Choosing a dental unit is not easy: it’s a significant investment and the centerpiece of a dentist’s daily work.
We want to help you avoid mistakes about this topic, based on the philosophy of our brand, Simple&smart, and our own experience in the dental field.
Primarily, dentists want one thing from their dental unit: a reliable team tailored to their workflow, with excellent after-sales support.
1. WHAT WILL BE THE FUNCTION OF THE DENTAL UNIT?
Do you need a dental chair for a multidisciplinary room, or one dedicated to a specific job?
In small clinics, each unit is usually “all-terrain” and needs to be versatile.
In clinics with many rooms, so many dental chairs, each can be dedicated to a specialty. In this case, the chairs can be configured according to the specific use: orthodontics, implantology, hygiene, and so on.
Removing unnecessary components and instruments reduces cost and improves ergonomics. There’s no point in paying for something you will never use.
2. WHO WILL WORK ON THE DENTAL UNIT?
If your clinic has many doctors, it’s ideal to opt for simple and robust equipment with good spare parts service. When many people share the same equipment, less care, more accidents, and “unexplained” breakdowns are inevitable.
On the other hand, if you or a small trusted team will use it, you can afford a better chair, with better instruments and features. After all, you’ll spend many hours sitting, and it’s worth treating yourself well.
3. AVOID OVERLOADED EQUIPMENT
Avoid overloaded equipment if you already have external technology. If you already have surgical motors, standalone scalers, or endodontic micromotors shared between rooms, it doesn’t make sense to duplicate those resources on the dental unit.
Many chairs are equipped with accessories that end up never being used and only increase costs and potential points of failure.
Those extra features you never used might be the one that fails one day, leaving your chair out of service.
But in Simple&smart we make dental units with independent instruments: if one of them stops working, you can continue to work with the others.
4. CHEAP MIGHT BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN YOU THINK
There are economical units that work very well. But what about the after-sales services?
Is the brand represented in your country? How long does it take for the spare parts to arrive at your clinic? Does technical support reply to you quickly?
And here we have the high costs: if the unit stops working, it generates losses, especially if they are not working for weeks. That’s why a cheap dental chair could be much more expensive than you think.
After-sales services are really important to keep working and have as few downtimes as possible.
5. DON’T WAIT UNTIL YOUR EQUIPMENT IS UNUSABLE
Don’t wait until your equipment is unusable to replace it. Changing the unit once it’s broken is the worst possible situation.
You end up choosing whatever is in stock and not what you really need, you pay more due to urgency, and you’ve probably been suffering for months with a chair that has had more technician visits than working hours.
Being proactive lets you choose wisely, negotiate better, and plan the transition without stopping your work.
6. THE TECHNICIAN’S OPINION IS NOT ALWAYS OBJECTIVE
Many technicians will recommend what they know, what they have already installed, or what they can sell.
They might also discard brands because they don’t want to deal with some models, for example.
Compare opinions, and remember: you’re the one working with the chair, not the technician.
7. DO NOT LOOK FOR PERFECTION
Choose wisely: the most important thing is not to find the perfect chair, but to pick one you can make the most of.
CONCLUSION
A dental chair is one of the most important investments in your clinic. Choose smartly, think about your way of working, and anticipate problems.
If you’re considering renewing your equipment, contact us. We’ll help you choose wisely.
Visit our website www.simplesmart.it to make your configuration (CONFIGURATOR).
Let us know what country you come from, and we will put you in contact with our distributor in that area.
We hope these tips have been useful to you!
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