Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

Astra Tech Familiarisation Course for restorative clinicians and dental technicians – gain five hours CPD The aim of the course is to increase knowledge of restorative options available with the AstraTech Implant System and for those new to the system or wishing to update their knowledge of the latest innovations. Designed for clinicians and technicians who want to provide patients with implant-based restorative dentistry, this course provides an excellent foundation to develop skills to grow your practice. In order to enhance the course experience, we recommended that a clinician and dental technician attend together. Available dates: 6 July, London – 14th September, Glasgow – 6 November, Bristol The course will include the selection and design of abutments and restorative treatment options with a focus on AtlantisTM Abutment, cement, screw and attachment restorative options. AtlantisTM Virtual Abutment Design (VAD) software and AtlantisTM 3D Editor using hands-on exercises and demonstrations. Call: 0845 450 0586 e-mail: dental.education.uk@astratech.com Visit www.astratechdental.co.uk/education Denture stabilisation course takes to the road BioHorizons is delighted to announce that its one-day course on denture stabilisation with Phil Broughton will be on the road in May 2012. Catch up with Phil and the BioHorizons team in: • Manchester – 11 May • London – 25 May • Limerick City – 26 May. The first portion of the day will cover a number of important implant topics, including stabilisation and clinical considerations, plus an overview of the BioHorizons’ system. After a short break, delegates will take part in a practical programme focused on implant placement, while after lunch a hands-on session will focus on prosthetics. Speaker Phil Broughton graduated from Liverpool University and has completed an advanced dental restorative course. Phil has continued to push himself clinically, now limiting his time to advanced cosmetic and dental implantology at his practice, The Mall Advanced Dental Care. Phil also spends his time as a key speaker at the country’s biggest dental conferences. For further information or to book your place, please call Naomi Davidson on 01344 752560 or email ndavidson@biohorizons.com The Dental Corporate with a difference: BKH Healthcare At The BDA 2012 Dental corporate BKH Healthcare, which launched earlier this year, continues to generate curiosity and excitement throughout the dental profession. The BKH team was out in force at the BDA Conference and Exhibition 2012, talking to clinicians looking for a partner for their business, or team members interested in seeing what benefits were available. Members of the BKH team were approached by interested professionals from all over the UK throughout the bustling event, which was held at the Manchester Central Convention Complex from 26th to 28th April 2012. Not just any dental corporate, BKH Healthcare promotes people and profits with equal passion. All members of the dental team receive support in three main areas: dentistry, education and management to reach clinical excellence, career advancement and financial reward. For more information about BKH please call 0161 820 5466 or email Alan at: al@bkh.co.uk, Chris at chris@bkh.co.uk or visit: www.bkh.co.uk Want to stay in touch with the Barrow Kwong Hing Group? Connect with us here Facebook: www.facebook.com/bkhgroup, YouTube: www.youtube.com/BarrowKwongHing, LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/ company/barrow-kwong-hing-group, Twitter: Chris Barrow @ChrisBKH, Dr Al Kwong Hingv@AlanBKH First Claros Laser in the UK Elexxion AG has started work in the UK with their first UK Claros unit at the prestigious Lotus Clinic in Golders Green, North London. Dr Michael Frankl who has been involved with laser for a number of years, said of the Claros unit: “It’s been great – it’s amazing what it can do”. The 30W peak power Claros laser can handle the decontamination of endodontic root canals, decontamination of periodontal pockets, laser power bleaching, low level laser therapy, elimination of cold sores and TMJ pain in addition to all of the general soft tissue management applications. The unit comes with a range of different fibres, which can be autoclaved up to 14 times, between patients so complying with the HTM 0105 regulations. The Claros laser offers a peak power of 30W (although a 50W is available) but with an amazing 20,000 pulses per second, giving an exceptionally clean cut through soft tissue with very little carbonisation – but fantastic haemostasis. Please see: www.elexxion.com for more information on the elexxion range of lasers or contact Daniel Pinder at Velopex International, 07734 044877. Dr Frankl is based at The