Lemonchase Fills All the Gaps

Lemonchase has supplied microscopes and lighting to the prestigious Royal London Dental Institute, which has built up a reputation for excellence in teaching dentistry, running both undergraduate and post graduate courses designed around multi disciplinary modules.

Lemonchase was selected over competitors products to supply eleven 202 microscopes for consultants, undergraduates and postgraduates for the London’s Phantom Head Room. This facility also offers hands-on courses to dentists in practice and so the equipment has to be up-to-date and of the highest quality. The microscopes are excellent entry level products, providing the highest quality magnification at 5x, 8x and 12x stages. Priding itself on the quality of all of its dentistry equipment to provide the best possible teaching environment, the London specified the Lemonchase microscopes for their superior functionality, as the Dental Institute’s Clinical Director, Serpil Djemal explains. "We reviewed other comparable products but selected Lemonchase for the optimum clarity of the microscopes,” she says. “These are high quality products at a very competitive price that meets all the criteria we demand of such specialist equipment."

In addition, Lemonchase also supplied 8 D-Tec Daylights and 12 Support Stools for the same room. Serpil Djemal is equally enthusiastic about the lights. “The room is windowless and the installation of the high frequency, flicker free D Tec lights make it a much more pleasant environment in which to work,” she concludes.

Superb D-Tech lighting, from Lemonchase

D-Tech lighting, which is supplied exclusively in the UK by Lemonchase, provides optimum lighting levels for technicians working within the dental industry. D-Tech’s high intensity illumination, optimal colour matching, daylight tubes provide superb lighting which closely replicates the natural light levels of a bright, sunny day.

The D-Tech dental light eliminates glare and is virtually shadow free, reducing the eye-strain often caused by insufficient lighting. D-Tech specialist lights set technicians free from constant changes between various light sources, eliminating eye-strain by illuminating the whole working area evenly.

Lighting a room for long periods of time can produce high heat levels, often making a working environment uncomfortable. The D-Tech light, fitted with an Infra-red filter, minimises heat radiation and protects light fittings from dust and dirt, reducing maintenance. The D-Tech light can be fitted in any dental laboratory, using its easy to install, modern wire suspension system.

With years of experience within the field of magnification and lighting, Lemonchase is happy to offer expert, specialist advice to all its customers.

Let the Showcase begin with Lemonchase

This years London Dental Showcase is set to be one of the most successful ever, with up to 10,000 dental professionals visiting the exhibition over its three days. Lemonchase will be there to promote ‘Design for Visions’ world-leading range of loupes and to launch the company’s new, ultra-light LED ‘Portalite’ and 'Opticure Curing Light', which have generated enormous success in the US and are now available in the UK exclusively from Lemonchase

The new ultra-light LED 'Portalite' is the perfect accompaniment to loupes of all brands. With a beautiful white light and two Lithium Ion battery packs, the Portalite’ ensures day-long power and easy movement around your surgery – a must see product at this year’s event.

‘Designs for Visions’ new 'Opticure' Curing Light combines ten optically focused LEDs. It ensures effective curing of all composite materials and provides cooler, lighter and more efficient curing, without micro fractures.

Visit Lemonchase on stand G12 and take advantage of its special 10% discount on both of these products during this year’s showcase, which runs from the 5th to 7th October 2006.

Microscopy in General Dental Practice? – Surely not

The microscope as we know it was invented by Zaccharias Janssen in 1595. Hot on Zaccharias’ heels, a microscope for dentistry was introduced by Apotheker 1 in 1981.

However Gary Carr from San Diego is generally accepted as the founding father of dental microscopy. Carr 2 introduced microscopes into endodontic practice in the early 1990’s and their use has been pretty well limited to endodontists ever since.

While the thousands of dentists that use loupes and accessory light sources have grasped the benefits of enhanced vision and lighting, microscopy has not been widely embraced outside of the endodontic world.

The most commonly expressed barrier to the wider use of microscopes in general dentistry has always been the perceived cost of the equipment. It is certainly true that until 18 months ago, even the basic entry model microscope would cost around £10,000, add a camera and a few gadgets and £15,000 would become a reality. However, this has now all changed with the introduction of the Seiler 202 from Lemonchase. At just £3,500, both partners in the practice could have one and there would still be enough change from your £15k to buy a mobile one for the associates!

The surgical microscope is invaluable in endodontics. As more and more practitioners adopting contemporary endodontic instruments, techniques and materials, they will find that their continued advancement in the levels of care they can provide will be hampered by the level of magnification that loupes can provide. Moving up to a pair of x4 telescopic loupes and a xenon light source may seem attractive. However these will be personalised to the eyes of a single user. A realistic alternative would now be a Seiler 202 presented on a mobile floor stand and available to everyone in the practice. Of course, for those of you who don’t want to share your new toy, it can be discreetly fixed to the wall or ceiling in a similar manner to a standard dental light or x-ray machine.

The use of the microscope is now not limited to endodontics though. The Seiler 202 has three steps of magnification 5x, 8x and 12x, which broadens its uses immensely. Diagnostic procedures such as caries detection and cusp or root fractures are greatly enhanced. Operative procedures are also simplified. In the past placing composites under a microscope was hampered by the tendency for the intense light to prematurely cure the composite. The Seiler 202 has a built in orange filter that I have found invaluable. These are usually very expensive optional extras with other microscopes. Even class III composites on lower incisors become a pleasure and when you can see what you’re doing your crown preps become things of beauty that both your technician and patients will appreciate.

Talking of patient appreciation, can there really be a more conspicuous difference between last years NHS check up and this year’s private one that was performed using a microscope?

The Seiler 202 from Lemonchase will enhance your diagnostic skills, your technical excellence and the image of your practice and you as a professional.

Suddenly Microscopy in General Practice doesn’t sound so daft after all!

Jason Bedford
BDS MDentSci MFDS RCPSG
Specialist Endodontist

Jason runs a specialist endodontic practices in Stoke, Nottingham, Derby and Birmingham.

References

1. Apotheker H: A microscope for use in dentistry. Journal of Microsurgery 3:7 1981

2. Carr GB: Microscopes in endodontics. Journal of the California Dental Association 20:55 1992

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