Dr. Robert Emery

Board-Certified Maxillofacial Surgeon

Director at Capital Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Co-Founder / Partner at X-Nav Technologies

22/06/2026

14/06/2026

https://www.acoms.org/ACOMS-Review/Article/adopting-navigation-and-robotics-robert-emery-bds-dds

Over a long career, Dr. Robert W. Emery has seen new technologies come and go — but only some have meaningfully changed the way he operates. As an early developer of computer-guided implant navigation, he’s been closely involved in one of those shifts. In this conversation, he talks through how ...

18/05/2026

Picking up where we left off with our full arch implant case! Once those intraoral scans were captured, the journey moved immediately into the digital design phase.

Think of this stage as building a high-tech blueprint for a new smile. We’ve sent the patient’s digital data to a specialist dental designer who uses advanced prosthetic software to map out every detail. It's not just about how it looks; it’s about how it works.

During this digital phase, we focus on:

Perfect Occlusion: Ensuring the bite is balanced, functional, and comfortable.

Personalized Aesthetics: Crafting a smile that looks natural and fits the patient’s unique facial features.

Predictable Results: Using technology to see the final destination before we even begin the physical work.

By designing the smile digitally first, we eliminate the guesswork and move forward with absolute precision. It's all part of our commitment to providing the highest standard of care at Capital Center.

Have questions about how digital dentistry works? Drop them in the comments!