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Taking impressions is often a complex process and it is essential that is stage is carried out properly to get the best impression and therefore the best fitting final restoration. To help with this, 3M have put together seven golden rules that should help you achieve perfection with your indirect restorations.

It's 2020 and Covid-19 has a grip on the world. Face masks are in high demand. Along with healthcare professionals, the public are receiving conflicting advice on wearing masks to go about their day to day business. But how do we know what masks are suitable for different environments? Here's Dental Sky's guide to face masks! Types of face masks The first step in identifying the face mask to ...

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 ...

It's early days for 2020, but just a few short weeks in and it has already been made clear that this years trend is all about "going green". So what can we do to play our part for the environment? For food companies its reducing the amount of meat with their plant based alternatives, for car manufacturers its moving onto electric vehicles, for us as dental professionals we must look down oth...

For any business to develop and move forwards it must work on strengthening its weaknesses. Sometimes it is clear what area of the business needs to be focused on, but often some areas can be overlooked. Before looking to make an effort to improve the way in which your practice operates, you should consider first gaining an insight into where your customers feel you could improve. To do so ...

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Dental equipment is the workhorse of the practice. Without it, dentists, dental nurses and other dental professionals would be unable to carry out their work tasks. Dental equipment represents a significant financial investment for most practices and if something goes wrong repairs or replacements can be costly. Many pieces of dental equipment are made up of minuscule parts forming compl...

In previous blog posts we have spoken about the importance of teamwork and creating better relations with your patients, both key elements to a successful practice. But equally important is strong financial management. Every day we see successful businesses fall into financial crisis because of poor decision making. It is these poor decisions we naturally want to avoid when trying to run a ...

Everyone knows that a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link, and for a team to perform at their best each individual must work to their best ability within their role. We as humans have the highest levels of productivity when working together. H.E. Luccock explained this best when he said "“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it.” The recent success of Leices...

Tooth whitening, a procedure that is a forever growing trend and is keeping many dentists in pocket. Of all the dental procedures, whitening is amongst the most desirable. But how much do you really know about tooth whitening? If you know anything on the subject you'll know that SDI's Pola range is the Crème de la crème. Here at Dental Sky we pride ourselves on our close relations with our su...