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PROGRESSING




       YOUR PRACTICE




       WITH AESTHETICS








        HOW TO BEST HARNESS THE BOOMING

        MARKET OF INJECTABLES.






             ake a quick look around a      to assist a patient with asymmetrical   Even with the high profit margin
             busy waiting room, or take     or thinning lips, deep nasolabial folds,   and increased demand, very few
       T note of your next three (adult)    a gummy smile, or any other concern   dentists have studied the modalities
       patients. Statistically, one of those   the patient may have had with their   around cosmetic injectables such as
       patients is considering a non-       smile that could only be rectified   neurotoxins and dermal fillers. As the
       surgical cosmetic treatment.         with dermal fillers or neurotoxins; the   cosmetic arm of the dental industry      opportunity quite like it – definitely not   learning the required modalities.    three weeks without being able to put
         A recent survey conducted by       dentist had to refer the patient to a   is still in its infancy, proper reporting   in the last fifteen years.”           Once again, with a lack of         that practice in motion – it’s not going
       the Cosmetic Physicians College      cosmetic practice. Where the nurse or   is still hard to come by. According           The use of dermal fillers in dentistry   reporting, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly   to work.”
       of Australasia suggests that 35%     practitioner often had less experience   to Gary Bird, Managing Director at        and smile design is still a contentious   why so many dentists fail to launch   It’s not all doom and gloom though.
       of Australians were considering      with injections than the referring   CROMA (producers of a range of                subject in some circles, but Bird    the cosmetic side of their practice, but   Apparently, most dentists who train
       non-surgical cosmetic treatments.    dentist, as well as less knowledge of   dermal fillers), there are “probably less   doesn’t see why, “because of their                                       with CROMA manage to successfully
       Globally, leading market research    musculofascial anatomy.              than a thousand dentists in Australia         training and experience, dentists       35% of Australians are            incorporate injectables into their
       group, Markets and Markets, predicts   With more cosmetics training and   regularly using injectables.”                 have an excellent working knowledge                                       practice within three to six months of
       the industry to be worth $12.5 billion   products now available to Australian   So, with over 22,000 dentists           of facial anatomy. This means as      considering non-surgical            having done the course, largely thanks
       (USD) by the year 2020;  with the    dentists, more traditional dental    now registered with The Australian            practitioners they are well qualified to   cosmetic treatments.           to the aforementioned “plan of action.”
       vast majority of the market being    practices are now evolving into cosmetic   Dental Board, and the demand for        inject someone’s face.”                                                     Bird explains that providing a new
       non-invasive procedures involving    dental practices. Now, entrepreneurial   non-surgical cosmetic treatments             For dentists looking to study                                          service for your patients requires a
       neurotoxins and dermal fillers.      practitioners are already achieving   increasing; injectables offer a              aesthetics and injectables, training   Bird believes that there are two key   new marketing and business plan.
         As a relatively new advancement in   great things for their patients and their   phenomenal opportunity for           programs are now popping up all      reasons:                             “With the dental industry, a lot of
       the dental industry, some traditional   practices, by taking control of the entire   practitioners looking to cut through   over the country, and companies    “Number one, it’s because [the     [business arrives] by word of mouth;
       dentists still view the use of dermal   treatment and incorporating injectables   a cluttered traditional market, and   like CROMA even offer personalized   trainees] don’t have a plan of action   but with dermal fillers, you have to
       fillers and neurotoxins as taboo;    into their whole smile design. Especially   offer their patients something unique.   training. However, even with more   in place beyond the training. So    actually market yourself. You have to
       whereas many others see it as a      as the average dermal filler treatment will   According to Bird, who has been in the   and more training opportunities   that means that they’re not getting   think about the look and feel of your
       chance to offer their patients a     cost between $1500 and $2000, with a   pharmaceutical industry for over twenty     arising, many dentists still struggle   the clients in, and they don’t get   clinic. You have to think about the
       complete smile design.               profit margin of roughly 60% - 70% on   years, “…it’s a massive opportunity. In    to successfully make the switch      to practice the skill. And it’s a very   look and feel of your brand.”
         Previously, when a dentist wanted   each treatment.                     my whole career, I’ve never seen an           to cosmetic dentistry – even after   slippery slope. Once you go two to     Marketing isn’t always the strongest





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