Make dental implants as precise as the plan on the scan. A drill a few degrees off can hit a nerve or sinus or leave a crooked tooth; robotic guidance aims to make accurate, minimally invasive implant surgery routine for general dentists.
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100,000+ robot-guided osteotomies; second-generation Yomi S cleared and in first clinical use.
Updated 7 Jan 2026·Checked 11 Oct·0 updates this week
Milestones
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Neocis founded in Miami2009Complete.
FDA clearance for single-implant procedures2016Complete.
FDA clearance for full-arch implants2020Complete.
FDA clearance for bone reduction2022Complete.
$20M round with NVentures and Mirae Asset (40,000 implants placed)Jan 2024Complete.
Yomi S and YomiPlan AI cleared and unveiled17 Nov 2025Complete.
100,000 robot-guided osteotomies7 Jan 2026Complete.
Yomi S roll-out to practicesTarget 2026Current milestone.
Fitting a dental officeYomi S shrinks the footprint and runs from one clinician's foot pedal and touchscreen to suit general practices, not just specialists.
Competing with cheap guides3D-printed drill guides cost little per case; the robot must show better accuracy, flexibility or speed to justify its price.
Physics limits
Bone is not uniformJawbone density varies within millimetres, so a drill can deflect even along a perfect path; guidance controls the tool, not how bone responds.
The scan sets the ceilingAccuracy can be no better than the CT scan and its registration to the patient; scatter from metal fillings blurs exactly the areas near other teeth.
How it works
4 parts
Plan
Implant placed on the 3D scan first
The dentist plans each implant on a cone-beam CT scan; YomiPlan AI outlines nerves and sinuses to steer clear of.
Guide arm
Drill steered by touch
The drill works through the robot arm, which resists any motion off the planned position and angle, so the dentist feels the plan as a physical guide.
Depth
Depth limited to the plan
The arm also constrains how deep the drill goes, protecting the nerve canal and sinus below and above the jaw.
Mid-case changes
Plan can change during surgery
If what the dentist sees differs from the scan, the plan can be edited during the operation and the guidance follows the new plan.
Spec sheet
Spec
Yomi
Robot-guided osteotomies (Jan 2026)
100,000+R (reported)
FDA-cleared uses
Single, full-arch implants; bone reductionR (reported)
Miami company, founded in 2009 by Alon Mozes and Juan Salcedo, that makes Yomi, the first FDA-cleared robot for dental implant surgery. Backed by Intuitive Ventures, NVIDIA's NVentures, Norwest and others.
Yomi is the first and only FDA-cleared robot for dental implant surgery (2016); cleared for full-arch cases in 2020.
Over 100,000 robot-guided implant drillings by January 2026.
Yomi S (Nov 2025) adds AI planning that maps nerves and sinuses from the patient's 3D scan.
