What is the Institute and how can it help you?
The Institute for Implantology and Digital Dentistry Vienna is a non-profit, independent research platform. We don't sell treatments and don't recommend practices — we explain what is standard in modern dentistry, what isn't, and what patients should pay attention to.
If you've received a cost estimate, need a second opinion, or simply want to understand what your dentist is proposing — find evidence-based answers here.
Evaluate your cost estimate
You've received a cost estimate for implants or dental restoration and want to know if the proposed measures meet current standards.
Start cost estimate check →Understand your treatment
You want to understand what a CBCT is, how navigated implantology works, or what an intraoral scan means — before you agree.
Explore specialties →Prepare for a second opinion
You're unsure about a diagnosis or treatment plan and want to know what questions to ask when seeking a second opinion.
Read patient information →From scan to treatment — the digital workflow explained.
Digital Input
Precise Capture
Intraoral scans, digital X-rays, and CBCT images form the data foundation — critical for the quality of all subsequent steps.
Digital Planning
From Diagnosis to Strategy
Treatment is simulated and optimized on the computer before any clinical step — implant position, restoration, orthodontics.
Digital Manufacturing
Precision from the Machine
CAD/CAM and 3D printing enable restorations with micrometer-level accuracy — reproducible and documented.
Digital-Assisted Therapy
Planning Becomes Reality
Navigated implantology and digital data exchange transfer the plan one-to-one to clinical execution.
Three target groups. Three offerings.
You've received a cost estimate?
The Institute helps you scientifically assess your treatment plan — free, independent, without treatment recommendation. Understand what's being proposed before you agree.
Request cost estimate compliance check To patient information →Quality standards for digital practices
The Institute documents evidence-based standards for navigated implantology, digital diagnostics, and CAD/CAM. For practitioners aligning their methodology with current research.
To the specialtiesPublications and research agenda
The Institute publishes technical articles, literature analyses, and position papers on implantology and digital dentistry. For scientific exchange.
To publicationsWhat the institute researches and documents
Navigated implantology
3D-planned, computer-assisted implantation with surgical templates. Evidence, precision standards, and indication criteria.
CBCT / 3D diagnostics
Digital volume tomography as the foundation for precise implant planning. Radiation dose, indication, and clinical benefit evaluated scientifically.
Prosthodontics & digital restorations
CAD/CAM fabrication, material selection, and digital impression. Precision, long-term stability, and indication criteria for modern restorations.
Intraoral scanning
Digital impression replaces traditional impression. Accuracy, indications, and limitations of intraoral scanning in clinical practice.
Digital implantology
From scan to template: The fully digital implant workflow. Planning, data fusion, and clinical implementation.
Patient safety
Quality criteria, second opinion, and treatment plan classification. What patients need to know before consenting to treatment.
Evidence-based. Independent. Transparent.
The institute's quality standards are based on published guidelines and consensus papers from international professional societies — not on commercial interests.
Priv.Doz.Dr.Dr. K. Yerit
President & Scientific leadership
Priv.Doz.Dr.Dr. K. Yerit is founder and president of the institute. In his institutional role, he is responsible for the scientific direction, quality criteria, and research agenda of the association.
He provides clinical treatment as a practitioner at Smile4Life — in a deliberately separate role from his position as institute president.
Priv.Doz.Dr.Dr. K. Yerit evaluates and describes standards in his role as institute board member. Clinical implementation is legally separate at the reference practice Smile4Life.
Make informed decisions.
Treatment plan check: Understanding your estimate
Step-by-step guide to interpreting a treatment plan for implants. What do the line items mean — and what questions should you ask?
Go to treatment plan checkCBCT / 3D X-ray: What patients should know
When is CBCT necessary, how high is radiation exposure, and do you have the right to your data? The institute explains evidence-based.
Read CBCT guideSecond opinion for implants
When is a second opinion worthwhile, how do you prepare, and what do you need? A practical guide for patients.
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