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Most recent changes
- Our new gum treatment for severe disease has been used on over 200 patients, with great succcess, compared with traditional treatments. We appear to be making several breakthroughs. Firstly the UK patent is about to be issued. Secondly, Venture Capitalists are about to invest in the project, and that means we will be able to start trials at the Eastman Dental Hospital, in London. To reach this stage it has taken great efforts over the last 2.5 years, and 5 years since the invention. If everything goes smoothly from now, we anticipate another 5 years before the process can be widely marketed, even though we can offer it to patients now.
- We have introduced a plan specifically for those aged 60 and over: the 60plus plan.
- Extra treatment discount is available for those on the maintenance plan, allowing you to increase savings from 10% up to 20%.
- Ray Steggles has been appointed as Honorary Dental Surgeon to Worcestershire County Cricket Club. This involves duties, not only of dealing with cricket related dental injuries, but also considering the dental risks involved in training and playing cricket and suggesting ways these may be reduced. This is the first such appointment in the country.
- We use dental video clips to provide more information about treatment we provide and other background details. You will find them on various pages throughout the website, where they are relevant. There is a full list on the video clips page
- Fresh Start Programme. We aim to make treatment the most patient friendly possible, ridding your mouth of tooth decay by non-invasive means. A relaxing way to receive treatment, no more uncomfortable than brushing your teeth.
- We now place crowns and inlays in one visit, creating them in ceramics with our CEREC 3 machine . We achieve the utmost in quality, convenience, and aesthetics. Only those on the monthly payment plan get discounts for this treatment.
New treatment for gum disease
Ray Steggles has received top marks in his medical sciences degree (MSc with Distinction). His studies led him to develop a new approach to understanding bacterial infections by considering their organisational behaviour.
In some ways similar to the factors controlling the behaviour of large groups of animals, birds, fish and insects as they swarm, migrate, or combine in large groups as a protective strategy.
Large numbers of bacteria withstand our efforts to remove them more successfully than small groups. Both gum disease and tooth decay involve billions of bacteria formed into films, known as dental plaque.
We need special strategies to deal with these. Although the simplest is effective toothbrushing to keep the numbers small, these diseases affect almost all people at some time during their lives.
Our understanding is changing approaches to treating established infections of the gums allowing us to invent and introduce QSIANT.