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REQUIRED DENTAL SYSTEMS Limited, Unit 102A Glen Douglas Drive, Glasgow G68 0DW Tel/Fax: 01236 782477 Email: peter@requireddentalsystems.com • NEW CQC Outcomes Systems for Dental Practices • NEW Compliance Declaration Audit Tool • NEW Infection Control System (incorporates the NEW 10 criterion from the 2008 Act, supporting forms and audit tool) All our NEW CQC Systems can be bought online at our website or we can send you an invoice if you prefer. See our demo videos of the above at www.requireddentalsystems.com SEE US ON STAND G51 AT THE DENTISTRY SHOW 4 & 5 MARCH, NEC ARE YOU CQC READY? WE ARE! 10918 required dental ad.indd 1 18/02/2011 15:47 A £3.85 million project to build the Broxden Dental Centre in Perth for NHS Tayside has been completed by Archial, one of the country’s larg- est architectural practices. The new dental practice will provide general primary care dentistry services and un- dergraduate teaching spac- es for NHS Tayside and NHS Education Scotland. It also makes NHS dental facili- ties accessible to all in the Perth- shire area. The construction of the building began August last year, comprising of 20 surgeries, clini- cal skills training rooms, dental laboratory, decontamination units and office accommodation. According to reports, NHS Tayside chairman Sandy Watson accepted the keys for the site in September and over the last two months staff have been working to install equipment and furni- ture, ensuring that the building is ready for patients. Not only has the new centre been filled with calming colours and light and airy spaces, it has been fitted with solar panels, im- proved air tightness, use of heat exchangers, intelligent lighting controls and sanitary fixtures with reduced water demand, to reduce the carbon footprint of the building. DT A take on modern design A ccording to one expert, Botox could be used to prevent bruxism. Writing for the Grinza Interna- tional Journal of Wrinkles, David Castillo explained that in severe cases of bruxism Botox can be a successful method in treating the disorder. Castillo said: “Widely used commercially for cosmetic sur- gery applications, Botox weakens muscles in a person’s jaw, thus disabling them and preventing motion thatcauses teeth grinding to take place.” As Castillo states, if untreated, teeth grinding can be “extremely harmful” to a person’s overall oral health, and the habit leading to an eventual loss of teeth in the most extreme circumstances. Even though Botox could be used as a useful treatment to se- vere bruxism cases, experts rec- ommend adopting a healthier diet, reducing levels of stress and taking various vitamin supple- ments, such as magnesium, B5 and calcium to also help. Howev- er, the most popular management of bruxism remains to be dental guards or night guards. Even though the use of a night guard does not prevent bruxism, the patient’s teeth and jaw joints are protected from its detrimental side effects. According to the Bruxism As- sociation, some one in ten people suffer from excessive teeth grind- ing, however it is rare that pa- tients receive Botox treatments to help aleviate the grinding action itself. DT Reference - www.grinza.com/index. php/20110217893/Latest/Extreme-teeth-grind- ing-can-be-prevented-using-Botox.html Botox for Bruxism? The 3.85m Broxden Dental Centre 7NewsMarch 14-20, 2011United Kingdom EditionUnited Kingdom Edition