London dental showcase 2000

The London Dental Showcase takes place at Olympia 2 in West London from 5–7 October 2000.

The show is organised by the British Dental Trade Association and will feature the latest in equipment, services and materials available to dentistry.

Olympia 2 is part of London's busiest and best-known exhibition venue – the Olympia Exhibition Centre. In 1999, Olympia played host to 115 events and welcomed over one million visitors. The centre is easy to find and accessible by public transport (see map, right).

As a major added attraction the show will feature the Dental Laboratories Association Dental Technology and Services Exhibition. Side by side with Showcase, this will present an opportunity for everyone involved in dentistry to find something of relevance to them at the show.

A selection of companies exhibiting at the show is provided on the next two pages. A floorplan of all stands and exhibitors can be found on page 338.

Getting back in the saddle

Back pain remains a common health hazard among dentists, who of necessity often spend long periods sitting in an uncomfortable or less than ideal position.

Research has shown that the least stressful, natural, sitting posture for the human spine is achieved on horseback.

The Bambach Saddle Seat, designed by horsewoman Mary Gale, provides this ideal sitting posture, while conventional seating removes the natural curves from the spine and places increased stress on the spinal disks.

The Bambach Saddle Seat is the product of several years of research, development and experimentation, and although deceptively simple in design now incorporates refinements and features that permit sitting for extended periods without the loss of a healthy spinal curve.

The Bambach Saddle Seat presents a professional appearance compatible with any dental surgery design. The Bambach Saddle Seat will be demonstrated at the London Dental Show. For additional details call 020 8 532 5100.

Bambach stand: G27

Indebted to edenta

Edenta, one of the world leaders in Dental Rotary Instrumentation, will be exhibiting at the Dental Showcase. Over 30 years experience has enabled Edenta to become a strong partner for the dental laboratory and dental practice as well as oral surgery.

Edenta's reputation is based on the high level of innovativeness, flexible response to clients demands and a comprehensive product range.

Edenta stand: G42

Come and see cerec 3

A new company has been formed to look after Sirona's CEREC customers in the UK. Ceramic Systems Ltd will launch CEREC 3, a modular CAD/CAM system which simultaneously designs and mills, at the London Dental Showcase.

The technology used in the CEREC 3 system, developed by Sirona, enables the dentist to prepare perfectly-fitted ceramic restorations in one patient visit, with huge savings in time and laboratory costs. An average 85 per cent saving has been reported – easily enough to pay for the system.

Also available from Sirona is Heliodent Vario, Sirona's new intraoral X-ray system and the C2+, Sirona's latest treatment centre.

Sident Dental Systems stand: FW13

Relax with alex

SunAlex Ltd are demonstrating their Support Stool at the London Dental Showcase.

The ergonomic stool was designed by Bruno Mathsson for dentists, dental nurses and hygienists.

The stool prevents back, neck and shoulder pains commonly experienced by dental professionals in their work. It is widely used, especially in Germany, Scandinavia and the United States where it is acknowledged that prevention is better than cure. The stools are available in a vinyl or leather finish in a variety of colours. Special arm rests are also available. The stool comes with a five year warranty on all moving parts.

SunAlex stand: G59

Heroes

The London Dental Showcase sees the launch of a new impression material, Flexitime, from Heraeus Kulzer.

Flexitime is fast setting in the mouth, but the material has a working time which is highly flexible – less time for a quick single unit crown, more time for a complex multiple unit case.

Heraus Kulzer claim that never before has a vinyl polysiloxane (VPS) material combined a fast intraoral set with the option of longer working time. Flexitime uses an Advance ThermaSense (ATS) material which is hyperactive to the warmer temperatures inside a patient's mouth. The material can be worked after just 30 seconds or for as long as 2.30 minutes, but sets fast when placed in the oral cavity.

Heraeus Kulzer stand: FW03

Half century for astraZeneca

AstraZeneca are looking forward to taking part in the London Dental Show. The year 2000 is an exciting time for Astrazeneca as they celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the launch of Xylocaine in the UK.

