An Insider View Into Dental Outreach Programmes

We often hear about charities and organisations travelling across the world to improve the lives of those in less fortunate situations. There is no doubt that these trips have an enormous impact on the areas they visit, but what do they entail exactly? How are they arranged and what do the volunteers actually go through […]
An Interview With The ADOFI
The Australian Dental Outreach Foundation provides oral care to the neediest members of the community across South Australia. Catering to school children, the elderly and the disabled, they provide a wide array of services with flexible delivery so that they can adequately cater to those with limited access. After donating our sterile instruments to their […]
Questions asked of charities that work overseas

“That’s great; but what about people here?” For the last 22 years, the international dental charity Dentaid has been sending reconditioned dental equipment, teams of volunteers and oral health resources to dentists in the poorest and most remote regions of the world. With 70 per cent of the world’s population having no access to a […]
The Growth Of Single-Use Items
Disposable medical supplies are the new norm within the healthcare industry. From conventional syringes and needles to oral surgery packs and trays, everywhere you look there are single-use items. Wasteful? Over cautious? There are many different opinions surrounding what is necessary and what’s excessive but there is no denying how effective they are in reducing the spread of infection. […]
A Guide to the Evolution of Sterilisation
Progression Scientific developments for sterilisation remained a mystery until Louis Pasteur’s work from 1862 was accepted in later years. Initially searching for a solution to the spoilage of wine and beer, he identified that bacteria could be killed at 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Upon applying this practice to medical instrument cleaning, Pasteur coined the technique of […]
Single Use Dental Instruments and Community Dental Service

We had the privilege of exhibiting our instruments at the 2017 CDS Annual Presidential & Scientific Meeting. In conjunction with the British Dental Association and hosted by CDS President Elect Diana Gould, the aim of the conference was to identify and address the daily challenges that are faced by professionals working within community dental services. […]
An Ultimate Guide to the Evolution of the Consumable Society

What is our obsession with all things shiny and new? Whatever happened to investing in something which would last a lifetime or at least a long time? Customers of today are ruthless, with a voracious appetite to consume. Are we so used to having access to as much of what we want that quality is […]
One Salt Water – Improving health and happiness

One Salt Water is a Christian community development organisation whose aim is to support individuals in health, well-being, spiritual growth, Bible engagement, culture and arts. We became aware of the organization through a customer who was a volunteer for the 2017 trip. Raising funds and supplies via crowdfunding, she approached us for a donation of […]