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I could in 5 minutes disseminate 20 years of I had the first Down-Under, and now there Thanks Jouko, and Helianna, and Henri, 31
surgical training and experience, and transplant are three, and there are more being installed. and of course Mr Heikki Kyöstilä who is the
that into any brain, any intelligence, any person. Now I don’t feel so unique, but that’s what owner of this fantastic Finnish company.
Suddenly patients, and referrers, and other happens with technology like this: it gets out
non-surgical doctors, could understand what there, and the word spreads. You all provided me the greatest gift in
I was talking about. Everyone just “got it”. allowing me to buy your beautiful machine.”
More amazing, though, is this thing just
And every patient since have pretty much keeps getting better. When I came to Helsinki to Dr Paul Lloyd G. Coceancig
had this volume scan. meet with the R&D team lead by Ms Helianna MB ChB BDSHons MDSOMS FDSRCS ad eundem
Puhlin, and the software team genius Henri England FRACDSOMS
Overnight, this little machine with Veisterä, I was lead into a journey of their Consultant Facial Reconstruction Surgeon
18-second scans, sitting in a non-descript little ongoing work which enthralled and amazed Surgeon Lieutenant Commander,
room, all quiet and nice, and hospital white me. Royal Australian Navy (R)
beautiful – completely, wholly, dramatically,
revolutionarily – changed my practice. Their new Planmeca ProFace, with 3D
digital capture of facial contours in real colours
A whole new world of possibility and with real hair is set to revolutionize
dentistry, cephalometry, and orthognathics
I know what you’re saying. Maybe I could like you wouldn’t believe.
have felt the same way if I had bought
a different machine, or had a different, but New surface treatment programmes,
similar software programme. Maybe all CBCT four-dimensional viewing, enhanced
machines are the same, and I just don’t know it. virtual-implant design platforms, biomodel
production, and customized facial implants;
But you know what? I do know it. all this is on the horizon too.
I researched everything that was out there
before I bought this machine, and frankly, the This thing has changed my professional life,
CBCT that is out there is uninteresting, and a and it is the new face of maxillofacial surgery
poor second cousin to real spiral CT. for the 21st Century. It eclipses what is around
in the current market place, and all of it fits
But this is different! The ProMax 3D Max into a small little room, in this small practice,
is very different. I have shown it to my friends on the very edge of the Pacific Ocean; near
who have their own version of a large volume the very antipodes of Helsinki.
CBCT, and they are jealous.
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A first class workspace
Do you want a workspace that offers you op- comes with all the latest hygienic refinements Units
portunities that no other unit can? Then look including a water treatment facility, suction
no further than the Planmeca Sovereign for cleaning system etc. • Symmetrical functions for both
unbeaten flexibility and comfort. right and left-handed users
If you’re considering a new unit, and you
The chair is more comfortable than any want something that’s a class apart, why not • The suction tube cleaning system
other. The backrest and headrest can be arrange a demonstration of the Planmeca • Heat and noise are a thing of
adjusted electronically so they fit the patient Sovereign?
perfectly. The chair itself can turn through 270 the past with wthe SingLED
degrees so that it’s always facing the patient as ”Flexibility was the watchword when operation light
he/she enters the treatment room, no matter we chose new units. We chose to invest in • Automatic headrest adjustment
how your clinic is furnished. eight Planmeca Sovereign units for our clinic • Wireless foot control
because of the sheer number of ways they can • Graphical multi-user interface
All instruments are controlled by software be adjusted to suit the needs of the individual
that’s simple to set up to suit your way of user and patient."
working. The graphical display means it’s no
trouble at all – and you retain an overview. "Another key parameter was patient
That’s real usability. comfort, and our patients’ reactions have been
very positive. Planmeca Sovereign fully meets
The entire suction unit can be bent right our flexibility and comfort requirements.”
around the chair so that it’s only the work of
an instant to change from right-handed to Dentist Kim Berthelsen, Ribe Tandklinik
left-handed users. And, of course, the unit
