Get ready Accreditation team is coming to your clinic soon
In an attempt to standardise dental clinics mushrooming across the country, the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) said that it has begun the process of accreditation of dental clinics and hospitals.
“The new accreditation standards for dental health care service providers (DHSP) will revolutionise the delivery of dental health care service in the country. These guidelines will ensure patient safety and minimise medication error and serve as a practical guide for dental health care service providers,” said Dr Girdhar Gyani, chief executive officer (CEO) of NABH.
The accreditation process will involve checking of infection control (use of masks, gloves, clean water, sterilisation of instruments), patient education, pain management, management of consumables like the cement used for dental filings and fire safety among other things. LINK
National IDA Election, Dhoble wins record third term, Dr Suresh Meshram is new Editor of JIDA See pic below, tense moments as counting of votes is in progress
Unusual Implant Failure and Concurrent Lung Infection
Introduction: A patient with a history of treated periodontal disease with multiple tooth loss was seeking dental implant treatment.
Case Presentation: After aggressive sanative therapy and a single pocket-reduction surgery, treatment proceeded with one mandibular implant, one immediate maxillary implant, and minor sinus grafting using the crestal approach. Both implants failed to integrate due to infections that appeared unrelated to known periodontal pathogens. Patient referral for additional medical investigation led to diagnosis of serious lung infections. Once the lung conditions were managed with antibiotics, implant retreatment was successful.
Conclusion: When dental implants fail, every attempt should be made to understand why and include further medical investigation where indicated. (Clinical Advances in Periodontics
2012, Vol. 2, No. 1, Pages 1-5) FULL PAPER
A Comparative Evaluation of the Anti-Bacterial Efficacy of Honey
Honey has a potent broad-spectrum antibacterial action which may make it suitable for “anti-infective” treatment of periodontal disease.
This study evaluated the anti bacterial efficacy of honey against oral bacteria and compare the same with 0.2% chlorhexidine 2) Compare anti-plaque efficacy in vivo with chlorhexidine.
The honey mouthrinse effectively inhibited the 6 tested microorganisms. The chlorhexidine gluconate rinse had the lowest MICs in comparison with honey and saline rinses, for all test species examined. The in vivo results revealed that plaque formation was inhibited/ reduced by chlorhexidine and honey rinses.
Honey has antibacterial action against tested oral microorganisms and also has anti-plaque action. (Journal of Periodontology, Posted online on February 6, 2012)
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It was dentist who invented Electrical chair for Death
When you think of the electric chair you don’t normally associate it with the medical profession, with the type of person who sets out to heal and care for others. The strange truth, however, was that the man who first conceived the idea of an electric chair was a dentist called Dr. Alfred Southwick from Buffalo, New York in the 1880s, MORE HERE
Chemists develop novel glass-ceramics for dentistry
Researchers in Germany, have produced a new kind of glass-ceramic with a nanocrystalline structure, which could be well suited to use in dentistry. The material’s strength is five times higher than that of comparable denture ceramics.
The ceramic materials used thus far have not been suitable for bridges because they are mostly not of sufficient strength. Glass-ceramics are distinguished by their enormous strength based on magnesium, aluminium, and silicon oxide. “We achieve a strength five times higher than with comparable denture ceramics available today,” Rüssel explained. “The material is translucent, extremely strong and easy to colour. Furthermore, it is chemically highly resistant. A disadvantage could be that it is harder than the natural tooth,” NEWSLINK
Cosmetic Dentistry journal – Latest issue FREE ACCESS HERE
This issue has many wonderful articles, how to create a perfect veneer and much more …
Surprise checks on accredited hospitals soon
The National accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) will launch surprise checks on accredited hospitals to ensure that institutions continuously meet the criteria of quality, NABH chairman Narottam Puri said on Thursday. (IDA has approached NABH to do same for Dental Clinics)
Delivering the sixth ‘Prof. T.K. Partha Sarathy Endowment Oration’ under the auspices of the Sri Ramachandra University (SRU), he said the Board meeting in December had decided that the NABH will go for surprise checks as otherwise the system would be ineffective because at the end of the day, accreditation was a largely voluntary process. MORE HERE
Bonding update
Acetone-based adhesives show a high degree of technique sensitivity, and over- or under-drying the acid-etched dentin compromises the bond. Simplification of the bonding procedure does not necessarily lead to improved bonding performance, especially in the long term. Alex perhaps has stated it best: “The bottom line is, it is incumbent on every dentist to learn about their specific adhesive system, its idiosyncrasies, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to maximize its performance.” FULL PAPER
New putty could heal bone fractures in days rather than months
A ‘fracture putty’ could have people with broken legs up and moving as fast as days afterward, claim scientists
Anyone who has broken a bone knows how long and arduous the recovery period can be.
Now scientists say they have created a revolutionary ‘putty’ that can put the healing process into super-drive.
Scientists from the University of Georgia Regenerative Bioscience Center used adult stem cells to produce a protein involved in bone healing and generation.
They then incorporated them into a gel, combining the healing properties into something they labelled ‘fracture putty.’ NEWSLINK
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