Posts tagged 'Healthy'

Getting children to brush their teeth properly for a 2 whole minutes can often be a struggle, why not make it a breeze? You may have seen it on Dragons' Den, or you may have seen at BDIA Dental Showcase 2018, if you haven't seen it by now, we're talking about  the children's interactive toothbrush system, Playbrush! Playbrush is a smart toothbrush system that allows children to play games ...

How Buttercup Dental Tackles Dental Phobia Almost half of UK adults have a fear of the dentist. That’s an awful lot of people that are either slightly worried, extremely uncomfortable, scared, or terrified to come and see you. Buttercup dental have some great guidance on how to tackle this issue so we thought we'd let them share it with you! It’s our responsibility as dentists to make s...

Most people know that sugar is bad for your teeth, but not many people know why. Your mouth is full of bacteria, there are many that are good for your oral ecosystem and some that are bad. The bad bacteria feeds on sugar, creating acids that destroy the tooth enamel. We as Britons have a huge intake of sugar every week, an average of 700 grams, which roughly converts into 170 teaspoons. Suga...

Within any workplace there is always a risk associated with the tasks we carry out, no matter what the occupation. Risks imposed can result in a mix of long term and short term injuries. Risk assessments can be carried out but this does not always prevent injuries, and often it is down to bad posture or the repetitiveness of a task. Many people will experience RSI at least once, if not many...

Most people know that if you see someone who is suffering from a cardiac arrest, that they should call emergency services and perform CPR. What many people don't know, is that CPR has an extremely low survival rate on its own. When CPR is used in conjunction with a defibrillator, it dramatically increases the chance of survival. The British Heart Foundation are campaigning to implement more PAD's (Public Access Defibrillators) into local communities.

For those of you who regularly read our blog, you'll be aware that last Thursday we held our second whitening evening; sponsored by SDI, Braemar and hosted by DecaDent. For those of you who don't know about the events we have been putting on, we have been holding verifiable CPD presentations informing dentists, dental nurses and oral hygienists on the procedures and regulations of tooth whi...

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...