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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Vol 70 No 06
JULY 2017 Technical
Technical
Business
Insight
Straumann Digital World Page 15
Taking a look at CAMLOG Implant system Page 24
The CAD/CAM Challenge Pages 21/22/23
Whats the Fire Risk in your Laboratory? Page 30
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Why cannot the organisations, which purport to be acting in our interests, mount a campaign to inform, via
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So perhaps we can negotiate the need for a universally applied statement of manufacture, which those with vested interests cannot ignore. After all the regulations are in place, the GDC are supposedly committed to the patients interest and the MHRA would be keen to show that cheap imported copies will not be tolerated because they breach the prime commitment to the patient. Oh dear! am I only thinking about the things like hand pieces and scalers etc? The patient may be exposed to various surgical implements once a year and not everyday as with the restorations made to prescription by dental technicians. Imagine what would happen if Pharmacists were to substitute the drugs etc. on their prescriptions for cheap backdoor imports! But of course we are only dental technicians, who the public does not know about and the dental bodies do not care about, so long as we don’t make too much fuss and remain behind the scenes.
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Sir Paul Beresford, freshly back from campaigning in the recent election, has raised the subject of Brexit in his OPINION page. In particular the opportunity of the politically motivated organisations to perhaps bring about some beneficial changes through direct pressure in parliament. He suggests that some Laboratory owners should invite their local MP to visit and to get some idea of the present situation regarding dental technology in general. As he points out very few MPs have any idea what a dental technician is and without recognition nothing specific will be put right. Undoubtedly the pressure to achieve changes will be coming from all corners of the dental market and the Brexit negotiations might just be a good time to try to influence change in the legislation, which might benefit technicians. We do
particularly need to watch what trade agreements, with what countries will allow the work to the Far-east to continue or indeed open up another cheap trade route for Dental appliances. What we make is at least theoretically bespoke, and in order to maintain some semblance of quality and care the patient should at least be told the origin of the appliance and what it is made from.
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ell we have had the election and an increased number of the population has voted. A lot more, younger people seem to have been motivated to vote and certainly the two major parties are very much closer than was expected when the whole thing was called. A tight majority does make the work of government a deal more onerous, but it does signify some interest across a broader range of the populous. As the younger voters have potentially more to experience with whatever is agreed perhaps it is not too wrong they should have a say. The biggest enemy to progress is apathy and we already have enough of that in technical dentistry.
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the media about what we do and why we matter. Social media is now a very readily accessible vehicle for those who may be interested. The DLA, representing Dental Laboratories, should be interested in
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regulations that require technicians to do one thing (S.O.M) while illegal labs, or grey imports do not have a
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