Reduced Fear Will Spur Dental Visits, Fewer Cancellations, Happier Patients -- and Dentists
(Issued April 2016) -- There’s no reason for dental phobia in the 21st century.
Fear of the dentist would be understandable if Hippocrates was extracting your tooth in 500 BC in ancient Rome, or if you were at a barber-surgeon’s shop in 13th century France. Or if it was before 1905 and there was no novocain.
But now dental patients can relax. Researchers have perfected a safe, non-drug, four-part relaxation technology that naturally brings your mind and body to a state of deep relaxation, says James M. Poole, CEO and President of Solace Lifesciences, Inc., makers of NuCalm®. “The amazing thing is, you feel this way for your entire appointment,” says Poole, “yet there are no after-effects.” NuCalm is an alternative to traditional sleep dentistry as it’s about relaxing you versus sedating you for your appointment.”
Two Types of MVP’s
In recent months, dentists using NuCalm reached the 500,000 patient milestone. “The goal is a ‘Million Patient Challenge,’” says Poole who calls both the dentists and patients MVP’s – Most Valuable Practitioners and Most Valuable Patients.
Poole says NuCalm promises to have an enormous impact on the overall economy in some surprising ways. He outlines benefits to dentists --a potential $4 billion industry boon from serving 1 million dental patients:
• Fewer missed visits / cancellations due to fear or anxiety.
• Opportunity to do more dentistry – when fear is removed from patients, they will get the dentistry done that they need and want.
• Additional practice revenue via fee-for service for NuCalm.
• Ability to do faster procedures during one appointment due to relaxed patients.
• Faster rotation of patients in and out of the office – no recovery time from NuCalm.
• Risk free.
Benefits to patients – Countless millions of dollars saved by patients and insurers by avoiding or early detection of more serious dental issues:
• Dentists can uncover more serious health issues earlier resulting in fewer missed work days, greater productivity, better overall health and higher quality of life.
• Savings on health issues that could have worsened if undetected (e.g., oral cancer screenings, gingivitis).
• All natural.
NuCalm’s four components work together to create a powerful and effective relaxation experience that takes about 4 minutes to set in: The system includes a calming cream that counteracts adrenaline; Microcurrent stimulation patches that facilitate the relaxation response; noise-dampening headphones with proprietary neuroacoustic software layered with soothing music to bring brain waves to a state of deep relaxation; and a light-blocking eye mask to negate visual stimuli. There are no side-or after-effects. The more stressed or anxious the patient, the more profound the NuCalm effect will be. Poole says, “It has been a 14-year journey to this point, including eight years of research, discovery, and development, followed by six years of tested, proven real-world use, by dentists, doctors, cancer patients, professional athletes, pilots, and business executives across five continents. This is the just tip of the iceberg as NuCalm provides a proven solution to the ever increasing problem of stress.”
About Solace Lifesciences, Inc.
Founded in 2002, Solace Lifesciences, Inc., is a privately held Wilmington, Delaware-based company.
Solace Lifesciences develops all-natural neuroscience technologies used to lower stress and improve sleep quality without drugs. NuCalm®, our flagship product, is a patented, clinically proven all-natural stress intervention system that rapidly and reliably interrupts the stress response and guides people to a deeply relaxed state. This technology is drug-free, non-invasive, and quickly “flips the switch” from acute stress and alarm to deep relaxation within minutes, allowing the body to idle in its optimal healing state.
