Posts Tagged ‘dental equipment’
Experts Issue Warning Over Dodgy Dental Drills
Dental experts have issued a warning about dodgy drills being sold on the internet. According to experts, the drills, which are mass produced in China, look like high quality dental drills but have the potential to be incredibly dangerous. More than seven hundred counterfeit drills have already been seized by regulators in the UK, but […]
Harrogate Dental Team to Visit Malawi
A team of dental workers from Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust will visit Malawi as part of a long-standing relationship between the NHS trust and the city of Zomba. The team will be providing dental care and equipment, as well as offering training activities. Team leader, Dawn Barber, said that is a great deal […]
BDTA Warn Against Unsafe Dental Equipment Purchases
The British Dental Trade Association have hit out strongly at the sale and use of any dental devices that are substandard or fake. This warning is not only for professionals looking to buy cheap equipment; it is also for patients at home or ‘DIY dentists’. There are many products available promoting self treatment, one example […]
Shetland Dental Practice Reopening Delayed
The re-opening of a dental practice in Shetland has been delayed. The private dental practice on St Olaf Street closed on Friday following the retirement of dentist, Alan Owen and NHS Shetland agreed to take over the practice, scheduling the re-opening for October. However, patients from the practice have now been told that they may […]
New Periodontal Probe Unveiled
Periodontal probes are used to measure both the depths around a tooth and the health of the tissue surrounding and supporting the tooth, known as periodontium. The probe itself is traditionally long and thin, usually with a hook curve. As such you can probably imagine (or know from first hand!) it can be very painful […]
GDC warns Dentists to keep Equipment up to date
The General Dental Council has issued a warning to dentists to keep their equipment up to date. The GDC has advised dentists to ensure that all their dental equipment is up to date to avoid breaking the law. The warnings have come after a number of disciplinary hearings have arisen, as a result of failure […]
Dental Firm Issues Profit Warning
Dundee-based dental firm 3D Diagnostic Imaging has issued a warning after technical troubles caused share values to tumble yesterday. The company announced that manufacturing had stopped after a defect was identified on the company’s best-selling product, the CarieScan Pro; however, the firm have confirmed that the defect has been corrected and the device is now […]
Dental Equipment Company announces healthy figures
Sirona Dental Systems, a manufacturer of dental equipment, announced it’s latest quarterly figures on Tuesday showing healthy results. The third quarterly figures for 2010 showed a rise in income and increase in shares as much as 11%. The figures are said to have been ‘better than expected’ according to analysts. The third quarter review, which […]
Investigations continue in St Louis following sterilisation blunder
Investigations are underway after a sterilisation blunder threatened the health of more than 1,800 veterans in St Louis. Yesterday, the deputy undersecretary for Health and Operations and Management, William Schoenhard, visited the John Cochran Medical Center in St Louis and met staff who were working at the facility during the period when dental equipment, which […]
Scottish health minister opens dental centre
The Scottish health minister has opened a new state-of-the-art dental clinic in the Borders. Shona Robison officially opened the facility on Tuesday 23 Februrary 2010 at the site of Hawick Community Hospital. Part of an impressive £1.8million NHS dental development, The Hawick Dental Centre (HDC) has received top billing and is being tipped as the […]
