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The full tech stack.
Itemized.

We get asked, regularly, whether the technology angle is just marketing. It is not. Below is every diagnostic, imaging, and treatment system in our operatories — make, model, what it does for you, and why we chose it over alternatives. If you want the longer answer, ask any of the doctors during your scan.

11
systems in production
across operatories
$1.4M
capex invested
since 2017
0.018mSv
avg radiation per visit
~10x lower than analog
2hr
avg time saved
per same-day crown
// 01 — IMAGING

See what we see.

3D / CONE BEAM CT

Carestream CS 9600

Installed Q3 2022 · 75µm voxel

A high-resolution 3D scanner that gives us a true volumetric picture of your jaw, teeth, sinuses, and airway. The Carestream uses dynamic dose modulation, which means it delivers up to 60% less radiation than the cone beam systems that were standard five years ago — about the equivalent of a one-hour airplane flight.

use caseimplants · TMJ · endo
scan time14 seconds
why this onelowest dose, sharpest resolution in class
INTRA-ORAL SCANNER

iTero Lumina

Installed Q1 2024 · multi-direct

Replaces the goopy impression tray. A small handheld wand captures 6,000 frames per second of your dentition in full color and stitches them into a 3D model accurate to 0.05mm. We use this scanner for all restorative work, Invisalign treatment, and same-day crowns. Most patients are done in under three minutes.

accuracy±50 microns
scan time~3 min full arch
extrascaries detection via NIRI light
// 02 — TREATMENT

Faster. Quieter. More precise.

SAME-DAY CROWN MILLING

CEREC Primemill + Primeprint

In-office lab · CEREC SpeedFire kiln

The reason you no longer need to come back for a second appointment to fit a permanent crown. We design the restoration in CEREC software from your scan, mill it in lithium disilicate or zirconia in our in-house lab, glaze and crystalize it in the SpeedFire kiln, and bond it the same morning. Total chair time: about two hours.

visits saved1 of 2 eliminated
materiale.max · zirconia · zirconia ultra
SOFT-TISSUE LASER

Solea CO₂ Laser

9.3µm wavelength · all-tissue

No scalpel. No sutures. Faster healing, less swelling, and — in about 90% of cases — no anaesthetic needed. We use Solea for gingivectomies, frenectomies, lip-tie revisions, biopsies, and cosmetic gingival sculpting before veneers. Pediatric tongue-tie revisions in particular have transformed.

anaestheticunnecessary in ~90% of cases
downtimeeat normally same day
IMPLANT NAVIGATION

X-Guide Dynamic Navigation

GPS-style live tracking

A surgical navigation system that watches Dr. Tanaka's drill in real time and overlays its position onto the 3D scan we took of your jaw. It is the same class of technology that guides neurosurgery. Average placement accuracy: 0.3mm. The clinical effect is fewer complications, faster healing, and a substantially smaller incision than guided-stent placement.

accuracy0.3mm at the apex
approachflapless · single-stage in most cases
AI DIAGNOSTICS

Pearl Second Opinion™

FDA-cleared, integrated into every X-ray

Every bitewing, every panoramic, every periapical we take is automatically reviewed by Pearl's FDA-cleared diagnostic AI within four seconds of capture. The model has been trained on more than fifty million dental X-rays and is statistically more sensitive than the human eye to small lesions, hairline cracks, and early bone loss. The output is shown to your dentist as a second opinion — never as an autonomous diagnosis.

FDA clearance510(k) De Novo
your datade-identified, never sold
// 03 — INFRASTRUCTURE

The unsexy systems that make the rest work.

A clinic running this much imaging and digital workflow has to be wired like a small data center. None of it is what you'll see — but it is the reason your records load instantly, your prescriptions are sent before you've left the chair, and your data does not live on a thumb drive somewhere.

Practice Management
Curve Dental
Cloud-native, browser-based EHR. HIPAA-audited annually. Your chart is accessible to your dentist from any operatory, instantly.
DICOM Imaging Archive
Romexis Cloud
Enterprise-grade DICOM storage. All 3D imaging is encrypted at rest and in transit. Backups span three Pacific Northwest data centers.
Patient Communications
Weave + Modento
Two-way SMS, secure file transfer, video visits, and online check-in. We do not use fax machines. We will not start.
Sterilization Tracking
SciCan HYDRIM + Statim 5000
Every instrument tray is barcode-tracked from operatory to autoclave to storage. Sterilization logs are immutable and surface in your chart.
Water Quality
DentaPure independent cartridges
Quarterly third-party water testing on every operatory. CDC dental water guidelines are the floor, not the ceiling.
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