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“Outer beauty and inner
values superbly combined”

Dentist Claudia Säger of Bad Salzuflen, Germany, is very There is one Planmeca Sovereign in
enthusiastic about her Planmeca Sovereign® dental units each of the two rooms, and Claudia Säger
and praises digital X-ray work with Planmeca ProOne®. plans to install a Planmeca Compact i unit
in a further room. It is a robust device for
treating children, and is very well suited for
child and adult prophylaxis.

One year after establishing her own their money on expensive cars or designer Elegantly designed digital X-ray unit
practice in Bad Salzuflen, dentist furniture, I put everything into technology
X-ray work is yet another area in

Claudia Säger still gets truly excited for my practice,” she states. which Planmeca technology has

talking about her two dental units. She “Good working equipment is never convinced Claudia Säger. She uses the

opted for Planmeca Sovereign® after a waste of money. With these units you only Planmeca ProOne® X-ray unit and believes

careful consideration. Säger praises the get carefully conceived things,” says Claudia in digital imaging. “The images are of

swivel feature that enables the unit to be Säger in praise of Planmeca technology. highest quality and the units are very easy

turned in any direction, the ease with which Planmeca Sovereign dental units already to operate,” she summarises her experience.

the system can be switched between left and incorporate many features which customers The Planmeca Romexis® imaging software

right-handed treatment, the award-winning normally pay a lot extra for, or which are also offers many features for sending images

design (“I pay attention to that too”) and simply not available. “Take for example or exporting them to other systems.

22 the infection control technology, as well as the swivel feature: I couldn’t do without it “The equipment is also very elegantly

the update options that keep her equipment these days.” It is possible to swivel the unit designed.” Planmeca’s large X-ray unit is

fit for the future. in the axial direction so that it faces different mounted on the wall, leaving enough room

The Sovereign also triggers a positive areas of the treatment room; this allows me, around the patient so that they do not feel

echo from patients: “How very high-tech!" for example, to turn a sensitive patient away trapped in a corner.

exclaimed the first visitors as they allowed from the draft of the air conditioning unit. Claudia Säger is satisfied with Planmeca's

themselves to sink into the viscoelastic Also the chair’s upright position, where maintenance and service for her equipment.

upholstery. Older patients in particular are the legrest folds down, is a valuable feature: The Planmeca branch in Germany is actually

very pleased about the automatic movement It allows patient consultations to be held at located in Bielefeld, quite close to her practice.

from a normal sitting position to a lying eye level, a psychologically important factor. “When I call them, they arrive within a few

position and vice versa. Furthermore, Claudia Säger feels well- hours. Should things be really urgent, they’d

“Children also find it thrilling to take a spin equipped for the future. “With proper come immediately.” The technical staff from

on the dental unit,” smiles Claudia Säger. She maintenance of the units, it will be possible Bielefeld is very experienced and is able to

regularly sees primary school classes and later to simply load software to activate new remedy possible errors very quickly.

child care groups in her practice, which also functions or to add equipment.” The button- Many dentists who set up a practice run

incorporates a separate children’s waiting free touch panel is very user-friendly. the risk of oversizing their technical facilities.

room with furniture to match. Daily routine tasks in terms of quality and “With my Planmeca equipment I see no risk

Besides traditional dentistry, her practice infection control are very easy to accomplish of oversizing,” says Säger. “On the contrary, it

also focuses on phobic patients, individual with the Sovereign. The infection control would be the right sort of oversizing; there

prophylaxis, as well as pediatric dentistry logs can be filed and documented; they are are actually very few mistakes that can be

with consultations twice a week, and saved in the software. A convincing feature made.” She is more than happy with the price

aesthetic dentistry. of the device is its built-in hygiene system, / performance ratio.

Good working equipment – which provides water rinsing during suction. “I am still very pleased with both my
money well spent The water in the tubes is also replaced Planmeca Sovereign dental units.” More than
regularly. “Every two hours the water is that, after one year Claudia Säger is showing

After nine years in a group practice the replaced completely with fresh water, before a positive balance sheet: “Things are going

opportunity arose for Claudia Säger to germs have a chance to incubate. I need no very well,” she summarises the financial

start her own business. “Others spend chemicals for that.” situation of her practice.

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