Dental professionals have a duty of care to implement effective disinfection measures to minimise the risk of cross-contamination. Robust cleaning and hygiene protocols should be implemented in accordance with HTM 01-05 and other relevant guidelines.
Dental implant stability is key to long-term implant success.
The decontamination equipment that you choose can make all the difference to your infection prevention, controlling standards and processes.
Choosing a new handpiece can be a laborious task – after all, you need to make sure that it suits your clinical and personal needs and preferences before you commit to making the purchase. Here are some key areas to consider to ensure your handpiece ticks all the boxes.
It is no overstatement to say that dentistry has advanced significantly since the first implant treatments performed in the 50s and 60s. Implantology in the UK is becoming a widely accepted treatment option by patients, with research continuing to evolve including how professionals think about the procedure and which type of implants they choose.
Continued advances in dentistry mean that patients can now enjoy the benefits of cutting-edge restorations such as dental implants. These restorative solutions have advanced to such an extent that many of the latest implant systems provide exceptional function and aesthetics comparable to a natural tooth. With an impressive survival rate of 94.6% or more after a 20-year follow-up, it’s no wond...
Kate Scheer's Handy Guide To Handpieces Kate Scheer is Marketing Communications Executive at W&H (UK) Ltd, a professional marketer with an MA in strategic marketing and over 25 years' experience working in the dental industry. A quality dental handpiece is crucial to everyday practice and achieving optimal treatment outcomes. For that reason, it’s important that dentists take their ti...
Digital Technology Revolutionising Implant Procedures. This blog post was written by Kate, Marketing Executive at W&H(UK) Ltd. It’s no overstatement to say that dentistry has advanced significantly since the first implant treatments performed in the 50s and 60s. Implantology in the UK has only fairly recently become a more widely accepted treatment option by patients, and research into the...
101 Years On, What Have We Learned? Kate Scheer from W&H looks at the importance of hygeine and how far we’ve come since the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 which infected 500million people across the globe, and resulted in the death of an estimated 20-50million people. Kate Scheer is marketing communications executive at W&H (UK) Ltd, a professional marketer with an MA in strategic marke...
