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Dental Tribune South African Edition

DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · South African Edition October 2013 - Volume 1 no. 3 www.dental-tribune.com Page 2 STUDENT CLINICIAN PROGRAMME. Page 1 and Page 3 ISTRODENT MOBILE CLINICS. Page 6 IFED 2013. Istrodent (PTY) Ltd • Tel: JHB - 011 608 1111 • DBN - 031 512 5013/10 • CPT - 021 552 9264 www.istrodent.com • Silmet Catalogue is available on the App store Innovative Solutions for Dental Restoratives Chris Jenkins Istrodent is a leading South African supplier of dental equipment and consumables but is also a market leader in designing and manufacturing mobile clinics in South Africa and Africa. Formed in 1989, Istrodent has grown from strength to strength within the South African dental industry. However, Istrodent does not only supply the dental industry with equipment and consumables but also manufactures and supplies mobile dental and mobile health clinics. These mobile clinics have been built into trucks, 4x4s, trailers, minibuses and even trains to provide access to healthcare for isolated communities and communities where only limited and basic healthcare is available. The foundation for the development and building of mobile clinics stems back to 1976 when the director of Istrodent designed and built mobile military hospitals in a variety of different platforms. Istrodent: a South African company leading the way in mobile health care A mobile clinic is able to provide a range of functions to patients in rural areas from dental care to ear and eye care, surgical clinics, mammogram clinics, circumcision clinics, TB stations and any other healthcare based clinic that would be required. Istrodent designs and builds the mobile clinics as per the specifications from their clients. Typically a mobile clinic will have two sources of power; a generator and a mains that can be connected to a local electricity supply. However, a recent development that is being incorporated into the mobile clinics are solar panels to provide electricity to power up a number of appliances used by the mobile clinic. The research into improving the solar panel electricity is ongoing so that in the near future a mobile clinic will be able to move away from the need of a generator and/or a mains electricity supply to run the on-board equipment. Within the actual clinic is all the necessary equipment in order for the medical professionals on board to treat their patients. (continued on Page 3)