Safety by design
Normally faster does not mean safer; speed does not equal quality. Normally that's the case. But 5 Minute Implants was actually a result of finding the safest and most precise implant placement method possible. Our team actually spends considerably more time before the surgery, planning the implant placement, and that's what allows the implant to be done in 5 minutes.
The technology
Along with our expertise, we rely on the best technology avaiulable.
-3D CBCT: Also knowns as a CAT SCAN, this machine gives us a 3D view of the mouth. This is a genuine necessity, as we need to be able to see where your nerves, sinuses, teeth roots, etc are. Without a quality CBCT image, we would be drilling blindly in to bone, which could have a very bad out come.
Itero 3D Scanner: The Itero Scanner gives us a 3D model that is accurate on a micron level. This important tools allows us to create surgical guides that fit snugly on the teeth surrounding the implant site.
FormLab 3D Printer: This very high resolution 3D printer, uses resin and a UV laser to create bio compatible 3D printed surgical guides.
Celebrate achievements
Meet jacob - surgical guide tech
Hi! My name is Jacob King. I'm the Director for our general dental side of the busisness, Arte Dental, and also the Co-Founder of 5 Minute Implants.
Dr. William Nguyen and I have worked closely together for over a decade as I have managed both sides of the business for the companies. But more specifically, for the last seven plus years, I have been the sole designer and fabricator for our dental implant surgical guides... easily over 1,000 of them.
Every single patient that is scanned for dental implant qualification, goes through me. I start by using extremely advanced implant planning software, to merge togther the volumetric 3D CBCT (CAT SCAN) image, and merge and align it carefully with a topographical 3D image. Once the merge is complete, I very meticulously plan the implant placement. This requires awareness and proximity of such structures such as nerves, sinuses, adjacent teeth, soft tissue, bone density, etc. Once the ideal size and placement of the implant is determined, I am able to design the guide using the 3D model, and lastly print it with our FormLabs 3D printer.
The result is a an appliance, the surgical guide, that fits with extremely tight tolerances, and in most cases, less than 0.25mm of implant placement predictability. In short, before we even numb the patient for the implant, we know exactly (within a quarter millimeter) where the final position and angle of the implant will be.
This is why our implants are placed quickly and safely. All of the guess work is removed from the surgery, and everything is planned beforehand.