Lotus Clinic, 943 Finchley Rd, London, NW11 7PE Handpiece repair services and training from dbg As part of their outstanding engineering services, dbg can also offer free repairs on the vast majority of your handpieces. With a team of fully accredited, skilled technicians offering a turnaround time of just 24-48 hours from receipt, dbg’s in-house workshop can repair most handpieces from any manufacturer, as well as small equipment items such as amalgamators, curing lights and ultrasonic scalers. dbg’s handpiece repair service is free, with cost only incurred where replacement parts are needed. A limited number of handpieces are also available on loan while yours is being repaired, to enable day-to-day procedures to continue unhindered. dbg also offer a one-hour verifiable CPD course on handpiece maintenance, including proper decontamination techniques, simple engineering tips, common problems and advice on prolonging the life of your instruments. Call or email dbg’s dedicated technicians today to find out how you can make your instrument maintenance simpler and more cost effective. For more information on how dbg could help your practice, call 0845 00 66 112, or visit www.thedbg.co.uk Digital Dental - two year risk free flex 3D trial offer Digital Dental, the UK’s leading independent digital imaging company, offer the complete range of digital imaging units from Vatech, the world’s no.1 Digital Dental Radiography & CT manufacturer. This includes the impressive Flex3D. Now they are offering a two year risk free flex 3D trial offer for clients purchasing their Flex P panoramic system. The Flex P produces superior quality digital panoramic images and its plug and play design enables a simple upgrade to the Flex 3D. The new Flex3D now has a choice of three fields – 5cm x 5cm for single site implants, complex endo, perio, surgical applications, 8cm x 5cm for a single arch scan and 8x8 for a scan of both arches. The Ez3D Plus software facilitates powerful yet easy to use planning and diagnostics, and is compatible with various surgical guidance software including Simplant and Nobel Guide. Experience the stunning image quality of the Flex P and the major benefits of 3D imaging with the Flex 3D. Yet again, Digital Dental brings you the future of dental imaging. For further information call Digital Dental on 0800 027 8393, email sales@digitaldental.co.uk or visit www.digitaldental.co.uk. The Dental Directory features strongly at the BDA Conference & Exhibition 2012 This year’s annual British Dental Conference and Exhibition, held between 26–28 April 2012 at the MCCC in Manchester, featured an extensive conference programme alongside an exhibition featuring some of the biggest and most influential names in dentistry. Among the most prominent and popular stands this year was The Dental Directory, which exhibited just part of its enormous range of equipment, materials and sundries. The Dental Directory is the UK’s largest full service dental dealer. The Dental Directory’s latest online catalogue features over 26,000 different professional dental products ranging from intraoral cameras and curing lights to air compressors and ultrasonic cleaners. For more information, contact The Dental Directory on 0800 585 586, or visit www.dental-directory.co.uk. Dental Sky will impress you! Dental Sky supply an impressive range of leading brand impression materials. R&S Turboflex from Dental Sky is the perfect addition cured silicone that provides exceptional detail reproduction. This complete range allows you to use your existing technique, be it the wash technique or double mixing. The light bodied materials within the range are easily injected and do not slump even when placed in the upper arches. Having extremely high levels of hydrocompatibility Turboflex impressions will always provide precise impressions even when in contact with gingival fluid and blood. With a very good dimensional stability and high elastic memory removal of the set impression is made simple. The material is so stable that you can make several models from a single impression without any risk of deformation. R&S Turboflex is available on a buy two get one free offer this month so if you would like to take advantage of the offer and give it a try call Dental Sky on 0800 294 4700. DMG UK Honigum-MixStar Heavy Straumann’s & Brånemark’s material of choice DMG UK’s Honigum-MixStar Heavy has been selected by as their material of choice for implant impressions. At the Brånemark Centre they treat every type of implant case. They continuously evaluate every stage of treatment in order to find the optimal combination from osseointegration to optimal precision of the prosthetic reconstruction. Their conclusion is that Honigum-MixStar Heavy is the material of choice, best fulfilling