W&H News

From June, 6 th to 11th, W&H had the pleasure to welcome a group of Professors and Directors from Clinics and Universities in Russia and Kazakhstan.

On the occasion of the Thai Dental Association Exhibition, Peter Malata and Martin Rolfe attended the opening ceremony of the new Dental School building at Rangsit University in Bangkok, Thailand. Rangsit University takes dental education in Thailand to a new level.

Dr. Christoph Kaaden, Endodontology specialist from Munich, Germany. Without doubt, the best change to date has proven to be the introduction of the “Entran” battery-operated Endo contra-angle handpiece from W&H. My practice has two of these contra-angle handpieces. At last, we are now able to carry out root canal preparations using a highly ergonomic device, without the hindrance of a foot control or a mess of cables.

The festive season is now upon us. Once again, W&H Dentalwerk Bürmoos will not be sending any Christmas cards. Instead, an equivalent donation will be made, as in previous years, to the Austrian Aid for Butterfly Children.

What high-speed instruments are currently available for the field of restoration and prosthetics? What are the current technological trends and what new developments are being worked on in terms of motor, chuck system, light, cooling or maintenance? The following information is intended to provide up-to-date advice on the crucial issue of what to consider when buying your instruments.

Ozone gas also demonstrably helps in the treatment of surface caries, promotes wound healing and epithelization and supports professional prophylaxis.
Svea Baumgarten, Dr. med. dent., M Sc, accredited implantologist shares her experiences with ozone treatment.

Ozone therapy is used to describe procedures that use the gas ozone (a triatomic oxygen module, O₃). The germ-killing and disinfecting effect of ozone has been scientifically proven. What is the effect of ozone on bacteria from a scientific point of view?

A dental technician works continuously with handpieces and turbines. Wolfgang Weisser has worked with most drive systems from a wide range of manufacturers for many years. Here, he talks about one of his favourite systems. User report: Wolfgang Weisser (Germany)

The effectiveness of dental treatment depends largely on how well the oral structures that are to be treated can be recognised. Delicate instruments with fibre optics and press button chuck systems are available to dentists in conservative/prosthetic dentistry today. User report: Dr. Neugebauer, Dr. Karapetian, Dr. Lingohr, Dr. Scheer, Univ. Prof. Zöller (Cologne)

The enclosed table should help you to find your way in the jungle of the various straight and contra-angle handpieces with the widest variety of step-up and step-down speed ratios.

The application of intraoperative positioning aids in the form of implant drilling templates allows those who are new to implantological procedures, and also experts, to work confidently when carrying out targeted prosthetic oriented implant insertion.
User report: Dr. Neugebauer, Dr. Karapetian, Dr. Lingohr, Univ. Prof. Zöller (Cologne)

An innovative implant positioning aid makes it easier to find the optimum implant position – will it therefore replace the drilling template?
User report: Dr. Lang, Dr. Michalides (Bremen)

The new W&H laboratory equipment was presented for the first time at IDS 2007 in Cologne and less than a year later, the multi-functional Perfecta devices are enjoying great popularity and receiving excellent feedback. An Italian dental laboratory offered the following praise for the Perfecta 900.

Here are commments from dentists, oral surgeons and maxillofacial surgeons regarding the new surgical straight and contra-angle handpieces with LED and generator.

Excellent lighting conditions facilitate perfect treatment results. That is why W&H has developed a new generation of surgical instruments that enable you to operate with daylight quality light - and with light sources that are self-sufficient.

White, light emitting diode (LED) is the future for illuminating the operation site during treatment. Halogen bulbs in dental instruments are a thing of the past.