January 24, 2020 Panavia SA Cement Universal Panavia cements have come a long way. When I was a dental assistant, more years ago than I hate to admit, I remember Panavia…
January 17, 2020 Protectall Upholstery Cleaner Wipes Have you ever read the cleaning instructions for your dental chair? Many of them say to clean the chair with soap and water and…
January 17, 2020 Profluorid Varnish Fluoride has come a long way. I was in the generation of the fluoride trays with the foam. I remember it dribbling down my…
January 10, 2020 Composite Singles In my public health clinic, I did some extremely large composite restorations. You know those ones… they really need a crown but your only…
January 10, 2020 Purell Healthcare Every dental assistant out there is more than familiar with the “Doctor hand-wash”. You each start washing your hands at the same time and…
January 5, 2020 HD Black Line Mirrors I have to admit, I am a bit of a mirror snob. We all have our pet peeves as practitioners and one of mine…
January 4, 2020 S T R E T C H Implant Driver There are certain procedures that make me thankful for having smaller hands. Trying to hand tighten or loosen healing caps in the posterior is…
December 7, 2019 Lensiora Camera The public health clinic I worked at did not want to invest in intraoral cameras while I was there. I could not get them…
November 24, 2019 Mirror Buddy As a right handed operator, I never look forward to seeing the dreaded #15B or even worse… #16B! When I walk in the room,…
November 24, 2019 Palatal Anesthesia Device Administering palatal anesthesia is a necessary evil that I always dread. As you can imagine, working in public health means I have done a…
