Integrity Dental Services Promotes Chris Niquette to COO

Integrity Dental Services is pleased to name former chief strategy officer and executive Chris Niquette as the chief operating officer (COO) with 30+ years of dental experience, laboratory ownership, and equipment and materials experience. Chris will continue to propel Integrity Dental Services forward with his skills. In his previous role, he led the strategy, direction, and business development team and will continue those duties and the company’s laboratory operations and organizational structure. 

As Niquette grows further with his new role, he will ensure the organization is highly aligned and effective in the operational flow for both departments and individuals to help the teams reach their full potential. 

“It was a natural fit when it came to moving Chris over to COO.” Rob Dinker, CEO, said, “with his over 30+ years in the dental industry helped make the decision very easy when it came to filling this role!”

Chris started his dental journey back in 1992, working for Brasseler USA as a District Manager. This was his first exposure to the dental business. This then led Chris to a partnership with Maverick Dental Laboratory. At this time, Chris realized that a combination of premium service quality products incorporated with technology was the key to success in this industry. Chris was then offered an opportunity to work with the launch of a brand-new CAD/CAM system called E4D. Additionally, knowing the fast integration of 3D printing coming into the dental laboratory business was fortunate to be offered a position as Director of Sales for Union Tech 3D printing technologies.

“I am humbled and honored  To have been selected for my new role as COO of Integrity Dental Services,” Niquette said. “A little less than two years ago, when I instantly knew it was an amazing place to be a part of. The entire Integrity team’s extraordinary level of dedication, creativity, and skill is truly inspiring.”

Digital smile design has made it easier than ever to create a blueprint for the desired smile.  This smile can be measured against all diagnostic information and communicated in ways that don’t exist in the analog world.   But what good is the ultimate design if you are unable to bring this smile to life with the intended tooth positions and occlusal scheme?

The design is the easy part. Execution is where cases succeed or fail.

The Gap Between Planning and Delivery

In full-arch implant cases, the most common source of frustration isn’t a flawed treatment plan — it’s a breakdown in translating that plan into reality. Surgical inefficiency in implant placement and bone contouring, or poor record taking leading to alignment errors all have their place as variable that limit our ability to bring the design to life.  A temporary conversion that isn’t validated against the original design turns the provisional phase into a guessing game. When surgery and prosthetics aren’t integrated from the start, the restoration becomes reactive, and chair time climbs accordingly. The result is a case that looks nothing like what was designed, through no fault of the design itself.

A Simple Principle That Changes Outcomes

The clinicians who deliver consistent full-arch results share one discipline: they establish the baseline before they refine anything. The goal in phase one is not to improve on the design; it’s to execute it accurately. Refinements only make sense once the original plan has been faithfully delivered. When that step is skipped, errors compound. Adjustments layer on top of deviations, and the final result drifts further from the intended outcome with every appointment.

A Workflow Built for Predictability

Consistent full-arch delivery follows a clear sequence:

  • Design for the end result first — tooth position, midline, occlusal scheme, and esthetics defined and patient-approved before surgical planning begins
  • Plan surgery around the prosthetic outcome — implant positioning that supports the final restoration, informed by CBCT and digital planning tools
  • Execute with guided precision — maintaining alignment between the surgical plan and the digital design at the time of placement
  • Validate through temporization — treating the provisional phase as a functional and esthetic checkpoint, not a correction phase
  • Deliver a final restoration that replicates the validated design — minimizing adjustments because the work was done upstream

 

Where IDS Fits In

At Integrity Dental Services, our role begins well before the final restoration leaves the lab. Through our vendor partner network, we support digital smile design collaboration, guided surgery coordination, and digital scanning integration — so the plan that gets built is one we can actually build to.

On the restorative side, our full-arch solutions — including Aventus® Zirconia, Fortis®, and TiBrid® — are engineered within a Digilog® workflow that prioritizes fit and accuracy at every step. We’ve also integrated iCam4D and MicronMapper photogrammetry technology to eliminate the guesswork in implant-level verification, giving clinicians a more predictable path from scan to seating. And because we stand behind the work we deliver, our full-arch zirconia restorations are backed by the INFINITY warranty — a lifetime guarantee that reflects our confidence in the materials, the process, and the partnership.

The value of digital dentistry isn’t just visualization — it’s the ability to make a promise to a patient and keep it. That only happens when design, surgery, and the laboratory are all working from the same blueprint.

Ready to Build a More Predictable Full-Arch Workflow?

Whether you’re placing your first full-arch case or looking to tighten up a workflow you’ve been running for years, we’d welcome the conversation. Tell us about your practice and let’s talk about how IDS can support you from planning through final delivery.

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