Helping the Practice Climb to New Heights
Polaroid HealthCare’s high-quality products and solutions enable practices to elevate their performance with a positive patient experience and maximized ROI
Without great mountains, we cannot reach great heights.” The sentiment rings true for most successful business owners, including dental practitioners. After all, to operate a profitable practice, owners must overcome mountainous challenges, and that includes investing wisely in technology and equipment. To help practices elevate their performance to new heights, Polaroid HealthCare offers an array of the latest and greatest dental products and high-quality solutions. Specifically, 3 of their flagship products—the Polaroid Ray X-ray Sensor, Polaroid DDS Imaging Software, and the Hulaser K2 Mobile Diode Laser—can help dental practices climb to the top of the ROI mountain.
“The K2 Mobile laser has had a very positive influence on my ROI.”
—Scott Josephson, DMD
Powerful and Portable
Dental lasers expand treatment opportunities, enable less invasive treatment, improve patient comfort, shorten healing times, and keep patient services in-house. While the benefits of owning a dental laser are practically limitless, investing in a diode laser that’s easy to use, portable, cordless, and ergonomic for the clinician boosts laser treatment— and ROI—to a whole new level.
The Hulaser K2 Mobile Wireless Soft Tissue Diode Laser from Polaroid HealthCare empowers clinicians to offer soft-tissue laser treatments in a multitude of clinical scenarios. The K2 Mobile is easy to use, portable, and cordless so it can move quickly and easily between operatories. Its lightweight, ergonomic, pen-like design encourages practitioners to use it every chance they get. In fact, Dr. Scott Josephson adopted the K2 Mobile in his practice and said, “We call it our workhorse because the hygiene staff and I use it more than any other laser. Its ease of use and portability are key—there’s very little to move around.”
Investing in a laser can open up a whole new world of dental procedures for the practice while also keeping some treatments in-house that would previously have been referred out to specialists. Calling the K2 Mobile “gentle enough for hygiene and robust enough for soft-tissue procedures,” Dr. Josephson said he and his hygienists use it for bacterial reduction procedures, troughing before a scan, gingival contouring, operculectomies, uncovering teeth and implants, frenectomies, fibroma removal, aphthous ulcers, incise/drainage, and other procedures.
Patient-Pleasing Treatment
An improved patient experience is a tremendous advantage to laser treatment. If patients can choose a gentler, less invasive, more comfortable procedure, they might be more willing to move forward with the recommended treatment. “Patients like the idea of less postoperative bleeding and no blades, and they appreciate not having to go to another office, which has had a very positive influence on my ROI,” shared Dr. Josephson. With the K2 Mobile, Dr. Josephson has “seen very little postop discomfort and short healing times following laser surgery procedures.” He and his team are thrilled with the power, versatility, and portability of the K2 Mobile along with its positive effect on practice revenue.
Patient Comfort and Education
The Polaroid Ray Intraoral Sensor brings a whole new level of comfort, efficiency, and image quality to digital x-rays. Designed to produce superior high-resolution images quickly, efficiently, and reliably while optimizing patient comfort and clinician convenience, Ray is a win-win for practice and patient. Images are captured and produced in seconds while the patient remains comfortable and safe due to low radiation exposure. Three sensor sizes (1, 1.5, and 2) are available, with a unique 1.5 size that comfortably fits both children and adults. For easy positioning and optimal patient comfort, the Ray sensor is lightweight with rounded corners and the industry's thinnest design at 4.8 mm, according to the manufacturer.
Ray is compatible with most modern imaging programs and allows clinicians to show patients any problems rather than simply telling them what they see. This philosophy improves patient education, encourages compliance with at-home oral care, and helps convince patients to accept a recommended course of treatment.
Impressed with Ray’s image quality, patient comfort, and cost-effectiveness, Dr. Donna Jankiewicz said it comes at “a good price” and “makes digital x-rays easier." Users receive exceptional manufacturer support, free installation and training, and a 5-year warranty. “I’m pleased with the price of the sensor and the free support from Polaroid,” said Scott Kelly, DDS. "The Ray sensor helps in all cases in which an x-ray is necessary," Dr. Jankiewicz added.
Seeing Is Believing
Going hand in hand with the Ray X-Ray Sensor, Polaroid DDS Imaging Software helps dental practices improve diagnostics, enhance patient education and communication, and ultimately increase case acceptance and ROI. To help streamline image acquisition and analysis, the open-platform software is compatible with all sensors, scanners, intraoral cameras, and panoramic x-ray units, and bridges to all practice management programs.
Polaroid DDS software uses a combination of advanced filters and algorithms to process incoming digital signals from all equipment through true integrations. This, along with Polaroid’s advanced diagnostic filtering and processing tools, allows the software to display high-quality, 16-bit images.
Designed with point-and-click apps, Polaroid DDS software is easy to use, saving valuable time for clinicians. For example, the software organizes images in similar logical anatomical layouts so users can easily capture, organize, retrieve, and present the necessary images to patients, helping to motivate them to move forward with treatment recommendations. Equipped with cosmetic and whitening simulation programs, users can demonstrate realistic images of future treatment outcomes to patients.
Seeing really is believing with Polaroid DDS software. It allows the dental team to present real evidence of a problem to patients, using imagery to improve understanding, explain the need for treatment, present a treatment plan, and, ultimately, convince the patient to accept treatment.