Over 50 years ago a Swedish dentist, Nils Lofgren, discovered Xylocaine initially calling it LL30. LL30 became known as lignocaine and was launched in the UK by Astra Pharmaceuticals Ltd in 1950 under the brand name Xylocaine.

John Stroud, Senior Dental Products Specialist, looks forward to welcoming all visitors at the London Dental Showcase to the AstraZeneca stand.

AstraZeneca stand: G02

Add more with admor

Admor, specialist printers to the dental profession, will be demonstrating their personalised printing on stand G05. Bring your ideas, designs, logos or sketches with you to discuss with Admor, or choose from a range of 'standard' letterhead, appointment card, brochure or recall/reminder card formats.

Dentists will be able to finalise stationery and literature on the stand, and obtain a proof of their items before the artwork is sent to Admor's new high tech printing presses in Sussex. All orders received at the show will attract a 15 per cent London Showcase discount.

Admor also produce a wide range of practice forms, appointment books, filing systems and private patient record cards, all of which will be available at the stand.

Admor stand: G05

Planmeca have it all in one...

Planmeca's specialist equipment team will be on hand at the London Dental Showcase to discuss equipment needs and demonstrate the Planmeca All in One concept.

The Planmeca All in One concept will be on show in its latest version with its cornerstone, the Planmeca Prostyle Compact Unit, and a new range of Planmeca diagnostic x-ray hardware and software.

The ergonomics of the Planmeca concept are further enhanced by the Planmeca Intracam camera instrument. Designed for modern dentistry, the Planmeca product range can be upgraded to meet your requirements as your practice evolves over the years.

Claudius Ash/Planmeca: G12

Look through the lens

Evident Dental are showing thei r new Orascoptic Through-the-Lens Telescopes at the Showcase.

The telescopes start at ×2.5, with ×3.8, ×4.8 prism magnifiers available and are custom made to order and ultra-lightweight. Also available is the classic 'Flip-up' style telescope in ×2, ×2.6, ×3.25 and the Zeon Illuminator, which enhances vision by allowing everything you see to be perfectly lit, even within deep cavities and root canals.

The twist, new from Evident, is the world's first reciprocating disposable prophy handpiece. Evident say there is no spray of splatter of paste, blood or saliva and no pain.

Evident Dental stand: G58

More on show...

For a full list of exhibitors see the Showcase plan on page 338.

Colgate, The Advanced Group, Henry Schein Procare, Practice Plan and Dicom Imaging UK are all exhibiting at the show. We have information on their latest products and services on pages 330-333 of this issue.

Henry Shein Procare will be exhibiting and demonstrating a range of their products on stand G36, including the Fedessa Dental Equipment Package, Oral Cdx and Keeler Loupes. For details of their latest practice poster in association with Practice Plan see page 332. Practice Plan and Henry Shein Procare will also be launching a unique Practice Support Programme at the show.

Prestige Medical will be launching a new autoclave at the Showcase. A team of specialists will be at the exhibition to advise dentists on the key features of their autoclaves. Prestige Medical can be found at stand G38.

AMT Dental Services will be on hand with information about their safety products and services for special and controlled waste. AMT now offer dental practitioners a one stop waste management programme covering all clinical, sharps, out of date drugs and LA cartridges. Visit the AMT stand at FE02a.

Visit stand G68 for a demonstration of Medivision System's CIC version 5 patient education program. CIC version 5 is a unique patient education program for the surgery and waiting room, catering for patient education requirements while saving treatment time.

Team Management Systems Ltd will be displaying their 'Arthur' for windows software on stand FE15.

Gloves to give away

Schottlander will be exhibiting their range of powder free gloves at Olympia 2.

An addition to the Schottlander low allergy gloves range is the recently introduced latex free Nitrile Gloves. The gloves are perfect for those who suffer from allergies and sensitivity to latex. Trial packs will be available at the show.

There will be live demonstration areas showing the new Schottlander Crown and Bridge programme, including Schottlander Aluminiun Bonding Porcelein (ALX) and new VCH (value, chrome, hue) Porcelain.

