DentaltownUK Winter 2017 - 64

the wish list

DentaltownUK asks Rahul Doshi:

What Are the Things You Couldn't Do
Without, and What's on Your Wishlist?
I graduated from Guy's Dental Hospital,
London, in 1991, thereafter setting up Perfect
Smile Studios with my wife (and fellow
practitioner), Dr. Bhavna Doshi BDS. Since
then we've worked intensively to create a
practice that we can both be proud of, and
patient care is at the heart of that.

efficiency of practice management. Meeting
the requirement of the regulators can be
overwhelming; Apolline provides an array of
compliance tools, protocols and templates,
and enables simple task delegation, so you
have a clearly auditable trail, ensuring that
nothing gets missed.

Luxatemp

Dentex

Making your patients feel happy and
confident-not just in the care that you provide
them with, but also within themselves-is,
in my view, the key to successful dentistry.
One of the things I've come to rely on to
facilitate that is Luxatemp. Temporisation is
an integral part of comprehensive smile design
treatments and the bis-acrylic peroxide-free
material that forms the base of Luxatemp
helps make the transitional period a more
confident one for the patient, while expediting
a better overall long-term result by providing
proper communication for the laboratory and
eliminating as much guesswork as possible.

Another thing I wouldn't be without is
the peer support I receive through Dentex
and its unique co-ownership model. I've held
a number of posts throughout my career,
including the clinical editor of Premium
Practice Dentistry. When you're looking for
help and advice, nothing quite beats learning
from the experience of others who have been
there before you.

Elexionn Nano laser
I also wouldn't be without the Elexionn
Nano laser. I've been using soft-tissue diode
lasers in smile design cases for 17 years, but
while lasers do not cause bleeding, many
cause carbonisation, which affects tissue
healing. Working at up to 20,000 times per
second, the Elexionn delivers an incredibly
clean cut with little carbonisation-not

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On my wish list: Intraoral scanner
to mention amazing control, which in my
experience produces unparalleled results when
working on soft-tissue crown lengthening. The
patients may not understand the difference
in the results they're receiving, but it makes
delivering outstanding treatment a more
comfortable process.

Apolline
There's more to modern dentistry than
the direct clinical experience, and we've found
the Apolline app invaluable in enhancing the

Dental technology has come along so fast
in recent years, so an intraoral scanner is at the
top of my wish list. If money were no object,
then it really has to be the 3Shape wireless
intraoral scanner from Trios. Whatever your
special interest-from general dentistry to
implantology-a 3-D scanner not only takes
scans rather than a physical impression but
also is capable of rendering the whole of a
patient's dental structure visible for computer
examination and patient demonstration,
creating a fantastic patient communication
tool. ■
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