CATEGORY 104 AUSTRALASIAN DENTIST C M Y CM MY CY CMY K SOFTWARE “I was genuinely struggling to keep my practice going. I had so many plates to spin I knew something had to give. Since the procedure I can keep those plates spinning all day long. It’s revolutionised my life.” That’s how one dentist from Sydney describes the latest advancement in dentistry: arm grafts. The challenges of modern dentistry are well known, with some of the most impactful being: u Increasing running costs that make it harder to keep the lights on let alone grow. u Patients reducing appointments due to cost of living pressures, resulting in declining income for practices and increasing effort needed to keep your schedule full. u High levels of burnout and stress, leading to poor mental health and staffing issues. Dentists, practice managers, and their staff now have to do more than ever simply to keep everything afloat. “It’s like you need one pair of hands to do your clinical work, one pair of hands to keep on top of patient and practice admin, one pair of hands to drive growth. And the list goes on.” Explained a practice manager from Melbourne. “Opting for arm grafts was a no-brainer.” Having recently completed a full trial programme and in-depth testing at select dental practices across Australia, arm grafting is now rolling out across the country for dentists and practice managers to take advantage of. How dentists are growing more than their practices control, involuntary movements, persistent headaches, and nausea in a similar percentage of subjects. Get a grip on your practice The benefits of arm grafts are clear for all to see: increased productivity, superior multitasking, and a concurrent growth in appointments and revenue. As one dentist from Perth explains: “I had tried everything to improve the fortunes of my practice, but arm grafts have finally unlocked success. While the persistent headaches and occasional involuntary spasms make life outside of work more complicated I can do so much more when I’m working and my practice is more successful than ever. Patients are somewhat taken aback by my appearance, but I’m sure in time they’ll learn to cope.” No wonder sign-ups for the procedure are sky rocketing. Isn’t it time you got a helping hand (or four) around your practice? u Visit armgraftsfordentists.com to learn more and register your interest in this new cuttingedge procedure. How to get hands on The procedure grafts new arms directly onto the body. Arms are custom grown in the lab, and each one is carefully matched to each individual to ensure consistency in limb length, skin tone, and even body hair quantity. The grafting procedure requires the embedding of new nerves into the peripheral nervous system so that each arm can be controlled independently. And, like organ transplants, subjects need to take immunosuppressants to minimise the chances of limb rejection. A subsequent 12-week integration and training period helps practitioners develop full control of their new limbs. Concurrent meditative practices help in the “splitting” of cognitive processes so that the arms are able to operate independently on separate tasks while the subject’s original arms are free for use in their main focus task. Most subjects are back at work and able to carry out limited multitasking within just 4 weeks, with full capabilities emerging between weeks 10 and 12 post-op. Rejection of limbs has been running at less than 5% in clinical trials, with some minor side effects such as loss of limb
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