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Reverse osmosis – a simple way to achieve HTM 01-05 and L8 compliance

Yet another recent report recommends that reservoir water bottles in dental chairs be filled with freshly-produced reverse osmosis (RO) or distilled water, as they are less likely to contain Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Pseudomonads found in potable water (Pankhurst, 2017). This advice supports the technical guidance of HSG274 (part 3) of the L8 Approved Code of…

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Nuvola 3D – a big motivation for your patient

Richard Brown presents a case involving treatment with Nuvola aligners. Presentation The patient presented with class II division II incisors on a mild class II skeletal base. She had mild upper and lower crowding. The patient complaint was that she did not like the prominent upper lateral incisors. This case was for a long-standing patient…

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Dentists could play ‘key role’ in detecting eating disorders

  Dentists could be playing a ‘key role’ in detecting patients with eating disorders, new research has suggested. Researchers from Kings College London found that many eating disorder conditions, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, result in erosion of the tooth enamel. Many patients may be reluctant to visit a doctor, but may still…

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Join the movement

The award-winning 3Shape Trios intraoral scanner gets a new hardware setup. The brand-new setup places the 3Shape Trios scanner, monitor and PC on the lightweight, fully-adjustable, ergonomic 3Shape Trios Move. This enables you to always position the screen in the right place to provide a superior experience for both you and your patient. 3Shape Trios…

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Become a Confident Dentist

The Confident Dentist’s exclusive one-day preview course has been hailed a success by attendees from across the dental community. Participants were introduced to communication techniques based on neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) that are uniquely tailored towards dental professionals to help improve their interactions with patients and colleagues. Dentist Jon Benton said: ‘Genuinely a game-changer for the…

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Use of non-dental services to treat children’s oral pain costs NHS £2.3m

Children’s use of non-dental services to treat oral pain is costing the NHS £2.3m a year. That’s according to new research by the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), which found thousands of children with oral pain are going to pharmacies, A&E and other non-dental services, instead of their dentist. The study found that 65% of pharmacy visits by…

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PHE announces new plans to help reduce excess calorie consumption

Public Health England (PHE) has announced new plans to help cut calorie intake and reduce childhood and adult obesity. The latest PHE press release includes: New evidence highlighting overweight or obese boys and girls consume up to 500 and 290 calories too many each day respectively A challenge to the food industry to reduce calories in…

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Digital lab uses 3D printing to deliver high quality restorations

Dentcore is a premium CAD/CAM dental laboratory and supply company based in Manassas, Virginia. Its sister company, Rejuveneer, also creates quick digital smiles using a 2D camera, Envisiontec 3D printers and E-Dent 400. Paul Kim, president of Dentcore, said the company used other 3D printer brands and shopped around extensively before ultimately deciding on Envisiontec.…

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How do I value my dental practice?

At Samera Business Advisors, we offer a free valuation service of your dental practice if you are thinking about selling now, or in the future. For some clients, our help begins many years before they actually plan to sell their practice. This involves helping them plan a future they desire, building a practice of value…

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Extreme weather could leave practices facing clawbacks

The BDA is calling on NHS England and the Welsh Government to invoke force majeure on their GDS contracts. These calls come after the recent extreme weather conditions, which could leave many practices unable to fulfil UDA targets. Many practices and laboratories across England and Wales have experienced closures and cancellations due to the ‘Beast from the…

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Dental patients’ satisfaction remains ‘very high’

Satisfaction amongst dental patients remains ‘very high’, according to the latest GDC Patient and Public Survey. For those patients that visit the dentist at least once a year, 97% were satisfied and 67% were very satisfied, an increase of 6% over the last five years. Despite many being satisfied, the survey found that the most…


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