10-years of successful growth in dental infection control

10-years of successful growth in dental infection control

(1010 words) SARS-CoV-2 teaches us that the way we adapt to manage dental infection control better is vital to help practices return anywhere near normal. In the wake of the novel coronavirus, dental patients are now high-risk customers. Patients are not only at risk...
The Benefits of 1-minute Disinfectant Contact Time

The Benefits of 1-minute Disinfectant Contact Time

(1054 words) 1-minute disinfectant contact time: the key to better productivity in dental practice The coronavirus epidemic is leading dental practices to focus more on disinfection than ever before. Government guidelines around sanitisation procedures, best practice...
Fallow time rationale and reducing it with risk assessments

Fallow time rationale and reducing it with risk assessments

(1153 words) As you are all aware, Public Health England (PHE) have cascaded down to NHS practice via the office of the Chief Dental Officer (OCDO) that fallow time is one hour.  Fallow time begins when the aerosol generating procedure (AGP) has finished, not when the...
3 crucial features of an effective antimicrobial mouthwash

3 crucial features of an effective antimicrobial mouthwash

(925 words) Recent articles like ‘Can mouthwashes douse the spread of Covid 19?’ published in MedScape on June 12 and Dr Challacombe’s June ’20 paper presented  at the Royal Society of Medicine both suggest an oxidising mouthwash can reduce...
The benefits of non-toxic messaging in your dental practice

The benefits of non-toxic messaging in your dental practice

(749 words) Dentists in the UK were given the green light to re-open on June 8, following a recent government announcement, allbeit on a much restricted service. All across the country, practices are frantically working to implement safety protocols in the wake of the...