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DTMEA_No.2. Vol.14_HT.indd
PUBLISHED IN DUBAI
www.dental-tribune.me
Vol. 14, No. 2
Hygiene standards at the highest level
By W&H
The W&H hygiene portfolio is
continuously growing, with more
and more products, the company
enables individual hygiene workflows and responds to customer
needs. In this interview, Marino
Magno, member of the management team at W&H Sterilization, talks about his vision for the
W&H hygiene portfolio, current
product highlights, sterilizers in a
class of their own, and the new
BePro cleaning range from W&H.
He also gives an outlook on what
else we can expect from W&H in
the hygiene sector.
The W&H product range in
the hygiene sector has grown significantly in recent years. What is
your vision for the W&H hygiene
portfolio?
At the core of our vision is the
desire to offer our customers a
broad, reliable, and safe product
portfolio. That means, that we not
only offer sustainable products
with a long service life, but also the
corresponding workflows, recommendations, and guidelines. With
W&H AIMS, for example, we provide a guideline for the optimal reprocessing workflow. Our main
goal for the coming years is to
serve the entire hygiene cycle. And
we are well on the way to achieving
this goal. At W&H we are constantly coming up with new product highlights. Our workflows are
intended to be a benchmark for facilitating work, streamlining processes, and saving time so that our
customers can devote themselves
to their priority: the patient and his
satisfaction.
What are the latest highlights
of the W&H hygiene portfolio?
Our latest highlight is definitely
our new BePro portfolio, which will
be available from May. With BePro,
we now offer a comprehensive system that covers the entire dental
needs regarding cleaning and disinfection products: from surface
and instrument disinfection to the
removal of pathogens from suction
systems, automated reprocessing
with washer disinfectors to personal care and disinfection of
hands. The new BePro range is a
"Peace of Mind" system. It is extremely effective, in reasonable
time and without being aggressive
on surfaces.
In the area of sterilizers, Lara XL
is our most recently launched product. What distinguishes the product from our other sterilizers are
even more capacity and short cycles, giving our customers autonomy in managing and choosing
cycle duration. Another product innovation is our Assistina One,
which is an entry-level equipment
for lubrication. The Assistina One is
a sustainable choice from all points
of view: Customers have low machine costs and additionally, the
Assistina One reduces oil consumption compared to the manual
procedure.
You mentioned the AIMS
workflow at the beginning. Can
you explain the concept behind
it? Why did W&H develop a hygiene guide?
With the W&H AIMS workflow,
we aim to give our customers a
guideline to ensure the correct reprocessing of instruments. It’s a
tool that “educates”. From a scientific point of view, W&H AIMS is a
support for those who have been
carrying out these operations for
years, and a real training tool for
those who are approaching the
world of hygiene for the first time.
When it comes to successful infection prevention, the correct reprocessing of dental instruments is
crucial. The W&H AIMS online
workflow guides through seven
steps of correct reprocessing in a
quick and reliable way.
Marino Magno, member of the management team at W&H Sterilization. (Photos: W&H)
What makes the W&H hygiene portfolio so special? Which
products can be found in the
W&H hygiene portfolio?
W&H's ever-growing hygiene
portfolio includes products that
cover every need, from when an instrument is first used to when it is
ready to be used again, from
pre-soaking phase to the automatic cleaning with Teon, our thermal washer disinfector. We offer
solutions to maintain and reprocess handpieces, such as Assistina
and our lubricants, for packaging,
with EliReel and SealVal, and finally
for sterilization, with all our autoclaves of various sizes, levels, and
features, always interconnected
with our traceability solutions,
APPs and ioDent cloud platform.
Lara XL convinces with even more capacity, energy-saving and fast type B cycles, advanced connectivity and traceability options.
In developing the W&H hygiene portfolio, we focus on efficient ownership costs. Our customers know that following their initial
investment they can look forward
to long term savings in time, energy, and resources, as well as reducing their workload and stress.
The right mix of carefully chosen
materials and special attention to
energy efficiency ensure that products are also sustainable from an
environmental point of view.
What distinguishes W&H
sterilizers from competitors'
sterilizers?
All of our sterilizers are reliable,
easy to use, efficient, sustainable,
and connectable. Our devices are
connectivity ready – they are "digital native" and have built-in future-proof technologies. One of
the main distinguishing features of
W&H sterilizers on the market is
precisely the ability to enable connectivity and connection of all sterilizers to different types of documentation systems on the market,
up to and including the connection
to our ioDent®digital cloud platform, which allows us to extend
dedicated services to our customers.
With our products, we offer all
the systems and services that you
might need in a clinic, including
state-of-the-art ones. We adopt all
the latest technological solutions
during product development in
order to minimise operating costs
and the need of maintenance, with
optimised energy and water consumption and adaptable cycle time
speed.
