Dental Implant Surgery in Edinburgh

Dental implant surgery is often the last stage of most dental hygiene treatments - having to get dental implants would suggest that it's the only option open to remedial work performed by oral surgeons. A lof people are a little daunted by the prospect probably because this type of medical procedure usually involves having to receive some level of sedation. In a a large number of cases, the patient is put into a light sleep which enables the surgeon to work more easily without causing a great deal of distress and discomfort for the patient.

We have seen that most general dental practitioners will refer the patient to an oral surgeon, typically one specialising in dental implants when other treatments such as endodontic treatment and periodontic treatments have been less than successful. This why you would probably want to check out the practice where the surgery would be performed. Whilst all leading surgeries have th necessary experience, you'd really want to know that you are in safe hands.
You should also find out as much of the information as you can about dental implant surgery as a procedure and your surgeon should be both available and amendable to this. You want reassurances about the level of care you will expect to get during the surgery and what to expect during the recovery period following your departure from the clinic.
Whilst Dental Implant Surgery is surgery, it's not classed or considered to be major surgery, this is a planned procedure performed at a state of the art clinic by highly skilled dental professionals

David Offord and his team at Vermilion have all the pedigree, experience and training you would need to ensure that your dental implant surgery would be carried out in both the safest and highest quality surroundings possible. The Vermilion clinic on St Johns Road in Edinburgh is equipped with such high end technology as is demanded by discerning patients and by the leading and respected oral surgery referral partner in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

For more information about Edinburgh-based Dental Implant Surgery Referral Clinic follow the link

Edinburgh-based Health & Safety Consultant

We recently started working with an Edinburgh-based Health & Safety Consultant, Colin Watt Associates. Located near Bilston on the outskirts of Edinburgh, they have been working in the construction industry for many a year and have some hair-raising and scarcely believable stories to report on.

Anecdotes aside, Colin says the whilst serious injuries can still occur, the overall rate of mortality and life-affecting injuries has been reduced by some very good advances in technology which make for working at heights (an area of their expertise) something which can be very well managed and overseen.

There are all sorts of fall-arrest harnesses, special floor coverings and specialist ropes and pulleys for many types of work which are the mainstay of your regular steeplejack but the key, in Colin's view starts at the very top, figuratively and literally.

With competitive tendering meaning that many companies have to trim down costs for many construction projects, but if, like me you see the sheer array of notices and protective measure demanded around constructions sites you will see that companies never sacrifice safety measures. As a somewhat flippant side-comment (by us) it doesn't do to be lax about these things as good staff and team members are a lot harder to find than state of the art equipment! Back onto the serious note, I'm impressed with the ingenuity of the design and development of equipment which has been brought into the mainstream for everyday use to keep the workforce safe and its testament to the powers that be in major (and not so major) companies that they embrace this technology to keep their construction sites safe places of work.

Colin Watt Associates are ATLAS members and provide consultancy support for CDM projects and for long term staff health and safety training for all things height-based. For more information contact them on 0845 338 7038

LED Lighting - energy and money saving

We've recently been involved in the creation of an ecommerce website for Rice Products who have embarked on the retail of LED lighting for home and commercial clients.

LED lighting has had a it of stigma of over-priced and under-powered lighting and in all honesty for good reason - the technology had been sorely lacking and in some cases, woeful.

Step up new semi-conductor materials, particularly our old Gallium (yeah I'd never heard of it either) which is particularly good in its exchange of electrons under low voltages - great for creating light with little or no heat and with a double whammy of low energy usage.

As most type of lighting which employs LED technology is retrofit (dimmable ones need special drivers or transformers) this means that typically your 60W or CFL (compact flourescent lighting) low-energy bulb and GU10/MR11 spotlights this means there are normally few issues when it comes to straight swaps for your existing lighting.

One thing which is the "shot in the foot" for LED technology is that it is still relatively expensive to manufacture these lights which means that the upfront cost for a complete substitution of your standard current lighting for LED equivalents can be a pricey undertaking, I reckon for a 20 bulb house you are talking around £180-£200 depending where you shop.

Then it was pointed out to me that, ok you will pay, say £200 for your lighting replacement in one go, but you will reduce your energy usage by up to 85-95%. OK great I say, I'm not that much of a tree-hugger what does that mean to me?

Well look at it this way - you have 20 bulbs of assorted sizes and wattages, say some are 20W low energy CFLS, some are GU10 50W spotlights and the odd 60W standard bulb knocking around a hall cupboard or a centre light in your lounge. Add them all up and you get around 900W of power of which you will use say, 12 hours of half of them so you are running 450W for 12 hours a day. If you changed your bulbs to LED equivalent your wattage would be reduced to around 40W for same amount of time which an amazine 85% reduction in lighting usage in terms of energy. Translate into kWh usage and the currrent tariffs you will save around £25 per month on your lighting bills. Try an online LED energy savings calculator for more ideas about your saving potential

Now the killer point, if you added up all these savings and looked at the savings you will make on the energy usage alone, you will expect to get TOTAL payback within around 12-16 months - that means that the £200 you spent on day one would be completely paid back typically just over a year later. The final dagger in the heart for standard luminescent lighting is lifespan - the typical lifespan for an LED spotlight or bulb is between 3-5 years with typical domestic use. So you would typically replace your GU10 spotlight once a year when it blows, you wouldn't need to replace the LED equivalent for a further 4 years or around 30,000 hours of use.

Need I say anymore? Pop across to Scotland's newest LED lighting website for more information!