the demands for precision and handling. Dr Nannmark says: “Honigum-MixStar Heavy ensures improvement and simplification of our prosthetic treatment. In our clinic, every patient is a lifelong commitment where we take full responsibility of follow up and long-term results.” Featuring DMG’s patented Honigum Technology, Honigum-Mixstar Heavy contains a unique microcrystalline wax matrix. This rheologically active matrix combines with its unique “ Directed Flow ” characteristic to facilitate unprecedented flow even in problem areas. Together they offer the benefits of exceptional precision, exact margin reproduction, thixotropic non-dripping consistency, easy removal, distortion free storage, neutral taste and honey scent. Honigum-MixStar Heavy is designed for use in combination with DMG’s MixStar and MixStar-eMotion automatic mixing units, and other similar machines. For further information contactyourlocaldentaldealerorDMGDentalProducts(UK)Ltdon01656789401, fax 01656 360100, email info@dmg-dental.co.uk or visit www.dmg-dental.com UCL Eastman Dental Institute: Innovative training for all the team Delegates at the BDA Conference and Exhibition 2012 enjoyed a real treat from the UCL Eastman Dental Institute. The Eastman provided clinical presentations in the ‘demonstration theatre’ to encourage members of the audience to witness the Eastman’s hands-on approach to postgraduate training and to identify their ideal course. The Eastman continuously develops new programmes to challenge and enthuse dental professionals. As the team demonstrated, their courses are flexible, with a range of short, full or part-time study options to integrate into any lifestyle. Programmes include everything from a one day CPD course, to a flexible part-time Masters and even a three year full-time specialist training programme. New courses such as part-time postgraduate certificates in aesthetics, endodontics and implant dentistry continue to break new ground, while other well established programmes like the MSc in Restorative Dental Practice or online Core CPD or DCP Bites are consistently popular. As delegates discovered, the Eastman has an opportunity to suit every dental professional, regardless of their individual circumstances or area of interest.Visit www.ucl.ac.uk/eastman for more information. For UCL taught or research programmes, please contact the Admissions Officer on 020 3456 1092 or edi-admin@ucl.ac.uk or For CPD and online programmes, please contact the Administration Team on 020 7905 1234 or edi-cpd@ucl.ac.uk Less than £1.00 per capsule This is an excellent time to buy Diamond Micro Luting Cement Capsules. Available in boxes of 20 x 0.25g capsules . Buy 60 capsules and receive a 38 per cent discount. £59.40 for 60 capsules during May 2012. Less than £1.00 per capsule! Diamond Micro is a resin-reinforced, chemically-curing, glass ionomer cement for permanent cementation of orthodontic appliances, crowns manufactured from alumina-only or Zirconia-only cores, posts, metal inlays, onlays, crowns, bridges, porcelain-fused to metal crowns, bridges on hard dental tissue and cores rebuilt with amalgam, composite or glass ionomer cements. With a working time of two - four minutes at room temperature and a sets-in- the-mouth time of three - five minutes, these capsules are easy to handle, have a low solubility in the mouth and high adhesion. They also have an excellent potential for luting Zirconium Oxide Crowns. For information on Kemdent’s full range of Diamond products or to request your free sample, call Helen or Jackie on 01793 770090 or visit our website, www.kemdent.co.uk and follow us on twitter @Kemdent. Nuview Stand Proves Popular at the BDA Conference & Exhibition 2012 With the enormous success of the British Dental Conference and Exhibition 2012 now behind us, delegates have gone home with a wealth of new professional knowledge and skills. The three- day event, which took place at the Manchester Central Convention Complex between the 26-28th of April 2012, hosted a vast array of lectures and seminars, and a massive exhibition featuring some of the most renowned names in the dental industry. Among the many exhibitors at the event, stand C56 proved to be particularly popular. Here delegates found the Nuview, where the exclusive UK distributor for Carl Zeiss magnification equipment displayed a comprehensive range of high quality dental loupes and microscopes. On display was the Carl Zeiss OPMI Pico dental microscope, and delegates were given the opportunity to experience first-hand the exceptional image quality and ergonomic efficiency that Carl Zeiss systems provide. For more information please call Nuview on 01453 872266, email info@nuview-ltd.com or visit www.nuview.com May 7-13, 201228 Industry News United Kingdom Edition