When your new smile is anchored on four implants and finished in a day, precision is everything. So how do we make sure Teeth in 24 Hours, whether it is a Diamond Level Ultimate Smile or a Platinum Level Ultimate Smile, fits with the accuracy it deserves? In a recent video, Dr. Kendall pulled back the curtain on the technology that changed everything: the iCam.
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What Is the iCam?
The iCam is a photogrammetry camera, and it actually contains four different cameras working together. Held over your implants, it captures the precise position of each implant in three-dimensional space. Dr. Kendall calls it the biggest leap forward in precision the field has seen when it comes to placing implants and tying them together under one set of teeth.
How Implant Impressions Used to Work
Before photogrammetry, connecting four implants to one arch of teeth meant a long, messy chain of steps: goopy impressions in the mouth, shipped to a lab; a verification jig made and shipped back; the jig placed in the mouth and cemented together piece by piece; then another impression on top of that. Every step was a chance for tiny errors to creep in, and the whole process existed to chase one goal: a passive fit.
Why Passive Fit Matters
Passive fit means the finished bridge seats on all four implants evenly, with no implant carrying more torque or tension than its neighbors. When one implant is strained harder than the others, that stress has to go somewhere, and over the years it can show up as loosened components or complications. With the iCam's exact positional data, our in-house team can craft a full arch that ties all four implants together in one set of teeth without having to worry about any single implant being torqued heavier than the rest.
The iCam has been an absolute game changer, and has taken teeth in 24 hours and made it a faster, easier process for both the patient and the doctor.
Precision From Scan to Smile
The iCam is one piece of a fully digital pathway. Your case starts with a 3D CBCT scan, where we map your nerves, sinuses, and bone before surgery ever begins. Guided placement puts each implant exactly where it was planned, and photogrammetry verifies the result to fractions of a millimeter. No goopy impressions, no shipping delays, no guesswork, just teeth that fit right the first time.
Experience Precision Implant Dentistry in Longview, Tyler, or Shreveport
Technology like the iCam is only as good as the team using it, and at Texas Sedation Dental & Implant Center our doctors plan, place, and verify every full-arch case digitally, with your fixed smile backed by our Love Your Smile Money Back Guarantee. See the precision for yourself: schedule your complimentary Ultimate Smile Assessment, a $500 value that includes a 3D CBCT scan.
