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Lifestyle
Ed Stannard

Oral surgeon has help when drilling implants. Meet his robotic assistant

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Dr. Ryaz Ansari, a West Hartford, Connecticut, oral surgeon, knows how important it is to have teeth that are aligned and pain-free.

That’s why Ansari, whose practice is called Jaw Fixers, has the assistance of a robot to guide him as he drills into the jawbone to create the implant.

“With placing implants into the jaw, you need to do it with great precision and accuracy,” Ansari said. “And to be able to do it precisely because you have adjacent vital structures,” including nearby teeth and their roots.

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