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Often overlooked, dental loupes are an essential piece of dental equipment; offering a wealth of benefits for both patient and practitioner. Here, we explore 5 of the top benefits dental loupes can bring to your practice. 1. Better Visual Acuity With the use of dental loupes, users can view all details of the oral cavity with enhanced magnification; improving your visual acuity and allowing for a more precise interpretation of the details. This can be particularly important in specialised fields which require a great deal of precision and accuracy, such as endodontics. For example, loupes provide accuracy when locating root canals; resulting in improved success rates for endodontic procedures   2. Improved Posture & Reduced Back Pain Maintaining an ergonomic posture is easy with a good fitting set of dental binocular loupes . Allowing the user to significantly improve their working conditions, dental loupes provide a magnified view of the mouth; eliminating the d

Decay is not the only cause of tooth destruction. Increasingly dentists are spending time restoring teeth that have lost their enamel due to erosion (damage from acid), attrition (tooth against tooth, nail biting, etc) and abrasion (e.g. vigorous tooth brushing). The increase in our average life span and the fact more teeth are being retained for longer means teeth are being exposed to these effects more than ever before. Acid erosion has been largely linked to the high consumption of soft drinks, both fruit juices and carbonated drinks. However, erosion is also seen in patients with symptoms of gastric reflux (heartburn) and in patients with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. This is due to the highly acidic stomach contents coming into contact with the enamel of the teeth. Nocturnal tooth grinding is very common and might be exacerbated by stress and anxiety. It is the tooth to tooth contact that leads to the loss of tooth tissue. It can also lead to tooth