Articles by Caroline Dabiran

Coronavirus, a word most of us had never heard of 3 months ago, but in fact, corona viruses are responsible for both MERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome) and SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), and some strains can cause the common cold. However, the novel corona virus, now named COVID-19, although less deadly than SARS, appears to be far more contagious. First identified in Wuhan ...

As a dentist it’s important to be able to find products that a) are easy to use b) simplify your daily workflows and c) achieve exceptional outcomes for your patients. As a core innovator in the field, 3M Oral Care has dedicated years of research towards each of its products to ensure that it can offer professionals all these benefits and more. Scotchbond Universal Adhesive, Filtek Supreme X...

With the Climate Crisis finally taking centre stage in world discussion, Kate Scheer looks at the changes in various diseases taking place as a result of climate change. Climate change may be the most pressing issue facing civilisation over the course of this century. While the precise ramifications, feedback loops and responses are somewhat unpredictable, general patterns of cause and effec...

SimplyOne Dental’s Kids’ Club may be fun for participants, but it has a serious end game, too… The art of great patient care is in the tailoring of the communication with any given demographic. When it comes to children, there is a very real need for practice teams to strike the right chord – both in their mode of engagement and in their timing. In essence, the consensus view is to start as...

Antibiotic resistance may be the single greatest threat to people’s health over the coming decades. All healthcare providers, including dental, must take steps to minimise and slow the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance, or we all stand to lose a cornerstone of modern medicine. For most of human history, people have largely been at the mercy of harmful bacteria. While there h...