Dentistry is generally considered both within the profession and outside of the profession as a very stressful occupation. What is stress and why do we consider it nowadays? There are various definitions of what stress is and here is one accepted definition. Stress can be defined as an imbalance between an actual or perceived stimulus …
Anxiety is a normal, protective physiological response to an unpleasant or threatening situation. Anxiety makes you take action and mild to moderate anxiety even improves performance and ensures appropriate action is taken. However, excessive or prolonged anxiety is not good as it is disabling and distressing, causing physical symptoms to appear causing illness. The term …
Dentists are quite good at recognising patients who are nervous even when they try to hide their anxiety. Patient try to their anxiety but there will be certain physical signs that will give the game away quite easily. So here are some of the physical traits that patients exhibit which indicates that they are anxious …
In this article, we carry out a review of oral irrigation devices known as water flossers. There are dozens of oral irrigation devices on the market ranging from as little as £10 which go all the way to over £100. The main aim is to remove plaque bacteria in hard-to-reach areas such as under the …
Panasonic has also jumped on the bandwagon of water flossers and come out with this device selling at £25. It is very different from the other water flossers in that the device is very portable due to the collapsible nature of the water reservoir which saves space in your bag. Unfortunately, we carried out bacterial …
This water flosser is made by a non-household name which you won’t have heard off and come at a price tag of £29 plus another £4.50 for postage and packing making a total of £33.50. The makers claim of delivering a water pressure between 30 psi to a high of 120 PSI. When we tested the …
This water flosser is from one of the big players called Phillips so I had high expectations especially at £90 which is what it costs. It is marketed as an “ultra power” however the water pressure was mediocre in comparison with the more powerful Waterpik. Unfortunately, the company makes two massive claims which should be ignored. …
The Waterpik water flosser is probably the original waterjet device which came out many years ago in order to remove plaque and debris in between teeth and under the gum line. Back then they had no competition however now there are many dozens of water flossers to complete against it. So let’s have a look …
Now we test one of the big brands and this one is the Oral-B version. Being a big brand, it also comes with a reasonable price tag of £60. Oral-B has a habit of using fancy names which actually don’t mean anything and they are just there to impress gullible buyers with their marketing gimmick. …
Hangsun is not a brand at all I was familiar with however I decided to give this an impartial and thorough review. This is a cordless water flosser device which is rechargeable and comes with four tips. The price for this item is £27 and you need to add the £4.50 for postage and packaging which …