Springfield, MO's Leader in Advanced & Implant Dentistry

The RayFace extraoral scanner captures your complete facial structure, expressions, and smile dynamics in stunning detail. This non-invasive scanning system records how your face moves naturally when you smile, speak, and rest—critical information for designing restorations that look natural and harmonize with your facial features.

Patient Benefits:

• Natural-Looking Results – Restorations designed to complement your unique facial proportions and smile line
• See Before You Commit – Preview your new smile digitally before any treatment begins
• No Impression Trays – Comfortable, contactless scanning captures your facial anatomy

Clinical Advantages:

• Multiple camera angles capture facial symmetry, lip dynamics, and smile proportions
• Integration with Smile Design software for precise aesthetic treatment planning
• Essential data for full-mouth rehabilitation, veneers, and implant-supported prosthetics

By understanding how your teeth relate to your lips, gums, and overall facial structure, we create restorations that don't just function perfectly—they enhance your natural beauty.

Our iTero Lumina intraoral scanner creates ultra-precise digital impressions of your teeth and gums without messy impression materials. This advanced scanning wand captures thousands of images per second, building a complete 3D model of your dental anatomy that's accurate to within 20 microns.

Patient Benefits:

• No More Gag-Inducing Impressions – Comfortable digital scanning replaces uncomfortable trays
• Perfect Fit Guaranteed – Digital precision ensures crowns, bridges, and aligners fit correctly the first time
• Faster Treatment – Digital scans are instantly available for treatment planning and lab fabrication

Clinical Advantages:

• High-resolution color scanning captures tooth structure, tissue health, and bite relationships
• Seamless integration with design software for same-day treatment planning
• Digital records allow precise monitoring of tooth wear, gum recession, and treatment progress over time

This technology is essential for Invisalign treatment planning, implant crown design, and any restoration requiring precise fit and optimal function.

The true breakthrough comes when we integrate all three scans—CBCT, facial imaging, and intraoral scanning—into a single, comprehensive 5D patient avatar. This revolutionary technology overlays your bone structure, soft tissue, facial proportions, and tooth positions into one unified model, giving us an unprecedented view of your complete oral and facial anatomy.

Patient Benefits:

• See Your Treatment Plan in 3D – Visualize exactly how your new smile will look before treatment begins
• Predictable Outcomes – Advanced planning reduces treatment time and eliminates guesswork
• Enhanced Communication – Understand your diagnosis and treatment options through clear visual presentations

Clinical Advantages:

• Complete treatment simulation from surgery through final restoration
• Precise surgical guide fabrication for minimally invasive implant placement
• Accurate prediction of aesthetic outcomes for full-mouth rehabilitation
• Collaborative treatment planning with specialists using shared digital records

What This Means for Complex Cases:

For dental implants, Dr. Hoffman can plan the exact position, angle, and depth of each implant while accounting for bone quality, nerve locations, and final tooth appearance. For full-mouth reconstruction, we can design your new smile to restore proper bite function while creating aesthetically pleasing results that complement your facial features. For All-on-X procedures, this technology enables us to plan the entire treatment—from extractions through final prosthetics—before your first surgical appointment.