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Getting dental treatment can really make you sick!
Sounds like scaremongering but unfortunately it is scarily true! In Feb 2012, The Lancet published an article about an 82-year old woman in Italy dying from Legionnaire’s disease attributed to Legionella infection from the contaminated water lines of a dental clinic. The lady’s home was found to be free of the bacteria while her dentist’s...
Read the full articleInjex – Needle-free injection system now available
The Australian Dental Expo was at Darling Harbour on the weekend at the Sydney Convention Centre. All the latest equipment for dentists and dental technicians was on show. Most of it was pretty ordinary but I had been hearing of a needle-free injection system that was going to be on display. I went searching and...
Read the full articleNew Water Ozonation system installed
We’ve just upgraded our water ozonation system to provide continuous ozonated water on demand! Previously our ozone device generated ozone gas to provide ozonated water at low concentration. Unfortunately it involved bubbling ozone gas into a bottle which was inconvenient and time consuming. The new electrolytic device is a point of use unit that provides...
Read the full articleSleep apnoea and Chronic Pain are related
Went to the Inaugural meeting of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain (AACP) Australian Chapter over the weekend at the Sydney Harbour Marriot. It was a fantastic event with many great speakers. The food was great and the discussions superb. Being a 3 day event it was quite draining but well worth it. Some of...
Read the full articleDental laser makes complex dentistry easy
I really love my dental laser. I honestly could not practice dentistry without it any more. It is every bit as important as my dental drill but much more versatile. The Hoya Versawave dental laser that I have is classed as a hard and soft tissue dental laser which means that I can remove decayed...
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