What are the advantages for
customers of connecting the sterilizers to ioDent?
Connecting our sterilizers to
the ioDent platform comes with
many benefits: Typically, the interconnection brings additional services that our partners offer to the
end customer, such as preventive
maintenance, remote assistance,
and centralised documentation
stored on the cloud. All interconnections are based on a single
mantra: ensure a system with
peace-of-mind solutions, always.
What can we expect from
W&H Sterilization in the future?
We will continue along this
path, developing products and related solutions, based on user
needs, that are increasingly becoming sustainable, both economically and environmentally.
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NEWS
D2
Hygiene Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | 02/2024
Holistic dentistry: Patients support
weight management during routine
dental appointments
By Franziska Beier, Dental
Tribune International
In response to the global obesity crisis and its proven connection
to oral health, researchers from
Loughborough University have
conducted a first-of-its-kind study
that explored both dental professionals’ and the public’s perspectives on integrating weight management interventions within the
dental setting. Even though the research team identified potential
barriers, the study results showed
that weight screenings are gener-
ally well received by patients. For
establishing weight screenings in
dental practices on a large scale, increased training of dental teams
and guidelines are needed.
Global obesity rates have seen
a significant increase. Adult obesity
has more than doubled since 1990,
and adolescent obesity has seen a
fourfold rise. By 2022, the World
Health Organization reported that
2.5 billion adults aged 18 and over
were overweight, and 890 million
of them had obesity. Additionally,
in the same year, there were 37 million children under the age of 5
who were classified as overweight.
As reported by Dental Tribune International (DTI), diabetes has detrimental effects on the oral health
of children and adults.
Collaborative
approaches
across healthcare to address obesity are needed, but intervention in
dental settings has not yet been
widely implemented. Dental practices offer a unique platform for
health screenings, especially for
patients who visit the dentist every
12 months, but do not frequently
consult a general practitioner. In
addition, a recent article from DTI
A recent study has found that patients approve of weight screening by dental
teams, as long as it is performed in a sensitive way and applied to all patients, regardless of their weight status. (Image: pvproductions/Freepick)
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emphasised the capacity of dental
professionals to screen patients for
chronic diseases.
The research team reviewed 33
studies and found that the prevalence of height and weight screenings in dental settings varied and
an average of 29% undertake
screening. Those dental teams who
had already incorporated routine
weight management interventions
into their practice reported a positive response, noting that families
were receptive and the integration
of these services into regular patient assessments was seamless.
Additionally, it was found that patients support weight screening
and discussions conducted by dental teams, provided they are carried
out with sensitivity and applied
uniformly to all patients, irrespective of their weight status.
Lead author Dr Jessica Large,
doctoral researcher at the university, commented on the study results in a press release: “It is positive to see that both the public and
those within the profession are
supportive of weight screening”,
signposting to support becoming
more routine during dental appointments.
She added: “All health professionals have the opportunity to
contribute to reducing obesity and
improving health, and these results
suggest that with the right support
and training, dentists could help in
a positive way to achieve this.”
Co-author Dr Amanda Daley,
professor of behavioural medicine
and director of the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour at
the university, said: “The initial assessment has shown that members
of the public would like to see support from their dentist in relation to
weight loss, and with obesity levels
continuing to grow, an ‘all hands on
deck’ approach is now increasingly
necessary.”
Potential barriers to weight
discussion in dental settings
The researchers identified various obstacles that prevent dental
teams from providing weight management. These included fear of offending patients, risk of inducing
harm by pointing out the possibility that patients might have an eating disorder, and lack of time, appropriate training and guidelines.
In addition, the research team
found stigmatising views of dental
teams towards people with overweight or obesity as a barrier to
weight management.
Further research and training
needed
The authors concluded that,
even though a variety of barriers
for weight management within the
dental team were identified, patients show a high acceptance of
weight screening and intervention.
Further research is needed to explore the most viable and accepted
weight intervention approaches
within dental settings. In addition,
raising awareness of weight stigma
and training the entire dental team
in order to be able to deliver supportive and sensitive interventions
is of great importance.
“Dentists consult with most of
the population at least once a year,
providing an ideal opportunity to
screen and intervene to reduce
obesity. They also engage in other
behaviour change interventions
such as stopping smoking and dietary advice in connection to reducing sugary snacks and drinks.
This puts them in a strong position
to address weight concerns,” emphasised Prof. Daley.
The study, titled “Public and
dental teams’ views about weight
management interventions in dental
health settings: Systematic review
and meta-analysis”, was published
online on 11 February 2024 in
Obesity Reviews, ahead of inclusion
in an issue.
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