The automated dentistry company, Cyberdontics aims to fund its R&D and commercialize its system
Automated dental surgery start-up, Cyberdontics recently secured its Series A funding of $15 million. The round was led by Pacific Dental Services, a dentist chain based in California. The company plans to utilize the funds to enhance its research and development, and to bring its system to the market. It is working on the use of advanced imaging, AI and robotics to enable automated dental surgery.
Cyberdontics founder and CEO, Chris Ciriello explained, “Today, a dentist would cut a hole in your tooth and fill the hole with some type of material, whether it’s a crown, a filling, some kind of plastic they squirt in. What we do is scan your tooth, then we virtually create a model of what the tooth will look like after we cut it. Then we can cut your tooth and fabricate a prosthetic at the same time, or we can fabricate the prosthetic in advance of the surgery. Then that piece will fit in just like a puzzle piece, right into the hole we cut.”
Ciriello said, “The idea of having a robot in your mouth for under one minute and you can be out the door 15 minutes later, is a game changer.”
As per the reports, the venture-backed startup plans to unveil its imaging process by 2023 and to introduce the robot within the next two years, after getting regulatory approvals. It is noteworthy that Cyberdontics is currently under development and has not yet been cleared by FDA for any medical or therapeutic indication for use.
