How do we prevent needlestick injuries in dental practices and keep our team safe is a question asked worldwide in practices. Pierrel have explored this issue and created a solution!
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty which was signed by the UK and over one hundred countries from all over the world in October 2013 with the intention of protecting human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. As a result of this treaty amalgam was banned in many industries, however dentistry wasn’t hit with an outright ban, but with a “phase down...
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...
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 ...
Dental burs, the tiny drill pieces for teeth! Dental burs are used in conjunction with the dentist's handpiece for cutting away hard tissue such as tooth and bone. There are a huge range of burs, with different materials, shapes and sizes to suit different situations and procedures. This bewildering range of options can leave you confused and unsure of what bur you require. Shanks Shanks make...
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 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.
