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Hygiene Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition No.5, 2016

Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | 5/2016 hygiene tribune 6 from Dentsply Sirona support this goal. Intelligent, automated rinsing programs satisfy the stringent hy- giene requirements for instrument andsuctiontubesaswellasforwater hygiene, making everyday working life easier. VISION offers a historical overview of how treatment centers havechangedthroughtheyears. Hygienic instrument reprocessing has also undergone major develop- ments: In Panama, the state health authoritiesareprescribingtheuseof DentsplySirona’sDACUniversal,the combined autoclave for mechanical instrument processing, in all clin- ics; a measure that is unique in the world. Hygieneinallspheresoflife Hygiene is not just a term that is as- sociated with germs and infection protection. A key element of prac- tice life is radiation hygiene; X-rays must not endanger the patient’s health unnecessarily. In this edition of VISION, Marco Ahonen, a dentist based in Helsinki, explains how to combine a safe, reliable diagnosis with radiation protection. According to Ahonen, the secret lies in embrac- ing technical advances and applying themtopracticeworkflows. We are also faced with hygiene-re- lated issues in other spheres of life too – this is often not apparent at first glance; take company and pro- cesshygieneforexample.Areportin this edition of VISION looks at how Mr. and Mrs. Ritter (he is an OMS surgeon and she is an orthodontist) took over a joint practice in a clearly structuredmannerandtransformed itintoaspecialistcenter. Not just clean, but also safe andquick CEREC Zirconia, the new way to pro- duce full zirconia restorations in a single visit, is characterized by its safe, quick workflow. In this edition of VISION, power-user Dr. Michael Skramstad shows how the process can be implemented in the practice and the patient-friendly results that canbeachieved. In addition to user reports, the inter- nationalcustomermagazineVISION offers the dentists, practice teams and dental technicians in its reader- ship numerous suggestions and tips for day-to-day practice life, while of- fering an entertaining read. VISION is published in German and English, and can be requested free of charge from http://www.sirona.com/top- ics/vision/en/ as a print or e-paper edition. Fig.2:The treatment centersfromDentsplySironaarebeingcontinuouslydeveloped–andnot just in termsof design:Anarticlein thecurrentVISIONexplainswhyinnervaluesaresoveryimportant. Fig. 1:The current edition of the Dentsply Sirona’s customer magazine,VISION, provides interesting and enter- taininginformationon thesubject ofhygiene. ◊Page4

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