Most dental offices send your work to an outside lab and ask you to wait. At Bryan Ritchey DDS, the lab is down the hall.
Traditional impressions use trays filled with putty-like material held in your mouth for minutes. Primescan replaces that entirely. A small handheld wand scans your tooth in seconds, creating a precise 3D digital model Dr. Ritchey uses to design your restoration in real time. No mess. No gagging. No waiting days for an outside lab.
For patients with sensitive gag reflexes or dental anxiety, this difference alone makes a meaningful impact on their experience.
Once Dr. Ritchey finalizes your crown design digitally, the Primemill gets to work. It mills your permanent restoration from a single block of high-quality dental ceramic in about 15 minutes. The result is a precision-fit crown that's polished, bonded, and placed in the same appointment it was designed — start to finish.
No temporary crown. No second visit. No coordinating with an outside lab. Most patients leave with their permanent restoration the same day they came in.
The Primeprint produces surgical guides, nightguards, and custom dental appliances directly in our office. Where other practices wait days for a lab to fabricate and ship these items back, we print them here. The precision matches traditional lab fabrication — without the wait and without the extra appointments.
For patients getting implants or nightguards, this means your appliance is ready faster and fit-checked the same day it's made.
Axeos captures both standard 2D panoramic X-rays and full 3D cone beam scans in a single unit. The 3D capability gives Dr. Ritchey and Dr. Miller a detailed view of bone structure, nerve pathways, and tooth roots that a flat X-ray simply cannot show. That information is available before a single instrument touches your tooth.
For implant planning and complex cases, this level of detail directly affects treatment precision and reduces the chance of surprises mid-procedure.
At Bryan Ritchey DDS, the design and fabrication happen in the same building. Our in-office lab houses the Primescan, Primemill, and Primeprint systems alongside the expertise to use them at the highest level.
The result is faster care, fewer appointments, tighter quality control, and restorations that fit precisely because they were made here — not shipped from a lab across the city.
From your first digital scan to your finished restoration, every step happens in our Memorial Villages office. Call us or send a message to schedule your visit.
General & Cosmetic Dentistry in Houston's Memorial Villages