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May 24-30, 201024 Road Test United Kingdom Edition The ‘How to make a SUCCESSFULCONVERSIONto private practice’ Event CHOOSE YOURDIRECTION If you’re considering converting to private practice but are unsure about how to proceed, come and join Practice Plan and our special guest, Chris Barrow for a two hour evening seminar dedicated to giving you practical and simple advice on how to make a seamless and successful conversion. Practice Plan has helped hundreds of NHS practices across the UK to successfully convert to private practice and we’ll have experts on hand to answer all your questions and support you in any way we can. Each event is FREE, just choose the venue that’s right for you... Tuesday 15th June 6.00 pm : Birmingham Tuesday 22nd June 6.00 pm : Manchester Tuesday 29th June 6.00 pm : Windsor To reserve your FREE place please call Jen Smith on... or email jen.smith@practiceplan.co.uk 01691 684141 Special Guest: Chris Barrow If you’ve never heard Chris Barrow speak...then you’re in for a treat. If you have, then you know you can expect the kind of straight talking, no-nonsense practical advice that has helped countless dental practices to succeed and grow. As an added bonus, the event will deliver 2 hours CPD! The whole process is made easy for you with Practice Plan” Gayna Horridge Cahill Dental Care Centre “ www.practiceplan.co.uk the bar graph indicator. The ir- rigation select key is located next door to the power level key. This will allow you to choose between the irrigation modes (tap water or bottles). It seems quite beneficial for the user to be able to work inde- pendently from tap water supply for several reasons: • The water tube will quickly and easily become filled with bioflim. • The two bottles allow different irrigants to be used simultane- ously. The auto cleaning procedure, which can be initiated via the touchpad, can ensure biofilm colonisation risk is reduced. The manufacturer recom- mends that the unit should be stored with the dust covers in place once the bottles are re- moved from the unit. Testing the unit The unit has to be specially tested for the use in endodon- tics. Using the V-Tip sytem as well as the restorative tips allows for coronal access shaping. One could use diamond-coated en- dodontic tips at varying lengths to complement root-canal en- largement. The removal of for- eign bodies is enhanced with the more rigid tips, while fractured instruments are removed with the flexible ones. Holder tips for irrigant-energising files are offered in 95 or 120-degree an- gulation, while files are offered in sizes ISO 15 to ISO 35. The manufacturer also offers a vari- ety of retrograde tips for surgical endodontics. To conclude, either using the device connected to the water line or independently, the self- cleaning programme will ensure that optional biofilm formation can be avoided. The Varios 970 can be used in Endodontics for coronal access shaping, for removal of posts, fractured instruments, energis- ing irrigants in the canal, and even condensation of the obtura- tion. Having two independently bottled solutions, this allows for direct irrigation and energising of the last one-speeding up the chemical disinfection process. The result The ultrasonic unit is extremely powerful and satisfies any re- quirements. The different power settings and the extremely wide variety of offered tips make the Varios 970 suitable not only for endodontics, but also for peri- odontology as well as restorative. We have tried the use of other par- ty manufactured tips and the de- vice worked to our satisfaction. DT About the author Dr Liviu Steier (PhD) is Spezial- ist fuer Prothetik ( w w w . d g z m k . de) and specialist in Eendodontics (GDC-UK). He is an honorary clini- cal associate pro- fessor at Warwick Medical School and course director of the MSc in Endodontics (www.war- wick.ac.uk/go/dentistry). He is a mem- ber of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Journal of Endodontics (AAE) and maintains a private referral practice for endodontics, implantology, etc at 20 Wimpole Street, W1G 8GF London (www.msdentistry.co.uk). page 23DTß ‘To conclude, either using the device connected to the wa- ter line or independ- ently, the self-clean- ing programme will ensure that optional biofilm formation can be avoided’ Picture showing the optimal coronal access gained using the NSK 970 Radiographs showing the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative condition