Financing your Private Dentistry

Dental finance UPDATE

We have now had our consumer credit application accepted and we can now offer you extended credit terms, particularly for the more extensive treatments or cosmetic/aesthetic "makovers".

This service is provided confidentially and has been arranged through a highly reputable dental company who are well known to me personally.

More details to be posted here soon

Please call us for further details

01635 47757

Technology at your serviceDigital Panoramic Imaging

We are excited to announce the birth our new baby !

Digital Panoramic (OPG)

X-ray

Imaging System.

On Thursday January 20th 2005,

we installed a new

Digital Panoramic

x-ray diagnostic system

at St.Mary's House

The benefits to you are..

• All teeth, jaw bones , sinuses and jaw joints appear on one image
• Immediate results
• No plastic film sensor inside the mouth!
• Significant reduction in radiation dose
• In-house service- no need to visit another practice or hospital
• Quick initial assessment for implant planning
• On-screen imaging allowing digital enhancement
• One less visit required to discuss the results
• World class technology

Click this link to find out more Kodak-Trophy 8000

A new room is being created to house this unit adjacent to the hygienist's treatment room. The unit has it's own computer and screen to view the images as soon as they are taken and these images can be viewed on any of the practice's computer network.

For The "Health and Safety"-minded amongst you, the partition wall has been lead lined,in accordance with the regulations governing the use of this x-ray equipment.

As a rule, OPG images would be taken at 3-5 yearly intervals, if indicated.

Dental Health Matters No3 Oral B "Brush-ups"

Oral B " Brush-ups"

are a brand new Oral B product. Use them for a quick dental freshen up during the day or while you are on the move. It's a new take on the boy scout's quickie tooth cleaning with paste and a finger tip. With Oral B "Brush-ups" there is

no toothpaste/mess but a specially textured tooth-wipe which you place over your finger. They are said to remove plaque and they have a nice mild mint flavour.

They will be available at your next visit to us and no doubt will be in the shops very soon.

Click here to see them in action

http://tinyurl.com/2xmat

They are an extra not an alternative to your normal careful Oral hygiene, but they are very handy !

Dental Health Matters No2 Tooth Mousse (Recaldent)

Recaldent(TM) is a new approach to reversing the early effects of tooth decay and in reducing tooth sensitivity. It is also very helpful if you have a dry mouth.

Click here for an informative video about this exciting new dental product. http://www.recaldent.com/WIR_tooth_decay.htm

We can supply Recaldent in the form of "Tooth Mousse" in a variety of pleasant flavours.
Please ask when you next visit or just drop into the practice to purchase some.

Special Offer No1Electric Toothbrshes

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Saturday 19th February 2005

As promised this is our first special offer made available to readers of

"My Dentist" e-zine

We have a variety of current model, top quality, branded

Electric Toothbrushes

(Oral B/Braun)

available at

COST PRICE !

There are no hidden catches!

This offer is only available while current stocks last

Please call the practice for details

01635 47757

OralB/Braun 7000

1 Brush Head

2 -Speed Option

Timer

Special Offer price £30

for full details click here

http://tinyurl.com/6leus

Boots price £44.99

5 items in stock

OralB/Braun 7500

2 Brush heads

2 Speed option

Timer

Interproximal brush head

( for getting inbetween teeth\)

Travel Case

Special Offer price £40

8 items in stock

OralB/Braun 8500

1 FlexisoftBrush heads
2 Probright brush heads
1 dual action brush head

1 tongue Freshner

2 Interdental cleaners

( for getting inbetween teeth\)
Speed Control

Timer

Ee-Luxe Travel Case
Special Offer price £68
6 items in stock

OralB/Braun Sonic

Electric Toothbrush

3 angled crisscross brush heads

Timer

3 Brushing Modes

Treavel Case

Special Offer price £68

6 items in stock

Introductionand Happy New Year

A belated Happy New Year

for 2005

from the team at

St.Mary's House

Dental Practice

Newbury

Richard - Chris- Nicky- Tina - Laura

As I begin my 16th year as a Newbury dentist , I think I can now safely say that I am no longer a new boy in town!

This is my first effort at a regular online newsletter. Using this blog format, I intend to write a monthly on-line magazine or newsletter to keep in touch with you and to let you know what is going on at your dental practice and in the rapidly changing dentistry world.

Find out here first about new products, services, and ideas to help keep your teeth longer, healthier and more beautiful and how we are making your visits to us more relaxing.

Testimonials

We are always gratified and delighted to receive testimonials from our happy patients.

If you are interested to see what some people say about us, click on this link TESTIMONIALS to see the testimonials on our practice website ( soon to be updated in style and design).

If you feel you would like to send your own testimonial please click here e-mail

If like many, you are anxious about dental treatment, why not read some detailed accounts of how some very anxious people have been helped by Relative Analgesia (RA)

RA SEDATION PATIENT STORIES

Richard Charon

Dental Health MattersNo.1Tooth brushing and your Heart !

Some of you may have heard that in recent years a link has been made between gum disease and heart disease. This item appeared on the BBC website recently. Have a look if you are interested. Perhaps you should be!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4243893.stm

Are you ready to book that long overdue Dental Hygiene appointment ? !

Nicky Smith will be happy to see you soon

We are ready for your call

01635 47757.

We look forward to your next visit

...and now for something completely

Our Lake District trip

In November 2004, Chris and I went up to the Lake District.I'd like to share a few of my favorite photos taken around Buttermere and Haystacks.

I hope you enjoy them.

Across Buttermere at dusk

Buttermere Gatesgarth shore

Fleetwith Pike

Buttermere

Team News 2: Congratulations

Congratulations to Laura.

