IMETRIC ICam Full-Arch Implementation Checklist
Build the workflow around a written case path before the first definitive patient. That path should make failure visible early, while the patient and capture components are still available.
Inventory the complete system
Confirm the ICam unit, computer and software requirements, calibration plate, ICamBodies, screws, cables, carrying case contents, reprocessing supplies, and spare strategy. Record serial numbers and accessory quantities.
The IMETRIC accessory policy makes careful unboxing important. Remove and account for all contents and packing materials before discarding the shipping materials, then store precision components in assigned locations.
Write the chairside sequence
Define patient and case verification, component selection, seating checks, calibration, capture order, quality review, repeat criteria, decontamination, and documentation. Include what the user does when the system or software reports a problem.
Train with the exact components and restorative workflow used in production. Generic demonstrations are not enough when connection, screw, and data-path details determine the result.
Validate the laboratory path
Agree on required files, naming, transfer method, software import, positional-data format, companion IOS scans, bite records, photos, and prescriptions. Send test records through the real secure channel.
The laboratory should confirm receipt, correct assignment, successful import, and registration before the workflow is considered live. Keep software and protocol versions with the validation record.
Monitor outcomes
Track calibration failures, repeat captures, component problems, file-transfer issues, registration questions, verification outcomes, fit adjustments, remakes, and operator. Review early cases as a team.
Implementation is complete only when a second trained user can run the workflow and the laboratory can identify and reject an incomplete submission before design.
Separate readiness into three approvals
Hardware readiness covers the ICam unit, computer, cable path, calibration plate, compatible ICamBodies, screws, instruments, and secure storage. Clinical readiness covers seating, visibility, calibration, capture, reprocessing, and repeat criteria. Laboratory readiness covers file naming, supported positional format, companion scans, registration, component libraries, and intake rejection rules.
Do not declare the system live because one of those three groups is ready. A case should enter production only after all three owners sign the same workflow version and a test case has completed the real transfer path.
Protect precision components during unboxing and use
Inventory every accessory before discarding packing material. Assign storage locations and record missing or damaged items immediately. IMETRIC's accessory instructions require compatibility checks and current preparation procedures; precision components should not be treated as generic scanbodies or mixed across interfaces.
The daily checklist should include component condition, screw condition, calibration status, software version, cable security, and the approved cleaning or sterilization step. Keep quarantined components physically separate so they cannot return to a patient tray by mistake.
Design the downtime path before go-live
Decide what happens when the ICam, calibration plate, cable, computer, software, or required component is unavailable. The answer may be rescheduling, using a separately validated method, or routing the case to a partner workflow; it should never be an improvised substitute after treatment has started.
Train a backup operator and run a recovery drill. Confirm support contacts, warranty information, serial numbers, secure data backup, and how open cases are identified during an outage. Implementation is reliable when the team can stop safely and resume with traceability.