Schottlander stand: G14

Showcase plan

The stand layout for The London Dental Showcase is shown right and above, with exhibitor and stand numbers below.

G25 3M Dental

G05 Admor Ltd

FW31 The Advanced Group Ltd

FE02a AMT Dental Services

FE02b Associated Metal Traders

G02 AstraZeneca UK Ltd

FW34 Back World Contracts / Ergoscandia

G46 BADT

G27 Bambach Saddle Seat (Europe) Ltd The

G70 Bambi Air Compressors

G16 Bank of Ireland

FW17 Beaver Apex

FW32 BDPMA

G26 BDTA

G19 Blackwell Supplies Ltd

G30 Braemar Finance

G55 British Dental Association

FW30 British Dental Health Foundation

FE11 British Dental Hygienists Association

G56 British Dental Journal

FW23 Broche Direct Ltd

FW24 Broxdent Ltd

FW11 Burtons of Maidstone

FE20 CAESY

G22 CALMarine

G61 F E Cardozo Ltd

G23 Carl Zeiss Ltd

G40 Cattani Esam UK Ltd/Tecno Gaz Mediline Ltd

FW04 Cestradent / McKesson

G12 Claudius Ash/ Planmeca

G09 Colgate

G57 D P Medical Systems Ltd

G12 Davis Healthcare Services

G01 Dentaid

FW09 Dental Practice Board

FE22 Dental Practice Systems

G57 DentalNet UK

G24 Dexcel Dental

G13 DMDS

G47 DTETAB

G71 Dumont Instruments SANV

FW14 Eastman Oral Health Care Ltd

G42 Edenta AG

G66 Eldon Financial Services

G29 Envirodent

FE27 ESPE UK Ltd

FE17 Eurodent

G58 Evident

FE12 Fiad & Clark Dental

FE07 The Fineprint Company

FE06 Finlayson Media Communications Ltd

FW02 & G45 G C United Kingdom Ltd

FE14 Gap Research Co Ltd

G52 General Dental Council

FW08 George Warman Publications (UK) Ltd

G67 The Glove Club

FW33 Healthtec UK Ltd

G36 Henry Schein Procare

FW03 Hereaus Kulzer

FE25 Highway Intellect Ltd

G50 Image Diagnostic Technology Ltd

FE04 & FE05 Ivoclar

G17 IZE Instruments

G44 Jun-Air (UK) Ltd

FE10 KOMET/West One Dental Supplies

FW05 Medivance

G68 Medivision

G69 Micro Air Abrasions

FW10 Molar Ltd

G51 Murray Equipment Co Ltd

G48 Optiva Uk Ltd

G32 Ortho-Care (UK) Ltd

FE09 Osfix International Ltd

FW26 Osteo-Ti

FW01 Pall Medical

FE26 Pastiche By Design Ltd

FE16a Paterson Ltd

FW20 Practiceworks Ltd

G33 Prestige Dental

G38 Prestige Medical

G28 PWR Ltd

G65 Quality Endodontic Distributors

G60 Quintessence Publishing Co Ltd

FE24 Royal Bank of Scotland The

G14 Schottlander

G10 Siemans Financial Services

FE17 Score International

G04 SDS Computer System

G62 Septodont (Deproco UK) Ltd

G49 Shofu Dental Products Ltd

FW13 Sident Dental Systems

G08 & G35 smile-on.com

FW07 Software of Excellence

FE08 Southern Dental Supplies

FW25 The St. Paul

FE23 Status Point Software Ltd

G59 Sunalex Ltd

G63 Superior Dental Ceramics

G31 Superior Medical Ltd

FW29 Suvison Business Services

G18 T-Dental.com

FE15 Team Management Systems Ltd

FW19 Tecno-Gaz Mediline UK Ltd

FW19 Trycare Ltd

G21 Ventura RA – London

G15 VOCO GmbH

G06 Wisepress Ltd

G20 Women in Dentistry

G07 XAV Services

FE03 Zahn Laboratory