Laura has been with our practice as a trainee Dental Nurse for just over 18 months. In fact I have been looking after Laura as a dental patient since she was about 13 years old !
During her time as a trainee she has undertaken an evening college course and in-house training. She sat her National Certification exam in November 2004 and has just received the good news that she has passed and is now a qualified and registered Dental Nurse.

In future she will have the option of continuing her dental nursing career path which might include further qualifications in areas such as Dental Radiography or Sedation Assisting.

Well done Laura !

New for 2005Spreading the cost

Spreading the Cost

of your

Investment in Dental Health

If you are considering the benefits of more costly dental treatment, from Cosmetic Dentistry to Implants, we are planning to introduce a new credit system to help spread you the cost by the spring of 2005

Watch this Space !

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Goodbye Waiting Room,

Hello Reception Lounge

In keeping with the gradual improvemnts to the faciities we have made in 2004, it is our intention to redevelop the waiting room. Although not always successful, we do try very hard to avoid keeing you waiting for more than just a few minutes.

We will be transforming the "waiting room" into a reception lounge with more comfortable seating and a roomier feel. Fresh tea,coffee and fruit are available as well as a chilled water dispenser

Although our premises are "bijou" in nature we will be making better use of our space and have now rented secure storage space, just 5 minutes drive from the practice. This has allowed us to move out a mountain of paperwork and dental plaster models we are obliged to keep. Patient records are required to be kept for 11 years and of course we are obliged to store business records for 7 years.

Richard Charon

Straight teeth - no braces !

Invisalign

Straight teeth without wire braces !

Introducing Invisalign® a new and exciting way to straighten your teeth....WITHOUT WIRES or those ugly braces!. An increasing number of UK dentists currently offer Invisalign®, the first wireless braces and I am pleased to say that we now can offer this revolutionary tooth straightening option. Invisalign® is totally invisible and now with a combination of Cosmetic Dentistry and Invisalign® our practice is able to give you the beautiful, straight smile you’ve always wanted. It works through a series of invisible, removable, and comfortable aligners that no one can tell you’re wearing. So you can smile more during treatment as well as after. Please contact the practice for more information.

Click on the following link for the official website.

Invisalign

Technology at your service-"The Wand"tm introduced mid 2004

We believe that it is important to bring you the benefits enjoyed by people in the big cities and in leading edge dental practices the world over. In 2004 we introduced "The Wand" which has been very well received by our patients. The Wand is a revolutionay way to acheive painless dentistry without the use of a traditional syringe.

This new technology called The 'Wand'(tm), has been heralded as the first major advance since the local anaesthetic syringe.
This state of the art system uses a very slow and gentle computer controlled technique that minimises the anaesthetic dosage needed. This means that it only numbs the area needed, not the surrounding face, so no more feeling as though part of you belongs to someone else sometimes for several hours after treatment
The Wand, as well as using a completely revoloutionary technique, complies with our stringent cross infection control standards. A new sterile delivery tip is used for each patient. These are then disposed of carefully and incinerated by a licensed clinical waste collection service. When we first introduced the system, we thought we would use it for youngsters and especially nervous people. It is so good that we now use it routinely and many of you will already have tried it.
If you wish to try this more comfortable method of anaesthesia, please let us know.

Review of 2004 -Team News

2004 has been a year of happy events for our dental team with two births. Our Dental Hygienist, Nicky had a baby girl, Mia who was born in February . Tina, our senior dental nurse also had a baby girl, Leonie, who was born in June. All are doing well !

On the downside we did lose our trainee dental nurse Jo in the autumn.
The combined maternity leave and staff changes has placed an added workload on Chris and Laura and I thank them for managing so well.
Tina returned on a part-time basis Novemeber and we will be seeking an additional dental nurse early in 2005 .

If you think you may know a suitable candidate please let us know.

Review of 2004Richard's Professional Development News

2004 has been a busy and eventful year for me professionally.

Hands-on RA courses

One of the special services we offer for our anxious patients is RA (Relative Analgesia) or "happy air "and I have over 25 years of experience in this wonderful technique.

This year I began the first of what I hope will turn out to be regular full day Saturday seminars to teach other dentists the benefits and techniques involved. Dentists from as far as Jersey and from the prestigious Cherrybank Dental Spa Practice in Perth in Scotland have made their way to our practice at St Mary's House in Newbury.

These full day courses were run in Februray,June and October 2004.

We have turned the waiting lounge into a seminar room and the delegates have enjoyed a full day of PowerPoint seminar presentations , practical "hands-on" experience and demonstrations relayed via video link from the surgery . Many thanks to Chris for all her help in organising and running these courses.

Published articles

More on RA .....

As a result of the interest raised by and also, in part, to help market these RA courses, I have had a 2-part article on the subject commissioned and published in a quality subscription dental journal in the Spring of 2004 called "Private Dentistry". The articles merited continual professional development credits and were circulated to about UK 6000 subscribers.

These two articles were later republished in December in a broadsheet fortnightly magazine called, imaginatively, "Dentistry" and sent to all UK dentists (Over 30,000). My article covered two and a half pages.

Dental Implant Seminar Report

In November, Chris and I attended an evening seminar on a particular and novel way of using dental implants. The UK marketing director of NobelBiocare approached me to write a report on the meeting.
This full page report was duly published in the same December issue of "Dentistry" as my RA article ( see above) and so we are certainly on the map now !

British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry (BAAD)

As I have done for each of the last 10 years, I attended this year's 3 -day annual conference, held this year in Eastbourne. The BAAD conference brings together like-minded dentists from all over the UK and some from abroad too to listen and be taught by some of the world's leading experts in this increasingly complex but very interesting field of dentistry.