In Italy, one in three patients would prefer minimally invasive surgery; however, dentists do not offer it. This is the picture revealed by the research conducted by Nielsen for IDI EVOLUTION, titled " Italians at the Dentist ," in which a sample of 1,000 Italians interviewed described their relationship with their dentist.
Less time in the chair, more clinical and prosthetic precision
Minimally invasive surgery, or "guided surgery," as it is known in dentistry, dramatically reduces pain during surgery, speeds up recovery times, and reduces the use of medications. Clinically, however, its advantages include shorter chair time while ensuring greater clinical and prosthetic precision. Despite this, this practice is still struggling to gain traction in the dental field: Of the 1,600,000 implants applied each year in Italy, only 18% are inserted through guided surgery.
There are several reasons why these techniques are so difficult to incorporate into clinical practice: from implantologists' lack of familiarity with the technological tools themselves to economic issues, as the costs of guided surgery are often too high even for those who would like to introduce them into their practices.
Guided surgery: more affordable costs, with savings of up to 75%
However, there is one company – the most innovative in the Italian dental panorama – that since 2007, in an absolutely pioneering way, has developed products and solutions designed to make minimally invasive surgery simpler and more accessible to all Italian clinicians. This is IDI EVOLUTION , a company that has completely revolutionized the sector, leading 40% of its clients to work with minimally invasive techniques, and today totaling more than 35,000 cases of use.
The initial input consists of the project developed by the clinician, which in a second phase is transformed into the final implant-prosthetic output, which, thanks to the industrialization of the process, allows clinicians to speed up the production times of the components and reduces costs by up to 75% .
But it takes two to have a good idea: someone comes up with it, but someone understands it. There's certainly a clinician who not only first understood the potential of this practice, but also decided to apply it to revolutionize their way of working, using IDI EVOLUTION's guided surgery in almost all of their clinical cases.
The experience of Dr. Antonio Palladino
Dr. Antonio Palladino 's story is one of vision, expertise, courage, and humility. This highly capable young dentist, originally from Barletta, has become, in less than 10 years, the go-to doctor in his province for digital dental care and one of Italy's leading experts in guided surgery.
Starting in 2015, with over 1,700 cases of guided surgery made with BLACKBOX and B1ONE implants by IDI EVOLUTION , Dr. Palladino gives his patients the opportunity to leave the chair in just over an hour with the work on implants and teeth ready and completed. The initial investment in technology has over time become the calling card of the Palladino Dental Practice, also representing its distinctive feature on the market. Currently, the Palladino Dental Center has 6 chairs and has increased its client base and related implant-prosthetic rehabilitations by approximately +4,000%. The story of Dr. Antonio Palladino of Barletta is the story of a success that would never have been possible without the presence of a professional capable of intuiting that guided surgery was indeed the best way to treat his patients. A clinician who has chosen to give priority to continuous training, to improve and improve every day as a dentistry professional, and who for this very reason has also chosen to rely on a partner like IDI EVOLUTION and the division IDI MAKERS for the management of the whole Digital implant-prosthetic workflow . His story continues to be a source of inspiration for many other Italian clinicians today, and we hope it will be for you, our readers, too.
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