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Dental Safety protocols your dentistry needs to prioritize.

Safety for any medical practitioner should stay apparent, and must be prioritized. Imagine being a patient and being in a dental practice that’s not clean, where the dentist isn’t sure if the equipment was sterilized. The worst right? Patient safety effort are aimed at preventing unintentional harm whilst caring for patients. In the care of patients through surgical procedures professionals find it quite difficult to keep accidents from happening. This became the main reason why patient safety was introduced as a discipline in the medical field. The hygiene and safety protocols in dental practices will vary considerably. Due to the nature

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Is Your Dental Equipment is Compliant?

The General Dental Council is concerned that there is dental equipment available in the UK that is not compliant, because it is counterfeit. At one hearing in 2017, a dental professional admitted to attempting to buy counterfeit dental equipment online. This equipment was seized following two inspections by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA has expressed its own worries about an increasing number of websites and online sellers offering non-compliant or counterfeit medical equipment. The risk is that these devices may be unfit for purpose, and could be potentially dangerous both for patients and for the

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A systemic approach to dentistry

Many individuals take care of their teeth in a traditional manner. They brush twice a day, floss occasionally and visit a dentist for yearly checkups and repairs. If a dentist discovers a cavity it is filled, a dead root they have a root canal. Recently, an alternate approach to traditional dentistry has grown in popularity. This alternative method, sometimes referred to as the Oral Systemic approach, uses a more systemic, holistic approach to dental care. What is the Oral Systemic Approach? The Oral Systemic approach to alternative dentistry evaluates an individual’s overall well being physically, mentally and emotionally. An Oral

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Heron™ IOS Color Scanner

Heron™ IOS is a new intraoral color scanner designed together with dentists to ensure a perfect fit into the modern dental practice. It is characterized by an exclusive ergonomic design and by being one of the lightest color scanners available. It boasts the most sought-after features for restorative dentistry at a very attractive price. The system has true open architecture integration and the digital impressions to any open dental CAD system on the lab side. The Heron™ IOS Color Scanner is designed and manufactured in the United States. The smallest and most compact IOS The scanner is the smallest and

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Is Your Dental Equipment Compliant?

The General Dental Council is concerned that there is dental equipment available in the UK that is not compliant, because it is counterfeit. At one hearing in 2017, a dental professional admitted to attempting to buy counterfeit dental equipment online. This equipment was seized following two inspections by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA has expressed its own worries about an increasing number of websites and online sellers offering non-compliant or counterfeit medical equipment. The risk is that these devices may be unfit for purpose, and could be potentially dangerous both for patients and for the

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Patient Financing: Is it important to a Dental’s Market.

There are various aspects to how dentists can market their services to be sure they are part of this success.  One is word of mouth recommendations from patients. This is why having leading edge dental chairs and other equipment is so important for enhancing the patient experience. However, for commercial dentists to make their treatments more marketable, they must also consider how to make it easier for patients to pay for them. This is where patient finance plans can be crucial in helping business growth. Why Patient Finance is good for Marketing Finance plans are simply another way for patients

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