidance is appropriate for your particular treatment.
Can Yomi be used for full-arch dental implant treatment?
Yomi is cleared for use in qualifying adults with partial or full tooth loss and can assist with full-arch implant procedures. Your anatomy, oral health, bone, and planned restoration must be evaluated to determine whether you are a candidate.
Does Yomi make dental implant surgery painless?
No technology can guarantee a painless procedure or recovery. The treatment area is numbed during implant placement, and our team takes steps to keep you comfortable. Some tenderness, swelling, or soreness can occur after dental implant surgery regardless of the placement method.
Am I a candidate for Yomi robot-assisted dental implants?
Yomi is intended for adults who qualify for dental implant treatment, but candidacy must be determined on an individual basis. Your dentist will evaluate your missing teeth, jawbone, gums, overall health, medications, medical history, and other factors before recommending treatment.
Discover Advanced Dental Implant Care in Wauwatosa
If you’re considering dental implants, choosing the right treatment is about more than choosing a technology. It is about finding an experienced dental team that can evaluate your entire smile, develop a personalized plan, perform your implant treatment, and restore your smile to its final result.
At MidTown Dental Care, Dr. Laura Russell, Dr. AnnMarie Hoyme, Dr. Karla Schmidt, and Dr. Mark Crego combine decades of dental experience with CBCT imaging, digital treatment planning, and Yomi robot-assisted implant technology.
We also provide the services that may be needed before and after implant placement, including bone grafting and your final implant restoration.
If you are interested in Yomi robot-assisted dental implants in Wauwatosa, schedule a consultation at MidTown Dental Care, located at 8726 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa, WI 53226. We’ll evaluate your needs, answer your questions, and help you determine the right approach for restoring your smile.