Founded in 1908, Hu-Friedy has since become a world leader in dental instrument manufacturing. Today, we take a broader view of the value we offer our customers. We are focused on delivering the highest quality product, service, and community experience in the dental industry in order to help dental professionals perform at their best.
Tooth decay is the SINGLE MOST COMMON childhood chronic disease according to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. In fact, the CDC STATES 1 in 5 children between the age of 5 and 11 have at least one untreated decayed tooth, and more than 40% of children will have dental cavities by the time they reach kindergarten.
Just like most industries, there has been significant innovation in dentistry over the last few years. However, when thinking about technology that has made a real difference, most dental professionals point to bigger-ticket items like CEREC and Digital Radiography as solutions that have dramatically improved practice productivity and the patient experience. And although that is certainly true, there are innovations occurring at a more practical level in dentistry that might not get the limelight, but are making a big difference in advancing dental performance and patient outcomes. So, while there are some dental instruments used today that are not too different from what might have been used 20 years ago, there have absolutely been innovations in the core functions of dentistry that should be highlighted more.
Have you reviewed your 401K performance this year? Have you taken the time to go through all of your credit cards to see which ones have the highest interest rate and should be eliminated? Have you sworn off ever shopping at IKEA because you dread the process of clearing your head so you can fully immerse yourself in the instructions for how to put that 19-piece bench together? Just reading those statements probably made your palms start to sweat a bit, right? Well, the news that is not really news is that we are all humans and humans are conditioned to advance towards pleasure and retreat from pain, even if that pain is reading something that makes you a bit nervous. Okay, so where are we going here? Well, not that dental has any high-avoidance topics that rival the ones mentioned above, but there is one that probably deserves more attention and focus than it has historically received – Dental Infection Control.