Australasian Dentist Issue 92

CATEGORY 98 AUSTRALASIAN DENTIST ADX is Australia’s largest gathering of dental suppliers, exhibitors and dental professionals, a networking event and hunting ground for advanced technology. Dr Dhanan remembers ADX 2018 as the place where he bought the Fotona Lightwalker laser system and met Paul Baltas of Innovative Medical Technologies (IMT), who sold him the laser product. The owner of Figtree Dental needed little convincing to purchase his first Fotona hard & soft tissue laser. The long-time AMD Picasso diode laser user heard great reviews about the Fotona Lightwalker from friends and colleagues leading up to the exhibition. He just needed to see the product up close, although the knowledgeable staff at IMT helped to clarify the few queries he still had. Post-sale value What really impressed Dr Dhanani came after the sale: IMT’s proactive approach in making sure Fotona users were getting the most value from their laser products. “That’s the thing I found with Paul,” he adds. “He’s not the type of person who sells you a machine and says `see you later’.” It was through IMT that Dr Dhanani signed up and completed the Master in Laser Dentistry Programwith the Laser and Health Academy (LA&HA) in 2019. Dr Dhanani affirms the LA&HA Master program as a “must” for any dentist serious about laser dentistry as it delivers in-depth knowledge on the Fotona LightWalker from a broad range of application-based modules. Just as critical is receiving peer support from an online Fotona user group (that IMT set up) – comprising Australian and overseas course graduates – that picks up the slack whenever his memory gets a bit foggy. From lasers to ozone sanitisers Dr Nitin Dhanan bought a great dental laser at ADX 2018, but it was just the beginning ... For all intents and purposes The FotonaLightwalker is adual wavelength (Er:YAG and Nd:YAG) universal laser that covers virtually all laser-assisted dental restorative treatments, TouchWhite® tooth whitening, TwinLight® periodontal therapy, peri-implantitis, SWEEPS® endodontics, oral surgery, NightLase® snoring treatments, Photobiomodulation therapy and dento- facial aesthetic treatments. Dr Dhanani uses it for traditional “in- the-mouth” treatments including gum reshaping and contouring, atraumatic removal of porcelain veneers in addition to facial aesthetic cases such as collagen tightening without fillers, lip plumping (using Liplase) and skin resurfacing. “It’s a remarkable multi-purpose laser that helps to fill in the gaps in dentistry applications and patient care,” he enthuses. “Not only that but it helps deliver quality fillings, pain-free dentistry and gentle patient care while improving healing times and longevity of treatment. What else can you ask for?” It’s also a surprise hit with patients who request minimally invasive care. “Some of our patients upon hearing the word ‘laser’ immediately think that it is painful,” he adds. “After the treatment, they are surprised at how painless it really is.” Swiss army laser Perhaps Dr Dhanani needed even less encouragement to purchase his next laser, the RADIANT S1TM Blue 3-wavelength Dental Diode. Not least because it came highly recommended by someone whose expert opinion he has come to trust. Although function-wise less compre­ hensive than the Fotona Lightwalker, the RADIANT H1 represents an affordable entry-level 810nm laser that covers quite a bit of ground, whilst the S1 Blue triple wavelength system represents the current pinnacle in dental diode laser technology, says Paul Baltas. “Other PBM therapeutic lasers ranging from $40,000 – $75,000 can’t even offer any of the surgical procedures that the RADIANT H1 & S1 lasers provide at only 10-20% of the cost.” “While the majority of competitors TESTIMONIALS Radiant S1 Diode laser